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Another great week for car builders

18 May WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Another great week for car builders

As weeks go, this has been one full of highs and lows. It started with the sporting drama of the end of the premiership season and appears to be endin.......

Ellesmere Port car workers: Astra deal 'lifts cloud'

18 May NEWS

Ellesmere Port car workers: Astra deal 'lifts cloud'

Workers at a Cheshire car factory under threat of closure spoke of their relief and jubilation after the owner announced a deal to build the new Vauxh.......

China's car dealerships struggle as stockpiles increase

18 May NEWS

China's car dealerships struggle as stockpiles increase

Chinese dealers are struggling with the rising number of unsold cars that's threatening to deepen price cuts, according to the nation's biggest automo.......

Prestige Hot & Not - May 2012

18 May EDITOR BLOG

Prestige Hot & Not - May 2012

HOT Brand - it's all about the brand and, as Mr Clarkson mentioned in the Sunday Times recently, nobody in the prestige sector does brand better th.......

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant to build new Astra

17 May NEWS

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant to build new Astra

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant will build a new generation of Astra cars in an "historic" deal that will see it produce at least 160,000 cars a year........

Vertu Motors sees car market revival

17 May NEWS

Vertu Motors sees car market revival

Car dealership Vertu Motors said the UK's new car retail market has returned to growth following period of decline in 2011, helping it grow profits an.......

Diesel versus petrol

16 May NEWS

Diesel versus petrol

With the Chancellor making diesel pricier than petrol, choosing between the two fuel forms is now no longer as clear cut. If it was purely down to .......

Britain exports more vehicles than it imports for first time since 1976

16 May NEWS

Britain exports more vehicles than it imports for first time since 1976

Britain has sold more cars abroad than it's imported for the first time since 1976. Car plants are motoring, with exports surging 20% in the first .......

Ferrari to launch its first hybrid car - a snip at £527,000+

16 May NEWS

Ferrari to launch its first hybrid car - a snip at £527,000+

From horsepower to battery power, Ferrari is joining the growing ranks of green carmakers by launching its first ever hybrid vehicle at the end of the.......

Land Rover Closed, BCA Bedford

16 May EDITOR BLOG

Land Rover Closed, BCA Bedford

Up to Bedford in sunshine, a weather event so surprising the car put the wipers on anyway - I almost wrote 'without thinking', but since the C-Class w.......