Mladá Boleslav, 29 January 2024 – Škoda Auto has started producing the updated Scala compact car and the Kamiq city SUV at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav. The latest enhancements to these product lines include new equipment features and assistant systems, usually exclusive to higher vehicle classes. Additionally, the carmaker has substantially increased the...
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Bridge of Weir leather opens Advanced Design Studio in the Midlands
Located in Warwick, new site will push the boundaries of leather as an automotive interior material. Bridge of Weir, supplier of Fine Automotive Leather to the world’s most-respected luxury car brands, has announced the establishment of its new Advanced Design Studio. Based in Warwick, in the UK Midlands, the new site will push the boundaries...
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Plea to give gritters space and time amid cold snap
National Highways is appealing to motorists to give gritters space and time after several were hit on the network last winter. Five National Highways gritters were struck by other vehicles while they were out and about spreading salt last winter. It compares to just one incident the year before and left each of the vehicles...
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Hyundai bolsters hassle-free EV ownership
Leatherhead, 15 January 2024 – Hyundai Motor UK has appointed smart home charging business Ohme as its official home charging partner. Ohme’s dynamic smart chargers can connect with the grid in real time, automatically adjusting to optimise the cost of charge and accessing all the times of the smartest, greenest and lowest cost energy tariffs. The...
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Maserati MSG Racing takes fourth in Mexico City Formula E opener
Following a promising pre-season test in Valencia in late 2023, the Monaco-based team visited Mexico’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez with quiet confidence and took a measured approach throughout practice. Initial data collection on Friday yielded a performance improvement for Saturday, and after posting the second-fastest time in FP2, Max carried his speed forward into qualifying by...
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Volvo Cars reconfirms its commitment to sustainability with new ambitions and a focus on biodiversity
Volvo Cars is expanding its sustainability strategy, setting new ambitious goals for 2030 and 2040. The company is also boosting its focus on biodiversity, and by 2025 the company aims to have 100 per cent of its debt linked to its Green Financing Framework or in a sustainability-linked format. “Taking actions to combat climate change...
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New UNI-TOUCH operating system for the Mercedes-Benz Unimog implement carrier
Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK has announced the all-new UNI-TOUCH operating system for the Unimog implement carrier, which is available to order now ahead of first deliveries in the second half of the year. The manufacturer is making the announcement at LAMMA 2024 – the UK’s leading agricultural machinery, equipment and technology show – where it is...
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SEAT celebrates 40 years with the Ibiza Anniversary Limited Edition
Milton Keynes, 11/01/2024 – SEAT celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Ibiza, the brand’s most iconic model, with a limited edition called “Anniversary”. Named after the island of Ibiza, it was a turning point for the company’s success and has sold over six million units over five generations since 1984. The first-generation SEAT Ibiza was the...
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BMW M GmbH continues to grow: more than 200,000 vehicles delivered within one year for the first time
Munich. BMW M GmbH can look back on an outstanding financial year 2023 and once again reports record results. For the first time in the company’s history, more than 200,000 vehicles were delivered worldwide in a single year. With a new record of 202,530 high-performance and performance cars sold, the growth trend of recent years continued....
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Alpine offers car enthusiasts a sporting chance to get behind the wheel of the award-winning A110
As Alpine Cars looks to new horizons in 2024 and accelerate its transformation on- and off-track, the iconic, multi-award winning brand is offering sports car enthusiasts an unprecedented opportunity to realise their own driving ambitions. For a limited time only, the A110 range is now more accessible than ever with the announcement of new PCP...