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It has been confirmed that there will be a £40 million planned investment into Bentley headquarters in Crewe. This is great news for the area as it will create over 300 jobs and ensure that the workforce is some of the most skilled in Europe. The new jobs will be working within engineering, manufacturing, quality, […]
TIGOSE (The International Guild of Specialist Engineers), the UK-based association which represents and supports specialists and businesses in the motorised historic and classic transport industry, announces today a new partnership with Emtec Colleges Ltd, to deliver training in more areas than the original scheme had planned: Paint, Panel, Trim, Customer Service, Parts and Machine Shop […]
This is the Mercedes-AMG GT – the all new sports car designed and engineered by the famous German marque in Affalterbach. Orders are now being taken with expected first deliveries in April 2015. The car will initially be available in GT S and GT S Edition 1 guise, each powered by an all-new 4.0-litre biturbo […]
Not content with simply resting on the many plaudits already offered to the new Nissan Qashqai, the Japanese marque has gone a step further and offered this hugely popular car with a EURO6 compliant engine. The powerplant is a DIG-T 163 1.6-litre with turbocharger and is capable of 0-62mph in 9.1 seconds. Fuel economy is […]
We’re all now very much used to seeing Nissan’s Qashqai on the road. However, a milestone was recently reached when sales were confirmed to have surpassed two million! Under eight years ago, the first Nissan Qashqai rolled off the production plant at Sunderland, the North of England. This sales record has been reached quicker than […]
We at Car Articles are huge fans of motorsport and the Porsche Carrera Cup is certainly up there for excitement, speed and thrills. The 2015 dates have now been announced for this extremely competitive event and it continues to support the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at seven circuits. Each of the two Spa races […]
As afternoons become darker due to the clocks changing, those who are most vulnerable on the road (pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists etc) face greater risk. That’s why the road safety charity Brake, in partnership with Autoglass, is calling on drivers to slow down and take extra care to prevent casualties, and inviting community groups and organisations to […]
Volvo, ever the innovators in the area of vehicle safety, have gone another step in attempting to wipe out road deaths. The latest technology being trialled is 360° view, designed to provide the driver with a full view around the car to eliminate any blind spots that the vehicle may have. The technology trial was […]
The new Small Family Citroën C4 Cactus received four stars, a creditable result against Euro NCAP tougher requirements. The small off-Road 4X4 Nissan X-Trail and the Business and Family Van Mercedes-Benz V-Class both achieved Euro NCAP’s maximum five star overall rating. The X-Trail was rewarded for crash avoidance systems such as Autonomous Emergency Braking and Lane Departure Warning, included in the rating as from 2014. The […]
FISITA announced that it is accepting applications for the second round of its 2014 Student Travel Bursary, offering up to 2,000 EUR to any student studying engineering wishing to work or study abroad. The initiative, launched in 2006, has funded the overseas placements of hundreds of students from around the world, supporting their living and […]