Investment boost for green car technology
The Low Carbon Innovation Fund, based at the University of East Anglia (UEA), has invested 400,000 in new automotive technologies designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) has developed a range of products to help car makers meet tightening legislation on CO2 emissions by making the car significantly more […]
Volkswagen and GAZ sign agreement for contract manufacturing in Russia
Volkswagen and the GAZ Group today signed an agreement to assemble Volkswagen and koda models under contract at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod. The companies already concluded a memorandum of understanding regarding joint automobile production in Russia in February 2011. The planned production volume is 110,000 vehicles per year. The agreement runs until 2019. […]
Audi builds firm foundations for UK Q3 launch
Generous UK specification is an added attraction for new more compact Audi SUV: Third Audi Q-series model opens for ordering in June with attractive 24,560 OTR entry price first UK deliveries in November Four engines available, all directly injected and turbocharged and all optimised by start-stop and energy recuperation systems 2.0 TFSI 170PS, 2.0 TFSI […]
Land Rover Discovery 4 named Diesel Car’s Best 4×4 Car for second consecutive year
One year on there is still nothing to rival the Land Rover Discovery 4 as it claims its second successive ‘Best 4×4’ title in the 2011 Diesel Car awards. Announcing the award, Diesel Car Editor Iain Robertson declared: If there is a more all-round capable car than the Discovery 4, we have yet to encounter […]
New Q3 brings a third dimension to Audi SUV style
Latest Audi entrant offers all the benefits of SUV ownership in a more compact and city-friendly form A new compact Audi SUV that will be as comfortable within the confines of the city as it will be scaling hills or crossing continents makes its world debut next week at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show (April […]
Suzuki announces ATV competition winner
The winner of Suzuki’s ATV competition has been announced, David Teesdale of Welburn, York has claimed the incredible prize of a new KingQuad 500 Power Steering with Winch. David entered the competition at the LAMMA show in January and was handed over keys to the top-spec KingQuad 500 Power Steering ATV at his local dealer, […]
Amarok takes centre stage as Volkswagen returns to the CV Show
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is proud to announce a return to the CV Show with an exciting line-up of its latest vans and people carriers, including the first UK example of the double-cab Amarok pick-up. The hotly anticipated four-door, four-wheel drive Amarok will headline the Volkswagen stand in Hall 5, at Birminghams NEC from 12-14 April, […]
Debut for all-wheel drive SEAT Alhambra
The SEAT Alhambra an acknowledged leader among todays full size people carriers and already crowned Whar Car? MPV of the Year in the UK is now even more versatile thanks to the addition of four-wheel drive. Making its public debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the new Alhambra 4WD is even more versatile, flexible […]
Land Rover reveals its first fully capable 4WD plug-in Diesel hybrid
Land Rovers on-going commitment to building vehicles that are more fuel and emissions-efficient reaches another milestone at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show with the first presentation of the Range_e. This development model is equipped with an advanced plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain that Land Rover expects to make available in future production models, following the scheduled […]
