Aston Martin CEO, Andy Palmer has stepped down from the company today after five and a half years at the company. Palmer joined as CEO in October 2014 and came from various management roles at Nissan. Palmer has seen the company though it’s ‘Second Century Plan’ which brought the second generation V8 Vantage, DB11, DBS and the new DBX SUV, the first SUV from Aston Martin. The company also opened […]
Ford has recently taken the decision to stop production of the small city car, the Ka+ and the two medium sized people carriers the C-Max and the B-Max in Europe in order to be more profitable and to meet buyer demand. The outgoing Ka+ is based on the last generation Ford Fiesta in order to keep costs down and is also sold in India and other markets. The C-Max and […]
Like other UK based car factories, Morgan Motors stopped production back at the end of March to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. This week the company has resumed production at its Malvern Hills based factory on Monday 12th May, bit in a limited fashion, only twenty staff have returned back to work. “This very small scale reintroduction provides us a good opportunity to prove some of the new […]
When car factories shut their doors all over the UK and Europe in March, it was unclear as when they would reopen again, but we are now starting to see the slow ramp up again, so far Lamborghini has started production again while in Sunderland, Nissan has extended its closure until June. The more recent news is from Aston Martin, who has a factory in St Athan, Wales and it […]
Today, Alfa Romeo has introduced some new updates for the existing Giulia Quadrifoglio saloon and the Stelvio Quadrifoglio SUV for 2020. These updates include some design tweaks mainly, along with some new colours. Alfa Romeo also updated the non Quadrifoglio versions recently. Todays updates include new LED rear light clusters with dark lenses as well as extra gloss black detailing around the car. The Stelvio Quadrifoglio now also has a larger […]
Back in late March, like a lot of UK based car factories, the Nissan factory in Sunderland had to close due to the coronavirus, but now the company has plans to reopen again in early June, but not fully. The company is “planning a phased resumption of production” in order to comply with the recommended health and safety regulations. Speaking to Autocar, Nissan said in a statement: “During this period […]
Back in March at the start of the UK lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, we reported that Mini had made the decision to close its factory in Cowley, Oxfordshire. At the time, Mini were hoping to reopen the factory as well as the other in Europe by April, but obviously that didn’t happen due to the ongoing pandemic. This week, BMW said that production is expected to start again on the […]
Ford announced the new Mustang Mach-E a few months ago, it also appeared on London streets back in February. In the last few days, Ford has revealed some more specs about the car, as well as the pricing here in the UK. Ford has said that a lot of buyers have registered interest in the Mach-E in the UK, stating the order books are “healthy.” Ford Mustang Mach-E will start […]
Alfa Romeo has confirmed that later this year, the Giulietta hatchback will be dropped from the product line, after ten years on sale. The head of product marketing at Alfa Romeo, Fabio Migliavacca said that the “Giulietta is expected to finish its life at the end of this year. The trend is to have SUVs in the C-segment, so the Tonale SUV will be the replacement for Giulietta.” Fabio Migliavacca […]
Porsche has released a few new optional packages for the new 911 Turbo S, which add a few styling tweaks which make i look more like a 911 GT3. New Lightweight and Sport packages are now available. The new Lightweight package is only available on the coupe version and it saves a total of 30kg from the car, by reducing the amount of noise isolation and also removes the rear […]
