I’ve read a few things recently about the success of the British automotive industry. Just yesterday, it was announced that UK car exports reached five million this decade. Of course, this is ‘wond...
The UK has exported five million cars since the start of 2010, more than in any other decade, according to the SMMT. A total of 132,570 new cars were built at UK-based car manufacturing plants duri...
Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has been testing Infiniti’s prototype Q50 Eau Rouge super saloon at Spa Francorchamps ahead of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. Using the circu...
More than 14 million Volkswagen Polos have been sold worldwide since it first went on sale in 1975; 1.23 million of those going to UK buyers. With 721k Polos finding homes in 2013 (42k in the UK),...
The Mitsubishi Shogun is something of a cult hero in off-roading circles, mentioned in reverent hushed tones alongside the likes of the Toyota Land Cruiser and the Isuzu Trooper. In all honesty, i...
Britain’s biggest supermarkets have sparked a new fuel price war in an attempt to curry favour with consumers ahead of the busy Bank Holiday period. Asda was the first to chop prices, cutting the ...
The English Channel may only be 26 miles wide between the closest parts of the UK and France, but it might as well be a gulf when it comes to the car industries of the two nations. While the UK’s ...
Vauxhall’s new supermini, the Adam has clocked up an impressive 100,000 orders in Europe after just 18 months on sale. Key markets for the Opel/Vauxhall Adam have included the UK, Germany, Italy, ...
The world’s first global racing series for electric cars won’t just be ground-breaking because of its fleet of fully electric race cars, but also because of its supporting vehicles, which will all ...
With the Ford Mustang due to arrive in the UK next year, the first right-hand drive development car has been built and is undergoing tests. In the 50-year history of the Mustang, this is the first...