Car News
BCA Walsall scoops Lex award
The team at BCA Walsall are celebrating after being named best performing auction centre by major customer Lex. The annual Lex Cup was awarded to BCA manager Jim Wilson by Lex’s National Auction Manager, Ken Boothe on 21 January.
The cars are the stars on ‘Life on Mars’ sequel - ‘Ashes to Ashes’
Those missing BBC TV’s highly successful ‘Life on Mars’ will be looking forward to ‘Ashes to Ashes’, the new series that will see the return of DCI Gene Hunt, scheduled for its debut on 7th February 2008.
Antonov opens Warwick Technical Centre
Antonov, a vehicle technology company specialising in the design and development of automatic transmission systems, has opened a new engineering centre near Warwick in the UK.
Nissan December production, sales and exports
Nissan has announced production, sales and export results for December and calendar year 2007.
Cold snap signals hazardous driving conditions
With the Met Office predicting an arctic blast in many parts of the UK tomorrow, continuing till Saturday, Green Flag is providing motorists with top tips to help prepare for the potentially hazardous driving conditions.
Potholes causing mayhem for UK’s tyres
Further to a damning report last year which revealed damage to vehicles from potholes and bad road surfaces amounted to £320 million in 2006, 2007 showed little improvement according to figures released by the AA motoring organisation.
Rallying’s big guns to thrill crowds at Race Retro
Top names from the world of rallying are visiting this year’s Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show held at Stoneleigh Park from 14th to 16th March, to reminisce about the golden days of motorsport’s most gruelling discipline.
Lex announces most popular company cars of 2007
Vauxhall, Ford and VW dominate the list of the ten most popular company cars supplied by Lex during 2007.
Audi RS 6 quattro Avant UK specification confirmed
The most powerful production Audi of all time - the new RS 6 quattro Avant - will offer UK Audi customers a remarkable combination of 1,660 litres of load-engulfing space and 580PS-worth of blistering V10-fuelled performance when it becomes available next month priced at £77,625 OTR.
Show tax content on petrol and diesel bills
The Freight Transport Association says that customers buying petrol or diesel should be told just how much tax they are paying in the process. FTA would like to see fuel receipts issued at filling stations detailing the price of the petrol or diesel itself, the fuel duty and the VAT.
Kumho announces plans for major US tyre factory
Kumho has signed an agreement to build a 500,000 sq m tyre factory in Bibb County, Georgia, United States. The construction will commence in the first half of this year and is scheduled to finish in 2009.
Greener consumers good for car dealers
‘The move towards more environmentally-friendly vehicles could be a major sales driver for car dealers in 2008,’ according to Sue Robinson, director of the RMI’s National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA).
Chevron B19 goes under starter’s orders at Sandown Park
A different type of horsepower will be seen at Sandown Park racecourse, as four-wheeled thoroughbreds go under the hammer at Barons, which is celebrating a decade of successful sales at the Surrey track.
Too many needless deaths 25 years after seatbelt law
Twenty-five years after a successful RoSPA campaign to introduce the first seatbelt law, around 370 people a year are still being killed in road crashes because they do not wear a seatbelt.
Volvo S80 and all-new XC70 at home on snowy slopes
At this time of year, road surfaces can quickly switch between ice, asphalt and snow and the Volvo S80 and all-new XC70's both offer impressive stability, consistency and safety in all motoring situations.