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The new Volvo XC90 is set for release in two weeks’ time. It is the first car built on Volvo’s latest Scalable Product Architecture modular chassis. The purpose of this new chassis design is to allow flexibility when it comes to vehicle design as well as improving driveability and safety. “SPA and the XC90 are […]
Aston Martin is searching for the very best of tomorrow’s automotive design talent with news that the luxury sports car brand is recruiting clay sculpting apprentices. The two apprenticeships on offer present the right candidates with the opportunity to enter the highly acclaimed Aston Martin Design Department and, quite literally, help shape the future of […]
The MPG Marathon, now in its fourteenth year, takes place on Wednesday, October 8 and Thursday, October 9, when it will be based at the luxurious Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. This year’s 360-mile route begins at Cirencester and takes in the Brecon Beacons in Wales plus a number of points in […]
The Volvo factory in Torslanda celebrated 50 years recently with a total of over 6.8 million cars having been produced, starting with the Amazon model in 1964 and all the way to the new V60 Polestar that began to roll off the production line . The Polestar model also marks the first ever independent partner […]
Auto Express has covered some fascinating research that indicates a new use for left over coffee beans/grinds – biofuel! Apparently, through a chemical process, any left over coffee grind can be turned in to biodiesel. This is good on two levels. First, it will further reduce dependence on fossil fuels and secondly rather than simply […]
WeLoveAnyCar.com, the UK’s biggest car review site, has launched #CarCountUK allowing users to check how many cars of a particular make and model are still licensed on British Roads. #CarCountUK can be viewed here: www.weloveanycar.com/carcountUK The largest group of drivers on British roads are people born in the 60s and 70s. Cars of their youth are […]
Yet more new jobs are coming to the industry, thanks to Jaguar Land Rover that the Land Rover Discovery Sport will be built at Halewood. The additional jobs announced to support Jaguar Land Rover’s newest model will see the Halewood workforce reach 4,750 – more than treble the number employed there in 2010. Commenting on […]
TIGOSE Members are looking for apprentices to put through their bespoke Apprenticeship Programme 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, is sending a call for action to school leavers who wish to carve themselves a career in […]
Have you ever thought ‘my Jaguar/Land Rover car is nice but I want it to be a bit more… well everything’? This is where the all new JLR Special Operations division steps in. It is aimed at designing and engineering high specification vehicles, bespoke commissions, heritage products and branded goods. Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive, […]
The question, “What tow car is the best?” can now be answered thanks to the results of The Tow Car Awards 2014. These are now available at www.thetowcarawards.com and will be published with Practical Caravan, What Car? and The Camping and Caravan Club members’ magazine. This year’s 56 entries, a record number since the first competition in 2007, ranged […]