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Land Rover Crowned TowCar Campion for 2016 by Caravan Club

Land Rover Crowned TowCar Campion for 2016 by Caravan Club

Land Rover’s luxury SUV takes a much-deserved, first overall win in the industry’s most prestigious towcar competition, The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year. The competition’s 43 entrants, which were split into seven price classes and two weight categories, ranged from the MG6 S DTI-TECH, the ‘Under ... Continue reading

Collaboration with the Frasers Hospitality Group: 'Mercedes-Benz Living @ Fraser'

Collaboration with the Frasers Hospitality Group: 'Mercedes-Benz Living @ Fraser'

Mercedes-Benz is entering the market for premium business apartments in collaboration with the Frasers Hospitality Group, a leading international provider of luxury serviced apartments. From autumn 2015, as part of a pilot project entitled 'Mercedes-Benz Living @ Fraser', visitors to London will be able to book six ser ... Continue reading

Statement from the Executive Committee of Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG

Statement from the Executive Committee of Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG

In a meeting on Wednesday, September 23, the Executive Committee of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG discussed in detail the manipulation of emissions data of Volkswagen Group diesel engines and came to the following conclusions: 1. The Executive Committee takes this matter extremely seriously. The Executive Comm ... Continue reading

Rory Harvey Appointed Chairman and M.D. of Vauxhall Motors

Rory Harvey Appointed Chairman and M.D. of Vauxhall Motors

LUTON -- Spet. 23, 2015: Rory Harvey (47) has been appointed to the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Vauxhall Motors and CEO Opel Ireland. He succeeds Tim Tozer who has decided to leave the company and pursue his career outside of General Motors. Rory Harvey has wide experience within GM’s European op ... Continue reading

Volkswagen's CEO Winterkorn Does Resign After All +VIDEO

Volkswagen's CEO Winterkorn Does Resign After All +VIDEO

WOLFSBURG, Germany - September 23, 2015: Faced with the mounting scandal related to the software used in its diesel-powered vehicles, Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen's CEO, has announced his resignation. This announcement comes one day after announcing his refusal to resign. In a written statement, Dr. Winterkorn sai ... Continue reading

Major Upgrades to the Entire Kia cee'd Family

Major Upgrades to the Entire Kia cee'd Family

Kia today unveils a major package of advancements to the entire European-designed, European-engineered and European-made cee’d family. The revisions, which affect the five-door cee’d, three-door pro_cee’d, spacious cee’d Sportswagon and sporty cee’d GT and pro_cee’d GT, introduce new powertrains bringing major im ... Continue reading

Kia Set to Build on a Million Plus cee'd Sales

Kia Set to Build on a Million Plus cee'd Sales

Kia today reveals pricing and specification details for the extensively revised cee’d family, which is set to build on more than a million sales of the range already. The revisions affect the five-door cee’d, three-door pro_cee’d, spacious cee’d Sportswagon and sporty cee’d GT and pro_cee’ ... Continue reading

Nissan Qashqai Crowned Car of the Year by CarWow

Nissan Qashqai Crowned Car of the Year by CarWow

The Nissan Qashqai has been crowned Car of the Year in the inaugural carwow.co.uk New Car Buying Awards – the only motoring awards to consider sales figures, customer experience with franchised dealers, and the combined opinion of the UK’s top motoring media. ... Continue reading

Honda's Renewed Line-Up is First Step for Growth in Europe

Honda's Renewed Line-Up is First Step for Growth in Europe

Investment in new models and manufacturing capabilities signals Honda’s intention to work towards European sales of 200,000 units annually Next generation Civic to be launched from early 2017, with five door variant to be built at Honda’s UK Manufacturing plant (HUM) HUM to benefit from €270 million inve ... Continue reading

Watch How the Astra Union Jack was Created

Watch How the Astra Union Jack was Created

Vauxhall has revealed how they built the Astra Union Jack flag through a film launched today. To celebrate the launch of the all-new seventh generation Vauxhall Astra, workers at the Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant – home of the Astra for over 36 years – choreographed 128 new models to create the image of the Unio ... Continue reading

Daimler Organizes Symposium on "Autonomous Driving, Law and Ethics"

Daimler Organizes Symposium on "Autonomous Driving, Law and Ethics"

Before autonomous driving becomes reality, there is a wide range of legal and ethical questions to be answered. To support social discourse and communicate with experts, Daimler is hosting a symposium on "Autonomous Driving, Law and Ethics". More than 100 experts from business, science, politics and the media discuss t ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz New Truck Online Configurator (TOC): Updated Version Now Available

Mercedes-Benz New Truck Online Configurator (TOC): Updated Version Now Available

People who are looking for a vehicle to handle their transport task these days first look on the Internet. For this reason, Mercedes-Benz has been offering all its truck customers the option to gather information about vehicle solutions using the Truck Online Configurator (TOC) for many years. The TOC has now been furt ... Continue reading

Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Documentary Reveals the Story Behind the All-New Ford Focus RS: 'Rebirth of an Icon' +VIDEO

Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Documentary Reveals the Story Behind the All-New Ford Focus RS: 'Rebirth of an Icon' +VIDEO

From the searing heat of Arizona to the icy wastes of the Arctic, and from the design studio to the crash lab, Ford Motor Company is revealing the behind-the-scenes story of creating the all-new Focus RS. “Rebirth of an Icon” shows the development of the latest generation of an automotive icon through a “warts and a ... Continue reading

Volvo: Electric Buses Can Save Millions of Kronor for Society and the Environment

Volvo: Electric Buses Can Save Millions of Kronor for Society and the Environment

On September 26, 2015, the Volvo Group together with the audit and advisory firm KPMG will present their joint analysis of electric buses. The analysis illustrates the monetary value of an electric bus line given a number of factors that impact society and the environment, and which standard investment appraisals do no ... Continue reading

APU Plays Critical Role in Cross-Border Dismantling of Ugandan Car Theft Ring

APU Plays Critical Role in Cross-Border Dismantling of Ugandan Car Theft Ring

Fusion of leading-edge technology and human intelligence helps Police investigate international organised crime syndicate National Crime Agency, National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NVCIS), Interpol and APU work together Cars worth £100 million stolen in Q1 2015 alone WEST SUSSEX, UK -- Sept. 22, 2015: A hig ... Continue reading

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