Industry News

Jaguar Land Rover Launches Biggest Ever Campaign For Apprentices

February 2, 2012

The new apprentice programme, which is seeking Advanced and Higher Apprentices, launches on Monday February 6th 2012 – coincident with National Apprenticeship week. This year, Jaguar Land Rover is seeking 133 apprentices to join the company which has a portfolio of hugely successful (and attractive) models in the range. Commenting on the 2012 Apprentice programme, [...]

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Citroen Creative Awards 2011 Deadline Extended

November 18, 2011

The 2011 Citroën Créative Awards deadline has been extended to Sunday 15 January due to an increased volume of entries. Since it launched in October, entrants have been submitting an exciting range of ideas to impress the panel of judges, with many already featuring on the Créative Awards website. Visitors can score and comment on [...]

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DPF Causing You Problems? Read This Guide…

November 6, 2011

There’s recently been some press coverage over issues around ownership of new vehicles fitted with a diesel particulate filter, or DPF. It stops the nasty black smoky stuff from pouring out of the exhaust of your diesel powered car. It seems that some owners of said diesels are feeling a little mis-sold, as they are [...]

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BlablaCar – A New Way To Share A Journey

October 13, 2011
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The world is changing.  Every day, our pace of life seems to be that bit much more.  We’re all separated from each other, travelling in our own little bubble.  By all accounts, we’re also churning out more CO2, which is bad for the environment.  We also pay so much for petrol and diesel that it [...]

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A Quick Update Regarding Vauxhall’s Reported Handbrake Problems

October 9, 2011

Car Articles has previously covered the issue of apparent handbrake failure in some makes of Vauxhall car in two separate articles, namely here – http://www.cararticles.co.uk/uk-vauxhall-hit-by-renewed-faulty-handbrake-alarm.html and here – http://www.cararticles.co.uk/uk-vauxhall-handbrake-problem-part-2.html It looks as though some of you may be getting some satisfaction, though granted this is some years on from the original complaint. Mandy in particular [...]

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Two Cars, Two Different Tyres – Michelin Shows How Much Impact Correct Tyres Can Have

September 10, 2011

Check out the video at the Michelin UK Motorsport site. Two C Class Merc Estates go for it, only one has standard fitment tyres and the other has Michelin’s Primacy Alpin winter tyres. The result? The car fitted with the winter tyres stopped in 7.01 metres compared to the summer tyre-shod car’s 9.75 metres: a [...]

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A Free Way To Advertise A Used Car

August 2, 2011

There’s a new website that has a fresh approach to selling a used car – and it’s totally free of charge to private and trade sellers. Here’s all the information direct from UsedCar.co.uk: Designed to make the selling process as fast as possible for both private individuals and car dealers with businesses of all sizes, [...]

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One Million Nissan Qashqais

July 1, 2011

Nissan Sunderland Plant have celebrated – and for all the right reasons. One million Qashqais have now been built, which makes it one of the most successful British built cars ever produced. The landmark millionth vehicle was driven off the production line four years, six months and 23 days after production began on December 5, [...]

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Did You Know That Skoda Has Been Making Engines For 110 Years?

November 24, 2009
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What a milestone! Well done to Skoda for making engines for 110 years, and especially for the new 1.2 TSI engine. This extremely efficient little powerplant manages to chuck out 105bhp and will debut in the new Yeti, before being featured in the full Skoda, Audi, VW and SEAT range. The all-new engine is a [...]

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Exporting British Made Cars – The Honda Civic Type R

August 17, 2009

British made cars of a certain era are known for their unreliability and generally being ill-put together. These days though, it’s de rigueur that some of the best manufacturing in the world takes place on our own fair isle, which should mean it comes as no surprise that Honda is capitalising on this and exporting [...]

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