Circuit of Wales – Might it Stall? By Robin Roberts and Miles Better News Agency. The future of the proposed £375 Million Circuit of Wales will probably be decided tomorrow (Wednesday 13th July). The Welsh Government is expected to announce if it will underwrite a substantial part of the project that it said in April it couldn’t support in its entirety. Then it left the door ajar for further … [Read more...]
Features by Robin Roberts
UK Car Sales Dip…
Euro 2016 has been an own goal for UK car sales, particularly in Wales. Robin Roberts reports... New car sales dipped in June after four years of sustained growth, and by over 6% in Wales as the national team stormed through the series. SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said the industry had seen a cooling off in showrooms for a few months and it was too soon to attribute the dip of 0.8% to the … [Read more...]
Planned Circuit of Wales project in doubt…
The multi-million pound plan to create Circuit of Wales has stalled. By ROBIN ROBERTS (via Miles Better News Agency). Developers of the £357 Million 830-acres motor sport complex above Ebbw Vale, SouthWales have failed to get Welsh Government to underwrite the project and its future is now in great doubt unless it can be refinanced, but talks are continuing to try and rescue the … [Read more...]
New BMW X1 Road Test
New BMW X1 xDrive 2.0d Sport Road Test By Robin Roberts (via Miles Better News Agency) X-marks the spot for BMW UK sales successes, with a 12.5% increase in the UK last year to a new record of 167,391 new car registrations. This allowed the German brand to take over the UK’s number one sales position for premium brand cars from Audi. Part of BMW’s growth has come from their SUV series … [Read more...]
New TVR will be built in Wales – and in further good news, the firm will be offering engineering apprenticeships…
Report by Robin Roberts (for Miles Better News Agency). Announced yesterday, Tuesday 22 March, TVR will build its new 155mph sports car in Wales. This means around 150 quality assembly and engineering jobs will be created in the £30 Million investment in the Ebbw Vale Industrial Zone over the next five years. Advance orders for the unnamed new car exceed 350 which will take it to the end of … [Read more...]
More automotive good news for Wales? Watch this space…
Another radical new British sports car could be built in South Wales after last week’s announcement of the Aston Martin DBX Robin Roberts ( Editor, Wheels Within Wales Automotive news & features http://www.wheelswithinwales.uk) reports... Legendary TVR confirmed it was looking at future production sites in South Wales for its new range of ground-breaking sports cars which use F1 type … [Read more...]
Aston Martin’s new model to be built in Wales
Wales has won the bid to build the futuristic Aston Martin DBX crossover. Robin Roberts (Wheels Within Wales) reports… Executives from the company and Welsh Government leaders will hold a press conference in Cardiff this morning to formally announce the project and give more details as well as unveil the car. About 750 jobs will be created when the revolutionary car is put into production in … [Read more...]
BMW at the top of the tree – and our Road Test on their latest 320D M Sport model
BMW moves back to the top of the premium brand UK new car sales league. Report by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) With the UK’s new car market reaching an all-time sales record in 2015 with 2,633,503 registrations, a rise of 6.3% over 2014, BMW returned to the top spot for premium brands. They had a 12.4% increase registering 167,391 new cars. Audi, the previous leader, also saw an … [Read more...]
Subaru Levorg ST GT First Impressions
Our man at the wheel is Robin Roberts… It has been a long time coming but at last the Subaru Levorg is now on sale. The natural successor to the popular Legacy Tourer is more compact outside but bigger inside. The car comes to the UK in a single GT trim level, with continuously variable belt drive automatic transmission and a new direct injection turbo-petrol “boxer” 1.6 litre engine – which … [Read more...]
Emissions Mission?
Emissions Mission? Robin Roberts reports. British politicians are discussing a possible major shake up of our vehicle emissions testing. After the Volkswagen emissions scandal, MPs are looking into current testing and its relationship to other parts of Europe. It could result in a much tougher test, possibly based around the strict United States system which one leading international … [Read more...]
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