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UK electric car registrations continue to set records, as latest figures place the total number of new 100% electric and plug-in hybrid cars registered last year at 59,911, making it the most successful year for electric cars to date. That equates to one new electric car registration every nine minutes in the UK. The total […]
The London Motor Show is delighted to announce Confused.com as title sponsor for the 2017 event. Selling out in its first year, The London Motor Show was a great success and is now set to return to Battersea Park from 4th to 7th May 2017 as The Confused.com London Motor Show. With the addition of […]
Harrods has added to their delivery vehicle range by including the completely electric Nissan e-NV200 – as seen in the picture above. Liveried in the brand’s colours, it stands out pleasingly from the crowd and offers a local range delivery whilst keeping emissions to zero – what a fantastic combination. The load space within the […]
The Nissan Qashqai is absolutely ubiquitous on UK roads now. Since 2007 the Sunderland made car has been a huge success. Whether it’s being used for the school run or with the seats dropped for a trip to Ikea, the Qashqai can tackle just about everything. Petrol and diesel is available as well as two […]
Are you young and do you have a passion for motor racing? If so, you must check this video out. Auto Express visits the Nissan NISMO lab to see exactly what goes in to the process of becoming a legend on four wheels. As editor of Car Articles, I’d like to think that if I […]
Eight of the UK’s major car brands united today at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on the eve of the key international motor show to demonstrate the diversity and quality of cars currently produced in the UK. Senior executives from British-based manufacturers, including Aston Martin, BMW MINI, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, McLaren, Nissan, Toyota and Vauxhall, were joined by Mark Garnier MP, the British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade, to […]
Mid size SUVs such as the Renault Kadjar and Nissan Qashqai represent a huge part of the new and used car markets. The space that used to be dominated by the family hatchback is now firmly in the favour of larger cars that have a jacked up ride height. No doubt this trend was started […]
The processes of manufacturing battery units in order of construction at the Nissan plant in Sunderland. Nissan has today announced its commitment to produce a future generation of electric vehicle (EV) batteries at its flagship manufacturing base in Sunderland, UK. Representing a £26.5m investment in the UK, this commitment will safeguard 300 highly-skilled jobs in […]
Auto Trader, the UK’s largest marketplace for new and used cars, has announced the top ten fastest selling used cars of 2015. The data, normally released monthly, shows the fastest selling used vehicles both nationally and by region, providing motor industry commentators and retailers with essential used car sales trend data. The Ford Fiesta has […]
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 […]