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Ford has announced the winner of the 2017 Ford UK Innovation Challenge. This award is part of the Ford College Community Challenge (Ford C3), a program from Ford Motor Company Fund, which supports young people, encouraging social entrepreneurship through the implementation of sustainable community solutions. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Ford C3 globally […]
Once again, the Ford Focus has topped the list of the most common vehicles serviced in garages during 2016, according to figures released by Autodata. Ford first introduced their popular compact car to Europe less than 20 years ago, in 1998. Just one year later, in 1999 the Ford Focus (1st generation) was awarded European Car […]
Beaulieu National Motor Museum will once again be host to an absolutely fantastic range of events, with 2017 being a bumper year for motoring based fun. Beaulieu Events Manager Judith Maddox said: “Following the success of last year’s Beaulieu Supercar Weekend, we are delighted to make it a two-day event again in 2017. At Spring Autojumble, […]
The iconic Escort has been named the favourite Ford of all time by fans of the UK’s best-selling car brand. Launched in 1968, the Escort was sold in six generations and enjoyed an impressive 32-year production run, with the final hatchback model rolling off the production line at Halewood, Liverpool, in July 2000, although the […]
You can’t see it coming and it just might be the cause of an accident. Temperatures around the UK have really dropped over the last couple of days. Windscreens are frozen over, tyres are cold, brakes are grabby and all the mechanicals of the car are cold. Worst of all, there are patches of the […]
We were going to go a little bit left-field this year but after flicking through page after page of car magazines, articles and online images, we came back to this – the Volvo XC90. The SUV has been on the map as just about the most popular body shape of a vehicle that you can […]
Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that it will be the first British carmaker to open a manufacturing facility in Slovakia. The announcement follows an agreement between the company and the Government of the Slovak Republic to build a new plant in the city of Nitra, western Slovakia. The new world-class £1 billion premium manufacturing facility […]
94 amazing classic cars spanning 83 years, as well as a host of automobilia and luxury lifestyle items, will be offered this weekend at Silverstone Auctions’ sale at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show. One of the biggest classic car auctions in the calendar, the two-day sale takes place on the 14th and 15th of […]
Motorpoint has officially opened its latest branch in Birtley. The UK’s leading car supermarket, recently named one of the Top 10 best performing mid-sized companies by the Sunday Times, began welcoming customers through its doors this morning after investing over £5m in recent months on the nine acre supersite in the North East. Motorpoint Birtley […]
After thorough examination it is now confirmed that no software constituting an improper defeat device as defined in law is installed in vehicles with EA 288 EU5-engines. Before, Volkswagen Group has confirmed that new EU6-compliant vehicles offered within the European Union fulfil all legal requirements and environmental standards. Volkswagen customers can visit the corporate websites […]