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BMW Group UK has welcomed its 2015 intake of apprentices at its UK MINI and BMW production sites in Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall near Birmingham. It is also celebrating the first success of its Girls Go Technical programme with four female apprentices joining the company’s apprenticeship scheme as a direct result of having participated […]
We at Car Articles firmly believe that all record breaking automotive attempts should be celebrated. This video, showing the Jaguar F-PACE SUV taking on a 360 degree gravity defying loop is certainly one such feat. It demonstrates that this powerful, luxury SUV is capable of just about anything. Other loop cars tended to be smaller […]
Tickets for the London Motor Show, to be staged at the Battersea Evolution Centre in May 2016, can now be pre-booked by visiting the show website www.thelondonmotorshow.co.uk. Individual tickets are priced from £13 upwards. The show will run from the 5th to the 8th May from 10 am to 6pm each day. The show will […]
Even Bentley is now getting on the SUV gravy train. Granted, their ‘sports utility vehicle’ is unlikely to be that similar to anything else on the market as the big push appears to be speed and massive, unadulterated luxury. Does Bentley need an SUV in their stable? Does the world need another SUV? Answers as […]
As you can see from the latest research from Ford, Europe is firmly in the grip of SUV mania! The body shape that has become ubiquitous for just about every manufacturer (even Jaguar is getting in on the sales event of all time) is widely becoming the go to type of car of choice – […]
Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum has been named among the first inductees to the Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame at a prestigious ceremony held aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia and hosted by His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent. The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers’ Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame, presented by Bridge of […]
Motorpoint, the UK’s leading car supermarket, is set to open its ninth supersite in Birtley in November 2015. The nine-acre site, close to J61 of the A1, will house 500 new and low mileage nearly new vehicles with quick access to a further 4,000 vehicles in group stock. Motorpoint is investing over £5m developing the […]
Nissan’s Sunderland plant has been not only a massive success story for the North of England but for the UK as a whole. So it was with excitement that we found out that the new Juke will be built South Tyneside. This has effectively secured the jobs of 34,000 people currently employed by Nissan and its […]
The latest Ford Mondeo (the fourth generation if you like to know these sort of facts) has been on sale since December 2014. Without a doubt it has already met with huge success, having won a number of accolades including the ‘Best Family Car’ UK Car of the Year award. John Challen, head of the […]
Today sees the launch of the all new signifier for registrations here in the UK – the 65 plate! Number plates change twice a year and when a car is registered a buyer is often given the chance to select from a few choices, unless the vehicle has been pre-registered. The latest 65 plate closely […]