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Jaguar Supports Rally For Heroes With XKR-S For Epic European Journey

Jaguar Supports Rally For Heroes With XKR-S For Epic European Journey

A Jaguar XKR-S, the most powerful and fastest series production sports car the company has ever built, is currently travelling 3,000 miles in under ten days as part of Britain's 2012 Rally for Heroes, an initiative to raise funds for Help for Heroes and the Royal British Legion. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Delivers More Cars In Period To July / +10.4 Per Cent

Volkswagen Delivers More Cars In Period To July / +10.4 Per Cent

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand handed over 3.26 (January-July 2011: 2.95; +10.4 per cent) million vehicles to customers worldwide from January to July. ... Continue reading

TNT Takes Delivery Of Ten Volkswagen Crafter Conversions

TNT Takes Delivery Of Ten Volkswagen Crafter Conversions

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has agreed a trial with the UK's leading business-to-business express operator, TNT Express, for ten of its Crafter single chassis cabs with a box van conversion. ... Continue reading

Toyota Sponsors IAAF World Championships

Toyota Sponsors IAAF World Championships

Toyota is famous for its involvement in global motorsport, but did you know it's a major supporter of athletics, too? This week Toyota has renewed its sponsorship of the IAAF World Championships, extending a relationship that's been in place since 2003. ... Continue reading

Sporty New Fiat 500 Streets Ahead On Style And Equipment

Sporty New Fiat 500 Streets Ahead On Style And Equipment

The highly successful Fiat 500 range is enhanced even further today with the launch of a sporty and lavishly equipped new version, the 500 Street ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover: 50 Global Projects Offset 5.2 Million Tonnes Of Carbon Dioxide In Five Years

Jaguar Land Rover: 50 Global Projects Offset 5.2 Million Tonnes Of Carbon Dioxide In Five Years

Today, Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed support of its 50th Global carbon dioxide offset project in 5 years, the innovative LifeStraw project which is providing safe drinking water in Kenya. ... Continue reading

Bracknell Honda Open For Business

Bracknell Honda Open For Business

After an extensive six-month construction programme, the Bracknell Honda car dealership has opened its doors to welcome customers to their brand new residence. ... Continue reading

Epic Vauxhalls Join Chris Evans' Car-Fest This Weekend

Epic Vauxhalls Join Chris Evans' Car-Fest This Weekend

Vauxhall's latest and greatest sports cars will be heading South this weekend to star in the first ever Car-Fest, brainchild of car-nut DJ Chris Evans, who will be raising money from the event for Children in Need. ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Launches Smart Way To Find Provenance Pre-Owned Models

Rolls-Royce Launches Smart Way To Find Provenance Pre-Owned Models

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has launched a new resource called Provenance Pre-owned Stock Locator. The move takes effortlessness online, allowing would-be Rolls-Royce clients to search for exclusive Provenance cars quickly and easily using an iPad, computer or smart phone. ... Continue reading

Customers Guaranteed A 'Golden' Return In Renault's New 'Vive Le Summer' Promotion For New 62-Registration

Customers Guaranteed A 'Golden' Return In Renault's New 'Vive Le Summer' Promotion For New 62-Registration

The summer lives on long after London 2012 with savings of up to £800 available on the Renault range in the lead-up to the new 62-plate. ... Continue reading

Lucky Motorist Wins Alfa Mito Quadrifoglio Verde After Racing Goodwood's Hillclimb Via Auto Trader App

Lucky Motorist Wins Alfa Mito Quadrifoglio Verde After Racing Goodwood's Hillclimb Via Auto Trader App

Last week (Friday 17th August) Howard Derham 20, from Kent received the keys to a brand new Alfa MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde, which he won by racing the 1.16-mile hill climb at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed on a new Augmented Reality motor racing app, created by Goodwood's Moving Motor Show partner, Auto Trader. ... Continue reading

Fireball Tim Reveals New Photos from MAD MAX 4: FURY ROAD

Fireball Tim Reveals New Photos from MAD MAX 4: FURY ROAD

HOLLYWOOD, CA - August 21, 2012: Last Friday, Fireball reported on the new Mad Max movie - the first in two decades: MAD MAX 4: FURY ROAD. The latest chapter will star Tom Hardy in the title role. Here's three new pix from the production. To go back and read the previous report (and watch a video about the new film) CL ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Confirms Pricing And Specification For The New CLS Shooting Brake

Mercedes-Benz Confirms Pricing And Specification For The New CLS Shooting Brake

At its launch in 2004, the original CLS led the way, mixing coupé style with four-door practicality. The CLS has since accounted for 170,000 sales globally. ... Continue reading

Ford Focus Family Has A Clean Run On 2012 ECO RallyFocus Family Has A Clean Run On 2012 ECO Rally

Ford Focus Family Has A Clean Run On 2012 ECO RallyFocus Family Has A Clean Run On 2012 ECO Rally

Ford rolled out a comprehensive range of low-CO2 technologies at the Oxford to London Eco Rally this week as Ford Focus models with three different powertrains took part in this year's 65-mile event. ... Continue reading

Exclusive Limited Edition Nissan Juke Finds Its Perfect Partner With Ministry Of Sound

Exclusive Limited Edition Nissan Juke Finds Its Perfect Partner With Ministry Of Sound

Two of today's best-known urban brands have combined to create a unique limited edition model. ... Continue reading

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