Peugeot UK Sales Rise 22.3 Percent in March
9 Apr 2010, 10:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Peugeot started strong this year in the United Kingdom, the French automaker reporting sales up 22.3 percent in March as compared to the same month last year and a 31.5 percent rise year-to-date. Pe...
Qashqai Leads Nissan UK Sales in March
9 Apr 2010, 07:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Nissan’s British division yesterday announced official sales figures for March 2010, showing a huge 68% leap over the same month last year. Leading the sales were the manufacturer’s Brit...
UK Vehicle Pool Drops for the First Time
7 Apr 2010, 14:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The global recession has had a serious impact on the UK’s everyday automotive landscape, as the country’s car park has dropped for the first time in 64 years, breaking the consecutive an...
Limited Edition Vauxhall Astra VXR Gets More Equipment for Less Money
7 Apr 2010, 13:15 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Vauxhall has released a limited edition of its Astra VXR hot-hatch, dubbed Arctic Edition, of which 500 units will be produced. The Arctic Edition is fitted with equipment worth GBP 1,965 at the pri...
2010 Honda CBF1000 Goes to the UK
5 Apr 2010, 06:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Finally, the Honda CBF1000 will be available in the UK in 2010, despite the company's original decision not to introduce the bike onto the British market, Visordown found out. Honda’s dec...
UK Approves Low Carbon Budget
25 Mar 2010, 15:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an attempt to further strengthen the impact that future technologies will have on the automotive industry, the UK Government announced a comprehensive plan to support ultra-low carbon technologie...
Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Programs to Be Implemented in the UK
23 Mar 2010, 13:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As the automotive industry is becoming more environmental responsible, multiple “green” projects supported by governments are implemented all around the world. The latest eco-friendly ve...
Mazda 6 Gets "Best Estate Car" Award
19 Mar 2010, 13:28 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mazda 6 has just been named “Best Estate Car” at the 2010 Fleet News Awards. This does not come as a surprise, especially after used car experts CAP Monitor said a while ago that Mazda6 ...
Vauxhall Presents New Movano
19 Mar 2010, 11:21 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Vauxhall has just announced the launch of its second generation Movano. With this model, the automaker will try to increase its market share and strengthen its commercial vehicle offering. The compa...
UK Cars, Powered by Household Waste
18 Mar 2010, 15:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The race to find better solutions to power the vehicles of the future may prove to be just the thing the environment needed, as a new way of turning household and municipality waste into biofuel is ...
Nissan Leaf to Be Produced in Sunderland
18 Mar 2010, 07:15 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Nissan has just announced that its first all electric vehicle, the Leaf, will be manufactured at the automaker’s plant in Sunderland, UK. The car manufacturer’s lithium-ion battery plant...
UK Gets New Online Price-Drop Car Auction Website
17 Mar 2010, 11:40 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Another sales tool is available for car dealers in the UK. A new website called ukcarexchange.com promises to offer a new, rapid and cost-effective way of selling their units directly to consumers a...
BMW Motorrad Technicians Get ATA Master Accreditation
16 Mar 2010, 15:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Three of BMW Motorrad’s dealer network technicians in the UK became the first ever to achieve the accreditation of ATA Master Technician, the manufacturer announced recently. This means the Ge...
Alfa Mito MultiAir Priced for UK
13 Mar 2010, 07:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The MINI has a lot of rivals. The idea of a premium small car worked like a charm for the British car manufacturer so, obviously, other automakers became interested in this segment. The Alfa Romeo M...
Toyota UK Freezes Salaries in 2010
10 Mar 2010, 10:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Toyota Manufacturing UK’s annual salary review process between company representatives and employee representatives, the company announced a number of changes set to take place this ...
Right-Hand Drive Camaro on Hold
10 Mar 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Plans for a right-hand drive version of the Camaro have been put on hold due to a change of priorities within GM, Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman, said in an interview with journalists at the 2010...
Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit Almost Complete
10 Mar 2010, 09:08 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / According to the Silverstone official website, the work on the Grand Prix Circuit is almost complete. The investment which is supposed to have been quite impressive covers a new track layout and imp...
BMW 5-Series Voted UK's Most Anticipated Car
9 Mar 2010, 15:32 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The new BMW 5-Series saloon which is about to go on sale this month has just been voted UK’s most highly anticipated new car of 2010, according to a new survey conducted by ContractHireAndLeas...
Ford Continues UK Growth in February
9 Mar 2010, 09:31 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Things are getting better for Ford, as the car manufacturer has announced an UK car registration growth just ahead of the important March “plate-change month”. According to official f...
Peugeot Sales Up in the UK
5 Mar 2010, 10:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Peugeot reached an unbelievable sales rise in the United Kingdom. The French automaker managed to get its sales up 70.8% with the help of the extended scrappage scheme. As everybody is downsizing...