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The Renault Trezor has been crowned 2016’s Concept Car Design of the Year, based exclusively on the votes of a 20-strong judging panel featuring some of the world’s top car designers. The peer-reviewed award, received by Anthony Lo, Vice President, Exterior Design and Stéphane Janin, Concept-Car Director, was presented at a gala ceremony in Geneva […]
You know it’s coming up to the end of the year when you’re watching the fantastic coverage of evo’s Car of the Year. The 2016 contest is one of the most hard fought ever, with McLarens, Aston Martins, Audis, Porsches and many more all in the mix for the top spot. Assuming you’re now off […]
We do love a good success story here at Car Articles and few could argue with what Harry Garraway has achieved. Harry joined the Heritage Volkswagen Van Centre Bristol three and a half years ago. He completed his apprenticeship in 2015, became a Qualified Technician this year and has now passed all the assessments required to […]
The Volvo V40 has been presented with the ‘Co-op Safe Used Car 2016’ award. The inaugural Co-op Insurance award celebrates the safest used cars typically bought by families in the UK. Working in collaboration with safety experts Thatcham Research, Co-op Insurance awarded the trophy to the Volvo V40 with Driver Support Pack, which beat strong […]
Citroën’s CEO, Linda Jackson, has been named as “the most influential British woman in the car industry” in an initiative by the UK’s longest-standing weekly motoring title, Autocar. A panel of judges, which included experts from Autocar and the SMMT, awarded Linda with the honour for her decisive leadership of Citroën, during a period that […]
Karin Smyth, MP for Bristol South, has been given the accolade of Parliamentarian of the Month in 2016 for May, by the road safety charity Brake and Direct Line Group. The award recognises Karin’s work fighting for tougher road safety regulations following the death of Freddie Hussey. Three-year-old Freddie was crushed by a two-tonne trailer […]
The UK motor industry is on the search for the most influential British women in the sector this summer. In the UK as a whole, just 9% of UK engineering employees are female, the lowest proportion in Europe, while fewer than 16% of British engineering and technology undergraduates are women. A shortage of skilled workers is one […]
Suzuki is very pleased to announce that Vitara has been voted the overall winner at the 2016 Honest John Awards held in London. Since its launch just 12 months ago in the UK, Vitara has proved to be very popular and was voted as the top choice by readers of honestjohn.co.uk. It was also voted […]
DieselCar Magazine has been championing economy motoring for more than 28 years and has recently announced the top 50 recommended cars for 2016. Editor and Publisher Ian Robertson commented “Every single car that has been evaluated by the DieselCar test team have had their results utilised to compile a comprehensive list of the top 50 best […]
The Mazda MX-5 has, for four generations, offered a supremely heady package of low price, good performance and huge heaps of fun. It’s great to see then that the latest iteration has taken the World Car of the Year 2016 award as well as the World Car Design of the Year award 2016. This is in […]