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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 […]
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 […]
Earlier in 2014, we previewed the Mercedes-AMG GT. We sang the praises of this car quite highly and rightfully so – although it is on sale for just shy of £100,000, it is a remarkable piece of exotic machinery. Having now had the pleasure of being up close and personal with this grand tourer from […]
What Car? is asking its readers to vote for the car they believe will be the most exciting of 2015, as part of the 38th annual What Car? Car of the Year Awards, in association with Warranty Direct. Readers can vote at http://www.whatcar.com/readeraward until 00.01 on December 1, with the HPI–sponsored Reader Award winner being announced at the UK’s most prestigious […]
In case you missed it earlier in the year, the 2014 Driver Power survey from Auto Express is now complete. The results can be seen on the Auto Express website. Just how does your car stack up? It isn’t too bad an idea to take a look at the top ten with a view to […]
So, what makes a GT car? A useful passenger space? A boot? Some performance? Well, how about the proposition of the fastest production Ferrari ever. The F12berlinetta is a ludicrously wide, insanely fast car that is capable of munching miles with aplomb. Alternatively, stick to the back roads and the ferocious 6.3-litre V12 engine has […]
Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum has been named one of TopGear magazine’s Men of the Year 2012, selected by its awards judging panel for “designing beautiful cars, again and again”. The accolade adds to Callum’s international success this year, following the worldwide acclaim for his design of the new Jaguar F-TYPE two-seater sports car, […]
A massive congratulations goes out to the delightful Jessica Ennis, who has won the Most Inspirational Sportwoman of the Year Award for 2012 at the Jaguar Academy of Sport Awards. Jessica Ennis said: “I’ve had such a great evening and to win this award is fantastic. A lot of hard work went into winning that […]
The jury of Women’s World Car of the Year, which comprises women motoring writers from 12 countries, has completed the voting process to announce their choices for the best cars of 2012. There are four categories in the awards structure. Judges award points for every car from a voting criteria and the car receiving the […]
Automotive Charity BEN has been awarded a 2-star rating in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2012. The award which placed BEN as one of the country’s best not-for-profit organisations was presented to HR Director, Sara Howard at a special ceremony by Best Companies Director, Glenn Dimelow. In total 1082 organisations entered for […]