Archive for February, 2010
CAR MAKING ACCELERATES 65% IN YEAR
Scrappage sparks sales boost
Car production has soared by 64.8% over the last year – the largest increase since May 1976.
A total of 101,190 cars were made last month alone, up from 85,316 in December.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said production of vans and lorries was also up 9.6% on January 2009.
Toyota recall crisis is threat to ‘whole car industry’
Toyota’s recall crisis has wiped more than 10pc off the value of the company’s brand and could damage the reputation of Japanese car makers for a generation, one of the world’s leading brand experts has warned.
The verdict comes with the crisis on the brink of being exacerbated by recalls of the Prius hybrid and high-end [...]
British Motor Industry’s Setting Sons
The British motor car industry looks decidedly less British these days, with the announcement last month that Jaguar Land Rover’s British chief executive, David Smith, was being replaced by an executive from India.
Mr. Smith was replaced by Ravi Kant, the managing director of Tata Motors. Tata, the Indian automaker, bought Jaguar in 2008 from the [...]
New MÉGANE COUPÉ-CABRIOLET
New Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet rounds off the renewal of the New Mégane family in style with introduction of the line-up’s sixth body type. The newcomer’s striking looks combine the elegance of a coupé with the promise of the thrills that go hand-in-hand with driving a cabriolet.
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