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CV production enjoys dramatic rise
- 26/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing output surged 47.9% in August, reversing four successive months of decline, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). New model production coming on stream positively impacted volumes in the month, as 5,544 units rolled [...] -
UK car manufacturing enjoys August boost
- 26/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK car manufacturing rose for the first time in 15 months during August, increasing 3.3%, with 92,158 units produced. This is according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It said the increase was due mainly to the fact that several key plants that had brought forward [...] -
Autonomous message not getting through
- 26/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has found that the public's wariness of autonomous driving has hardly shifted in the last two years. Nearly a third of UK adults think we will never switch to having only driverless cars on the roads while 60% of people say they would always prefer to drive themselves rather than use a self-driving [...] -
Volkswagen: no market manipulation
- 26/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen is backing two chairman accused of market manipulation. The Brunswick public prosecutor's office announced that it had brought an indictment against the former chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen AG, Prof. Martin Winterkorn, as well as against the chairman of the supervisory board, Hans [...] -
Hams Hall hits 5 million-mark
- 26/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
BMW Group’s Hams Hall engine manufacturing plant, near Birmingham, is celebrating the production of its five millionth engine. The plant has been operating for more than 18 years, assembling three and four-cylinder petrol engines for BMW and MINI models. Hams Hall-built engines are also supplied for a growing [...] -
Ancaster expands in South East
- 26/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Ancaster Group has launched a new Hyundai Bluewater store to deliver a full new and used Hyundai sales and aftersales service, supported by Ancaster’s South East dealer network. Ancaster boasts the UK’s largest Hyundai dealership in Croydon, Surrey – a 1,200 sqm showroom that can accommodate 29 new cars [...] -
Marathon tour raises £3,850 for Ben
- 25/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
What Car? has raised £3,850 for bodyshop magazine charity partner Ben after completing a marathon tour of UK car retailers and manufacturers. Ben works within the UK automotive industry to provide support for its workers and their families, with services to benefit health and wellbeing during their time in the [...] -
Accident rates present aftersales opportunities
- 25/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has found that 39% of non-fault accidents happen to motorists driving a vehicle they have owned for less than a year. This is according to analysis by AX, which also found that 11% of all non-fault incidents befall drivers in their first 90 days of ownership. This underlines the importance of [...] -
DMN enhances workplace well-being
- 25/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
DMN, the vehicle movement people, has held the first of its in-house workplace well-being programmes designed to inspire, engage and empower its workforce. The programme, operated by The Inspire Group, saw DMN people engaged in a two-day programme of team building and activity courtesy of Inspire team coaches [...] -
Hyundai and Aptiv pool autonomous resources
- 25/09/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv are forming an autonomous driving joint venture. The joint venture will advance the design, development and commercialisation of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous technologies, furthering the partners’ leadership position in the global autonomous driving ecosystem. The joint venture [...]