Copyright (c) 2012 GlassGuide.co.uk en-us 60 Latest Editors Blogs from GlassGuide.co.uk http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/ Fri, 18 May 2012 12:16:21 GMT http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/ http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/images/glass_guide_logo.gif http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/ Fri, 18 May 2012 12:16:21 GMT 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 than Audi. Over the past decade journalists have been referring to the vast VIP PR loan car scheme th.......]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 15:26:30 GMT 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. About 700 jobs will be created at the plant, which employs 2,100, plus thousands more in the sup.......]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 15:14:40 GMT 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 and revenues. The Aim-quoted group, which trades under the Macklin Motors brand in Scotland, grew r.......]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:23:10 GMT 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 miles per gallon, diesel would win. Easily. A Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi returns a quoted Combined consump.......]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:10:50 GMT 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 three months of the year. Factories made 401,412 cars, up 12.3% on the previous quarter. Around 8.......]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:01:42 GMT 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 year. The Italian firm, one of the most elite names in motoring, indicated that one of its glitz.......]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 14:16:34 GMT 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 wiring loom is now so complicated it could probably pass the Turing test, that's unlikely - and the b.......]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:41 GMT Great Wall Motor Company, the market leader for pick-ups and SUVs in China, is to launch their Steed pick-up in the UK at the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC in Birmingham between the 24th - 26th April.

The Steed S double cab pricing will s.......]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 09:20:59 GMT Ford has made developments to its Fiesta van with ECOnetic technology with latest emissions dropping from 95 to 87g/km of CO2 and combined fuel economy rising to 85.6mpg.

The 12% improvement has been achieved through the introduction of Auto S.......]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 15:04:07 GMT The Office of Budget Responsibility, which advises George Osborne, the Chancellor, said yesterday (Mon) that tax from fuel duty would be £500m lower than expected in two years time and car tax would be £100m down. The Government said, .......]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 14:48:02 GMT There is a "compelling" case for road charging in the UK rather than the current system funded by taxes on fuel, a study has suggested. The report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), funded by the policy arm of the RAC, suggested a "radical.......]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 14:17:29 GMT Vauxhall's £1billion car plant in Ellesmere Port has been saved - and in a dramatic change of heart, owner General Motors plans to boost output there and take on hundreds of extra workers. The decision, expected this week, to retain the fact.......]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 14:04:44 GMT Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said it will create 300 jobs at a new parts warehouse in Cheshire. It said the Ellesmere Port facility would open due to demand for its Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Freelander 2, which are made in Merseyside. Th.......]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:25 GMT On Thursday Inchcape reported a 4.9pc increase in like-for-like sales for the first quarter of 2012 in the UK, while Lookers reported a 6pc rise in new car sales. Inchcape is the biggest listed car dealer in the UK and has 117 retail centres in th.......]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 15:34:59 GMT Profits at Nissan jumped sharply in the January to March quarter as the carmaker pushed aggressively into fast-growing markets. The company reported a net profit of 75.3bn yen ($943m; £585m), up from 30.8bn yen a year earlier. Nissan said.......]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 15:23:31 GMT US electric car maker Tesla Motors has brought forward production of its new car, pushing its shares up 11%. The company said it was close to completing safety tests on its Model S saloon and could begin delivering the car to customers in June, a .......]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 15:15:35 GMT Scotland's only tyre manufacturer is to temporarily suspend production at its factory in Dundee. Michelin said the decision was taken in response to the economic situation in Europe and the mild winter, which hit demand for specialist tyres. Ou.......]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 14:43:59 GMT Car dealer Lookers said it has made a strong start to 2012, outperforming the UK market for used vehicle and fleet sales. Manchester-based Lookers said in a trading update that sales of used cars in the first three months of 2012 were 11 per cent ahe.......]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 14:30:57 GMT EU fuel consumption tests need a radical overhaul, says Richard Parry-Jones, co-chair of the UK Automotive Council and chairman designate of Network Rail, who agrees that the gap between the published economy figures and what car owners can achieve i.......]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 15:20:01 GMT Re-balloted fuel tanker drivers have voted against strikes but in favour of other forms of industrial action. Members of the Unite union at Hoyer voted again after some workers did not receive papers during the last ballot. Union leaders said 5.......]]>