Car News
Trafficlink enters into new two year deal with Global Radio
Listeners to all of Global Radio’s 71 stations will shortly benefit from enhanced traffic and travel news following a deal between Trafficlink (a subsidiary of ITIS Holdings plc), Global Radio and UBC.

Autodelta leaves its rivals trailing during Time Attack
Putting its core philosophy of developing ultimate performance for practical everyday application firmly to the test, Autodelta scored a resounding success at Autovisie Time Attack, held at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands.
Remembering the age of the great British car
Classic British marques like, Bentley, Land Rover and Lotus just roll off the tongue, and we will always associate them with romance, glamour and luxury.

Positive progress in young offender technician training
A presentation at the Toyota-sponsored motor vehicle training facility at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution in October saw nearly 50 certificates presented to inmates for technician training. More young prisoners are helping turn their lives around through T-TEP the Toyota Technical Education Programme.
Test drive NICE at Westfield Shopping Centre
NICE Car Company is ready to open its second retail outlet. From 30 October the team will be at London’s hottest new venue, Westfield Shopping centre in Shepherds Bush. Since 2006, the company has operated exclusively from its showroom in Ladbroke Grove.
SsangYong deals and offers
SsangYong dealers are offering Rodius 270 S models with free accessory upgrades worth up to £2,200 – but you need to be quick as there are only 40 of them.
TKO makes a stand with dream team
A team of eleven customised cars will face ardent fans in what can only be described as Pimp My Ride meets Match of The Day at this year’s MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show featuring Top Gear Live, at Earls Court.
Self insured fleets can save over £424 on each at-fault accident
Total Accident Management is advising fleet operators that they could save over £424 each time one of their drivers causes an accident by proactively managing the process of getting the third party’s car repaired and back on the road.

Antonov to launch 6-speed automatic transmission at A1GP
Antonov Automotive Technologies, the UK-based transmission technology specialist, will present the first variant of its small and lightweight six-speed automatic transmission to Chinese carmakers at the Chengdu A1 Grand Prix on the 8-9 November.

Toyota iQ: The centre take-off steering gear
The second in Toyota’s series of cut-paste-and-print guides to the ground-breaking design and engineering features of the new iQ looks at the benefits gained from using a centre take-off steering gear.
Unipart Karting Team celebrates success in BEN Championship
The Unipart Automotive Karting Team reached a podium position by taking third place in the Automotive Industry Charity (BEN) Karting Championship Finals. Raising more than £8,500 for BEN, the Karting Team was also awarded with the Top Fundraiser trophy.
101 Brockbank Cartoons
Motoring enthusiasts need no introduction to Russell Brockbank’s incomparable cartoons, which were enormously popular in the fifties, sixties and seventies but have been rarely published since his death in 1979.
Motorists advised to check their tread to improve road safety
As Tyre Safety Month concludes, TyreSafe encourages motorists to check their tread depth to remain safe on the road this winter.
vrs in focus
Vehicle Remarketing Solutions (vrs), part of the Manheim Group, has introduced an innovative new photography studio facility employing highly professional state-of-the-art lighting technology.

Alfa MiTo hits UK showrooms
From the beginning of next month, every Alfa Romeo dealer in the UK will be exhibiting static examples of the company’s brand new Alfa MiTo, a full two months before its official UK launch on 24 January 2009.