General Motors decides to pull-out Opel from Russia and close its ST Petersburg factory General Motors has announced that they will no longer be selling vehicles in the Russian market. The American automaker has confirmed that they will substantially withdraw from Russia by the end of this year. GM also said that the production facility […]
Britain’s first “poo-bus” goes into regular service in Bristol Britain’s first “poo-bus”, which runs on human and household waste, goes into regular service later this month in Bristol. These buses will be powered by biomethane gas; the Bio-Bus will collect waste from more than 32,000 households along its 15-mile route. It is operated by First […]
Apple’s Auto Ambitions Laughed at by Mercedes-Benz Almost all the well-known auto manufacturers are not breaking a sweat on widely spread rumours about smartphone giant “Apple” entering into the auto industry. For them, it is really unrealistic approach that Apple is using, it doesn’t have any idea what kind of complexities are involved in to […]
Boris Johnson in action Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London has announced new measures to reduce the death rate through accidents on major residential roads in London. He announced 20mph speed limit zones for these areas, just like Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham. The 20mph speed restriction will be introduced on eight busy roads to tackle road […]
Skoda Roomster to Wear the Costume of VW Caddy Skoda has confirmed that it is working on the new Roomster to make it more appealing for the next generation. Skoda Roomster is inspired from Volkswagen caddy and will get the body of the passenger version of the Caddy. The new Caddy was introduced at Geneva […]
A UK motorist gets 40 points, but he doesn’t have a full or even provisional driving licence A British motorist from Lewisham has an astonishing story to tell as he gets 40 penalty points after he was accused of 12 driving offences. The most surprising thing is he never had a full or even provisional […]
The Swedish car maker Volvo is about to produce V40 on its new scalable platform, the smallest car ever built under Volvo badge The new architecture named CMA is still under development phase and according to safety chief at Volvo, building smaller car might force company to let go some of the safety standards followed. […]
BBC Top Gear will not be airing the remaining three episodes Latest Updates An online petition to reinstate Top Gear presenter has gained more than 944,381 supporters signatures. Interviews are expected to be held with the star and other parties next week, and the show has been taken off-air. Clarkson has expressed regret over the incident, […]
12 per cent rise in new car sales in February Good news for British car industry as it sees a further 12 per cent rise in new car sales is recorded in February as the Ford Fiesta holds on to top spot. The boom in new car sales in the UK shows little sign of […]
From next month no parking fine if you overstay by just 10 minutes Drivers complain about being hit with a penalty just as their ticket expires Motorists will be given a 10-minute leeway before being fined in council-owned car parks in England CCTV camera cars that automatically issue fines are to be made illegal too […]