Car News
Jaguar XK - exterior styling pack available
XK buyers wanting a more distinctive yet elegant exterior appearance for their XK can now choose to specify Jaguar's exclusive range of body exterior styling products, known as the 'Exterior Styling Pack', which makes its debut early 2007.
Nissan Navara best selling European pick up in 2006
Nissan’s Navara was the best-selling pick-up in Europe in 2006, its first full year of sales, with a total of 45,200 units registered. It commanded an incredible 25% of the European market for pick-ups.
Avon Tyres joins Brabham’s MSA British Race Elite initiative
Avon Tyres will link up with ex-Formula 1 driver and sportscar legend, David Brabham, as an official partner in the new MSA British Race Elite programme.
Renault is number one exhibit at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair is one of the leading and most important antiques fairs in the UK. Visitors are connoisseurs of quality and design. So what better way to travel to and from the fair than in the streamlined elegance of a Renault Grand Espace?
Audi TT receives What Car? Best Coupé award
New TT receives prized What Car? Best Coupé award – a first step towards matching its predecessor’s five consecutive wins.
ING Renault F1 Team unveils the new R27
ING Renault F1 Team roars into F1 with a spectacular Amsterdam launch for the R27 racer and aims for continued on-track success. The ING Renault F1 Team today nailed its new colours to the mast with the launch of the all-new R27 F1 car and a striking visual identity.
British Motor Show is the UK’s number 1 Consumer show
Independent figures, published today by the ABC, have confirmed that the Total Attendance for last year's British International Motor Show at ExCeL London was 415,356, comprising 393,889 visitors of which 68% paid and 32% attended the show via complimentary tickets.
Mazda boss challenges dealers and staff to hit new heights
Mazda is celebrating a flying start to 2007 with confirmation that it is not only the fastest growing brand in the UK but also the most reliable which has spurred boss Rob Lindley to tell his dealers and head office staff: This is only the beginning.
Red is the new ‘green’ with Kingswood’s Euro 5 FH-400
Bracknell-based pallet recycling specialist Kingswood Pallets has taken delivery of a Volvo FH-400 4x2 tractor unit finished in a striking Ferrari Red. The vehicle, which is fitted with a Euro 5-compliant engine - just three months after the Euro 4 regulations took force - and an I-Shift automated gearbox, will operate at 34 tonnes GCW.
Binz – Thoroughly legal limousines
There has been a growing level of controversy over the use and licensing of limousines around the UK. This has been precipitated by the burgeoning growth of American style stretched limousines which can often be designed to carry eight or more passengers. This brings them into the category of being mini-buses, and as such they ought to have Certificates of Initial Fitness (COIF) issued by the Vehicle Inspectorate in the UK.
Clio Renaultsport 197 F1 Team – an entry into the world of Formula 1
Coinciding with the international launch of the new R27 Formula 1 car in Amsterdam today, Renault Sport Technologies unveiled the new Clio Renaultsport 197 F1 Team.
1935 Lanchester trade-in for modern city car
Sometimes the toughest part of buying a new car is figuring out what to do with your present one, particularly if it’s a 1935 Daimler Lanchester.
Mazda claims top place in reliability survey
Mazda vehicles have claimed the top place in one of the world’s largest ever studies into car reliability. Almost 92 per cent of the Mazda cars surveyed, aged between three and nine years old, suffered no mechanical failure of any type – outperforming all other brands.
PT Cruisin’ on the Pacific Coast Highway
Chrysler Group has unveiled two new special editions for spring 2007 – the PT Cruiser ‘Pacific Coast Highway’ and the Grand Voyager ‘Signature’ models.
Up for the Cup! Over 50 Renault Clio racers in UK and on track
Six months after the hugely successful launch of New Clio Cup, the pure racer that will hit the UK’s race tracks in 2007, teams and drivers planning to compete in the 2007 ELF Renault Clio Cup collected their cars from Southampton Docks on 17th/18th/19th January.