Alan Feldberg

New appointment underpins new Vizion

Vizion has appointed Neil Orton to its senior management team in the UK and Ireland. He was officially named commercial director on 2 August. With over 20 years’ experience within […]

Registrations rise before Brexit bite

Passenger car registrations in the European Union rose 6.9% year on year in June, meaning the first half of 2016 recorded a 9.4% year on year growth. Figures published by […]

Samsung makes automotive move

Samsung Electronics is reported to be investing $450m in a Chinese manufacturer of electric cars and batteries. The Korea Economic Daily has reported that Samsung is taking a four per […]

UK government urged to prosecute VW

The Transport Select Committee has described Volkswagen’s decision not to compensate UK drivers affected by dieselgate as deeply unfair, and called on the UK government to prosecute the German car […]

Bosch stands up to Tough Mudders

More than 120,000 competitors will test the strength and resilience of Bosch tool’s handiwork during the 2016 Tough Mudder UK season. Tough Mudder is a 10-12 mile course dotted with […]

Vauxhall lights the way forward

Vauxhall is introducing Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) and full LED headlamps to its new Zafira Tourer and Mokka X models. The optional AFL LED headlamps produce a bright white light […]

Volvo at the double

Volvo Car UK collected two prestigious awards this week, with its XC90 named Motor Trader’s Car of the Year and the marque itself picking up the coveted Carmaker of the […]

Bad time to call?

A new survey has found that the level of mobile phone use while driving should be linked to insurance premiums. The survey of 1,314 motor insurance policy holders was conducted […]

Robots working in Ford assembly plant

Fiesta owners soon could be driving cars partly put together by robots. Ford had developed and is trialing new collaborative robots – or co-bots – to work alongside employees to […]

New Vision for Ford repairers

Bluegrasscoms has created a solution to help Ford UK improve its Total Loss Avoidance programme. VISION connects the bodyshop directly to the vehicle manufacturer to offer a one-stop shop for […]

Volvo registers double-digit growth

Sales of Volvo cars rose more than 10 per cent in the first six months of 2016 with June marking the 13th consecutive month of growth. The Swedish manufacturer has […]

Scottish drivers claiming VW compensation

Volkswagen could face a legal battle after rejecting calls last week to offer European drivers affected by dieselgate the same compensation as that offered to motorists in the US. The […]