Three years ago TVR closed its doors for the last time and in June 2008, Trevor Wilkinson, the company’s founder [...]
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A rise to 20% VAT would be “a disaster” for the automotive industry
With the government’s scrappage incentive due to expire at the end of March UK car companies are predicting new vehicle [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – February 2010
It’s time once again for the Car Makers Premier League where each month we take a look at the top [...]
Read the rest of this entry »February 2010 new car registration figures
Car market up 26.4 percent in February, despite the return of VAT to 17.5 percent. The figures continue to be [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nissan recalls over half a million US vehicles
Nissan has indentified problems with brake pedal pins which come loose and faulty fuel gauges on Titan, Armada, Quest and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ford outsells GM in the US for the first time since 1998
Ford Motor Co reported a jump in US sales of 43% in February, selling more cars than its great rival [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Patience is a virtue for the new car buyer
Car buyers are becoming increasingly confused and frustrated by the unpredictability of the market and in some sectors waiting lists [...]
Read the rest of this entry »GM to recall 1.3 million cars in the US and Canada
A power steering problem linked to 14 crashes in the US has forced General Motors to recall 1.3 million small [...]
Read the rest of this entry »JLR back into profit
Jaguar Land Rover returned a profit of £55m in the last three months of 2009 after a loss of £60m [...]
Read the rest of this entry »VW report 80 percent drop in profits for 2009
Europe’s biggest car maker VW has reported an 80% fall in profits for 2009 partly due to a fall in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Hummer brand to bite the dust
GM is to wind down its Hummer vehicles operations after the planned takeover by Chinese firm Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Scrappage scheme enters final stage
The final phase of the Government’s scrappage scheme began yesterday (Wednesday 24th February).
Car manufacturers have been allocated shares of about [...]
Every Kia now gets a seven year warranty
You may have heard that Korean manufacturer Kia is extending its unique seven-year warranty to all the cars in its [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Recalls really aren’t that exciting
With the recent problems besieging Toyota and the terrible publicity that surrounds their massive global recall program we thought it [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Toyota took “too long” over safety recalls
Toyota has admitted it took “too long” to deal with safety issues which led to the recall of 8.5 million [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Daimler report 2.6 billion euro loss for 2009
Daimler, the luxury German carmaker has reported a net loss of €2.6 billion (£2.26 billion) for 2009 and said that [...]
Read the rest of this entry »UK car production up 64.8% in January
Car production in the rose 64.8% in January compared to the same month last year and is the biggest year-on-year [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Warranty Direct reveals Jaguar as worst car maker for brake faults
Jaguar has been revealed as the car manufacturer most likely to suffer brake problems, according to automotive warranty specialist, Warranty [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Toyota now considering Corolla recall
Toyota is now considering a recall for the Corolla, the world’s best-selling car.
It has said that so far no decision [...]
Toyota shutdown factories in US as recall hit sales
Toyota in the US is switching from factory overtime to factory shutdowns because of the disruption in retail sales caused [...]
Read the rest of this entry »European car sales up 12.9 percent in January
Passenger car sales in the EU member states rose 12.9 percent in January, as the effects of scrapping incentive schemes [...]
Read the rest of this entry »BMW sales up 16.6 percent in January
The BMW Group has seen a global increase in sales for January of 16.6%. The German carmaker sold 82,120 BMW, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »More Toyota recalls
The recall notices continue for Toyota as it announces a recall of 8,000 Tacoma pick-up trucks in the US, over [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Let’s hope the accelerator doesn’t get stuck on the Toyota recall bandwagon
There is no denying Toyota have been associated with some very depressing headlines lately, and let’s face it a driver [...]
Read the rest of this entry »VW get in on the recall act
VW is recalling close to 200,000 cars in Brazil because of a rear wheel problem.
The company wants to determine whether [...]








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