Toyota GB names new President and MD
Matt Harrison has been named as the new President and Managing Director of Toyota GB. He takes over from Jon Williams who is taking up a new role with a private Toyota distributor outside Europe ...
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TLC needed: Can cars like the G-Wiz still have a purpose in life?
Weekly Column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. They have a funny name, massive door seals (so designed to hide a panel gap big enough to drive a bus through) and a top speed approaching 50 mph on a g...
Ford donates final Southampton-built Transit to city council
Ford has paid homage to Southampton by donating one of the last Transit minibuses built in the city to the council. Two million Transits were produced at Ford’s 44-acre Swaythling plant over 40 yea...
Oil workers set out to prove EVs can go the distance
Two intrepid explorers are setting out to prove that electric cars are a practical driving solution today, travelling 1,500 miles over the course of four days in a fully electric Nissan LEAF. Emb...
Smuggled fuel worth £20k seized in Scotland
Around 26,000 litres of fuel suspected to have been smuggled into the UK has been seized in Scotland. A lorry carrying 26 plastic tanks of fuel was stopped and searched by officers of HM Revenue ...
LCV returns for 2013: bigger than ever
Next week sees the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) show return to Millbrook, with Transport Minister Norman Baker confirmed to make the keynote address. Once again returning to the Millbrook Pr...
DfT dishes out £5m for 392 fresher buses
A total of 392 public transport buses will be upgraded in a bid to improve air quality in Britain’s most polluted urban areas. Eleven local authorities will receive a share of the £5million fundin...
Toyota on track for 2015 fuel cell car launch
Toyota says it is sticking to its plans to introduce a hydrogen fuel cell car by 2015, as it reveals more details on the development of its FCV-R concept. Now with a smaller fuel cell stack, th...
Vauxhall updates Insignia VXR SuperSport
With a top speed of 170mph and power output of 325PS, the new Insignia VXR SuperSport has just been given a load of new design and chassis revisions. As before, the SuperSport is available as eith...
New Ford S-Max concept sets scene for car maker’s vision for future
Ford has released details of its new S-MAX Concept, a technology-packed vehicle which reveals the car maker’s vision for future sport activity cars. The new S-MAX Concept employs the latest Ford d...
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