Car News

Remanufactured engines direct from Vauxhall
Vauxhall’s VXPRO engines offer a range of high quality exchange units comprehensively remanufactured to OEM tolerances and standards.

Toyota hosts hybrid Nations Challenge
Rivalry has always been fierce between Britain’s home nations and Toyota is giving the English, Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish the chance for more partisan points scoring by hosting its own Nations Challenge.

UK market leader Ford boosts retail sales share
Ford has strengthened its lead in the retail market, underwriting its UK market leadership in October and for the year to date. Ford total vehicle retail share of 11.5 per cent in October was up 1.1 percentage points compared with October 2009.

Vauxhall MasterFit Service Club open to all Vauxhall owners
Vauxhall MasterFit Service Club offers its members discounts on parts and labour used in the service and maintenance of their Vauxhalls.
MINI teams up with rally legends at Future Car Challenge
Rally legends Paddy Hopkirk and David Richards will go head to head driving MINIs at the RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge this weekend.

Land Rover donates Range Rover to Help for Heroes
Land Rover is celebrating the production of its one millionth Range Rover by donating the vehicle to Help for Heroes.

Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 greatest ever driver’s car
The £300,000 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 has been crowned the greatest ever driver’s car by Classic & Sports Car magazine after a thrilling finale in which a pair of British built ten-grand tiddlers came within a whisker of snatching the title.
Toyota announces voluntary recall of iQ in the UK
Toyota GB has announced it would recall a number of its iQ models in the UK to carry out a modification to the software used to manage the vehicle’s Electric Power Steering (EPS) system.

Perfect Porsche presents for Christmas 2010
This Christmas, Porsche has a host of gift options to please every motoring fan. Book a ‘Porsche Driving Experience’ at the Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone, venture further afield to the unique Arctic driving facilities in Finland or choose the perfect gift from the latest collection of Porsche Design Driver’s Selection items, now available online from the Porsche Shop or from Porsche Centres nationwide.

Toyota struts its stuff on the Vegas strip
It may be Las Vegas, but all bets are off when America’s top custom car design teams are commissioned to create stand-out show machines for SEMA, the USA’s number one trade show for the specialist auto parts industry.

Jaguar XF - Black Pack delivers bold new look
Jaguar’s highly successful XF sports saloon is now available with a dramatic new appearance pack for customers who want their Jaguar to make an even stronger visual impact.
Gentex awarded first business with Renault
Gentex Corporation, the leading supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and camera-based active safety systems to the worldwide automotive industry, has announced that it is shipping interior base feature auto-dimming mirrors for the new Renault Latitude.

Can Vauxhall make it two COTY wins in three years?
Vauxhall’s new Meriva MPV has beaten 34 of the latest models on sale in Europe this year to be short-listed for the 2011 European Car of the Year award.

Gordian Strapping opts for tempting Toyota package
Five new Toyota Avensis Tourers have joined the 25-strong car fleet of Gordian Strapping, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of packaging solutions. The new arrivals follow a recent decision by the company to switch from purchase to contract hire.

Cleaner business earns Toyota Carbon Trust Standard
Toyota’s success in bringing down emissions from its UK business operations has been rewarded with the Carbon Trust Standard, an independent seal of approval for good practice and success in measuring, managing and reducing carbon emissions.