Astra Sports Tourer popularity pushes Vauxhall Ellesmere port to record line rates and production heights

High demand for the Astra Sports Tourer helped Vauxhall Ellesmere Port to record line rates of 47 units per hour since July 2011. Thus, the plant assembled a total of 139,528 vehicles in two shifts in 2011 of which 129,648 fell into the Sports Tourer’s arena during its

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Vauxhall in Luton and Ellesmere port takes 60 per cent of UK commercial vehicle production

2011 is yet another year to credit outstanding production figures to Vauxhall in the commercial vehicle sector where the manufacturer outperformed potential competition with a stunning 60 per cent share of the UK production.

Vauxhall – synonym for by

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Nissan North America appoints new VP for midwest region

Nissan North America announced that Bryan Dumais has been named regional Vice-President, Midwest region, Nissan Sales Division, effective immediately. He will report to Al Castignetti, Vice-President, Nissan Sales Division, Nissan North America, and be

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Goodwood to celebrate significant sports car racing anniversaries at the 2012 Festival of Speed

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 28- July 1, 2012), will mark two key anniversaries, with the peak of sports car racing 40 years ago, and the launch of the exciting Group C era 30 years back.

Forty years ago, the 1972 season was a pivotal year in

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Audi A4 tops overall ranking in the Dekra Used Car Report

The Audi A4 has finished top of the Dekra Used Car Report for 2011 as the vehicle with the lowest fault rate. This means that Audi has won the report’s overall ranking for the fourth time in a row. The Audi A6 took third place.

Each year, the Dekra experts award the

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Knaus Sky TI 650 MF named Motorhome of the Year 2012

The Knaus Sky TI 650 MF has been named the overall Motorhome of the Year 2012, as well as taking the Fixed Bed Coachbuilt award at the inaugural motorhome of the year awards.

The Motorhome of the Year awards are the most important awards in the

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New year brings new jobs as Arnold Clark Skoda opens its doors in Paisley

This new year, Arnold Clark Skoda on Phoenix Retail Park in Paisley, opened its doors as a full sales retailer and authorised repairer for Skoda vehicles.

The new Skoda dealership, which has seen at least 22 new jobs created in the local area, will provide

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Citroen & Arsenal Football Club create striking series of cinemagraphs

Citroen UK and Arsenal Football Club have produced a series of cinemagraphs – subtly animated images – featuring new Citroen DS5 and first team players Mikel Arteta, Laurent Koscielny and club captain Robin van Persie.

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Nissan announces marginal price increase for Micra and Sunny petrol

Nissan Motor India Pvt. Limited announced that prices of its best selling diesel and petrol versions of Micra and September-launched Sunny petrol will be increased by 0.56 per cent to 2.09 per cent from January 20, 2012.

Prices of all three variants of petrol

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Auto Car Awards 2012 powered by Tata AIG

Tata AIG powered the recently concluded Auto Car Awards held at the Taj Land’s End, Bandra. The Auto Car Awards 2012 had the who’s who of the Auto circuit in attendance. The Auto Car Awards powered by Tata AIG General Insurance, honour the best in class vehicles launched by the

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Record production for Kia cars and engines in Europe

Kia Motors produced a record 252,000 cars at its Zilina, Slovakia factory last year - a 10 per cent increase over 2010. The plant also achieved a 12 per cent year-on-year increase in engine production, with more than 359,000 petrol and diesel engines rolling

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