Car News
Volkswagen sponsors ‘Five Generations of Camper’ at Vanfest
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and the organisers of the world’s largest gathering of Transporter campervans, Vanfest, are inviting campervan owners to enter their vehicles into a special ‘Five Generations of Camper’ competition.
Just the Ticket for Father’s Day
Rather than the usual socks or novelty tie, treat Dad to something a little different this Father’s Day with tickets to the award-winning British International Motor Show sponsored by Zurich Connect.
SsangYong on the road to recruit dealers
SsangYong’s dealer recruitment programme moves up a gear on June 24 when the model range of Kyron, Rexton and Rodius – many of which have four-wheel drive – will have a significant presence at the specialist Brightwells auction at Leominster.
Motoring organisation seeks to help improve cyclist safety
A new, free cycling safety leaflet has been launched this week, by road safety champion GEM Motoring Assist. The leaflet, A Guide to Safer Cycling, contains a wealth of interesting and helpful information designed to make cycle journeys safer and more enjoyable.
Royal Highland show welcomes Isuzu
Isuzu has again joined forces with the Agricultural Society of Scotland to promote its newly-launched Rodeo range at the Royal Highland Show on June 19th-22nd 2008 (Stand no. 17, 10th Avenue).
The first L&K public buses in Bohemia
This year the Czech Republic are celebrating the 100th anniversary of public bus services. Two lines, Pardubice-Holice and Pardubice-Bohdane?, were launched in May 1908 and Skoda Auto, or rather Laurin & Klement at that time, provided its HOP omnibuses to the service operator.
Another outstanding green achievement for Citroen
Gilles Michel, Executive Vice President of Citroen has won European GreenFleet’s ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Award 2008, for his contribution to the automobile industry.
Strong bidding at Brooklands
The latest ‘Classics from BCA’ sale at the Brooklands Motor Museum suggested that the market for classic cars seems to be avoiding the worst effects of the ‘credit crunch’.
CTS-V performance reaches the stratosphere
As final testing of the limited-edition 2009 CTS-V nears completion, the results suggest that Cadillac’s upcoming sports sedan is entering the stratosphere of the world’s highest-performing cars. Cadillac announces the following performance specifications for all-new 2009 CTS-V:
A1GP ‘Powered by Ferrari’ Car continues test programme in Imola
The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport car for the 2008/09 season continued an intensive testing programme this week at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola.
Kumho joint winner of 4x4 Magazine’s ultimate tyre test
The Kumho Road Venture MT KL71 was the joint winner of 4x4 Magazine’s ‘ultimate tyre test’ to establish the best mud-terrain tyre on the UK market. It shared top honours with a BFGoodrich, beating offerings from Goodyear, Wildcat, Maxxis, Cooper, INSA and Pirelli by a significant margin.
Suzuki take a win at the Elite Youth Cup
Round two of the Elite Youth Cup motocross championship took place at Cusses Gorse this weekend with two Suzuki young-guns taking top spots in the small wheel 85 and senior classes.
Highways Agency asks disabled road users: how can we improve your journey?
With more and more services available to help people before and during their journeys along motorways and major A roads in England, the Highways Agency wants to make sure that it is improving the advice and experience for all road users on its network.
Xtrac sees applications for flywheel hybrids in road cars
Transmission technology specialist Xtrac says the flywheel kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) currently being developed for Formula One could be applied to road vehicles in a number of ways.
Business crowds turn out for London’s free motorshow
For the past two days the sun-drenched Canary Wharf estate has provided the perfect setting for the launch of the 2008 Canary Wharf London Motorexpo.