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AkzoNobel makes digital moves

AkzoNobel’s Vehicle Refinishes business has launched a new Sikkens website to meet the digital needs of its customers. The launch of the new website offers customers quick and easy access […]

Avon secures 6th Gear Experience contract

Avon Tyres has been announced as the Official Tyre Supplier for 6th Gear Experience, the UK’s largest provider of Supercar Driving Experience Days. With six venues across the north, Midlands […]

Nvidia partners with Uber and VW

Reuters reports that Nvidia Corp will partner with Uber Technologies Inc and Volkswagen AG in the development of self-driving technology. The company, which already has partnerships in the automotive industry with […]

VW sales continue upward trend

Volkswagen UK new car sales bucked the trend during 2017, posting a 0.69% increase in a new car market down by 5.65%. Volkswagen posted a 10.06% share of new car […]

Takata recalls another 3.3 million airbags

Takata has recalled another 3.3 million airbags in what is now the automotive industry’s largest parts recall in history. Paperwork filed in the US with the National Highway Traffic Safety […]

Arval announces management reshuffle

Arval UK, a leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company, has made changes to its executive management team in the UK. Benoit Dilly, who has been managing director of the […]

Hyundai targets 2021 for self-driving

Hyundai Motor Company and Aurora, a leader in autonomous vehicle technology, have agreed a strategic partnership to bring self-driving Hyundai vehicles to market by 2021. The partnership incorporates Aurora’s self-driving […]

Registrations down for 2017

The UK new car market declined in 2017, with annual registrations falling for the first time in six years, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders […]

NIBS Group appoints Coachfinish NI

Coachfinish NI has joined NIBS Group to offer specialist distribution services throughout Northern Ireland. The family owned business has been operating for over 55 years, supplying paint, consumables and specialist […]

Ford turns to nature’s inspiration

The humble beehive has inspired Ford engineers to develop the ‘Honeycomb Shelf’ – a lightweight, secret boot shelf that can support 100 times its own weight, a strength-to-weight-ratio stronger than […]

Fix backs Arenacross tour

Fix Auto UK is raising its brand profile once again by sponsoring the hi-octane Power Maxed Arenacross UK Tour that gets underway at the Manchester Arena this weekend. For the […]

Record growth for McLaren

McLaren Automotive, the British creator of luxury sportscars and supercars, has recorded another record year of growth, selling a total of 3,340 cars in 2017. Around two-thirds of sales are […]