UK car manufacturing output down -16.5% in November with 107,753 units produced. Output for both home and overseas markets falls, -26.6% and -14.2% respectively. Year-to-date car production drops -14.5%, with declines in 17 of the last 18 months. Car production in the UK fell significantly in November, down -16.5%, with 107,753 units manufactured, according to figures released today by the …

UK commercial vehicle production rises 9.8% in November, with 8,768 units built. Output for overseas market up 43.5%, but production for home drops -21.7%. Year-to-date performance has fallen by -9.3% during a turbulent year. UK commercial vehicle (CV) production increased 9.8% in November, with 8,768 units manufactured, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Output …

UK engine manufacturing falls -13.9% in November, following planned ‘no deal’ Brexit shutdowns. Year-to-date performance -7.9% behind 2018 with 2.4 million new engines produced. Importance of ambitious future trade deal underlined as more than six out of 10 UK-built engines shipped overseas. Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said, “As with UK cars and vans, UK engine production is export-led, so it …

Volvo is first car company in Europe to offer customers easy route to a cleaner car with new app-based mobile valeting service Volvo Car UK takes the hassle out of car cleaning with new mobile valeting service, in association with GoWashMyCar Volvo Car Mobile Wash app-based service works in conjunction with the Volvo On Call digital services platform Designed for …

Road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist welcomes the Department for Transport announcement that vehicle drivers and passengers will soon be encouraged to use the ‘Dutch reach’ when opening doors from the inside. Pioneered in the Netherlands, the Dutch reach is a method of opening a car door with the hand furthest away from the door, so the right hand if …

More than 50% admitted… they didn’t recognise the roundabout sign A survey conducted by the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, found that many drivers have a real lack of awareness of the rules of the road, putting themselves and others in danger. More than 50% admitted their road knowledge was so poor, they didn’t recognise the roundabout …

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was injured in a road traffic collision in Shoreditch. Police are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or has footage of the incident. Detective Sergeant Jose Qureshi, of the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command, said: “The collision took place at a busy time of day in a heavy footfall …

Detectives are renewing their appeal for information just over one week on from a serious fail to stop collision in Croydon. Officers were called by the London Ambulance Service at 06:19hrs on Saturday, 23 June, to reports of a collision between a car and a cyclist on Whitehorse Road at the junction with Northbrook Road in Selhurst. The 60-year-old cyclist …

July 14 will witness the second Equipe 3 Hour Classic Relay race – an event that set the historic racing fraternity buzzing when first run at Silverstone last Autumn. This year it will inhabit Donington Park, a truly challenging circuit much loved by racers of these older cars. With up to 100 vehicles entered, the pitlane atmosphere is guaranteed to …

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