BBC Wales meteorologist Derek Brockway is showing his true grit this winter after Cardiff Council named a new snow clearing vehicle after him.
The Derek Brr-ockway gritter has gone into service with encouragement from the Barry-born broadcaster, who said, “I’ve always wanted to be a weatherman but I never thought I’d have a gritter named after me, this is really special. I’m very honoured.”
A 1987 Ford Capri Brooklands with just 2,960 recorded miles has sold for £39,938 at the Classic Cars Auction sale.
The time-warp classic was found in Leamington Spa and will require a little work to bring it up to concours condition, but it’s a sound start for the new owner.
There were two world firsts in the Japan Car of the Year awards this week.
For the first time in the 43-year history of Japan’s Car of the Year awards, fully electric ‘K-minicars’ — the Nissan Sakura and Mitsubishi eK Cross EV — took the honours.
After less than a decade, production of the BMW i3 ended this summer with about 250,000 sold worldwide.
But the early, small electric car is now acquiring cult status and a strong following as it becomes a future classic with prices rising as a result with 28,479 sold in Britain.
Appetite among drivers for electric vehicles is waning amid rising living costs and surging energy prices, shows latest Auto Trader research.
EVs were being snapped up by 27% of used buyers in the sumer but now they’ve slipped to 19%.
More than three quarters of Brits, some 81%, will be relying on their car over the festive period, pollsters for Honda have been told.
Presents (64%), food (47%) and shopping (47%) are the most popular items to travel with and more than a quarter of people (26%) will be listening to festive music while on the road.
Ben, the automotive industry charity, has launched a Christmas families project to support individuals and their families who are in financial difficulty or urgent need.
Over the last 12 months, Ben supported 182 households who couldn’t afford to put food on the table or heat their homes and an additional 64 households who would have otherwise become homeless and as part of last year’s Christmas families project, Ben supported 34 families who were struggling financially – a total of 53 adults and 73 children.
