Tesla opens Birmingham store and adds more superchargers across the UK

Tesla has opened a new store and service centre in the UK. A five-minute drive from A45 and A38, the new location features a Model S design studio, a four-bay service area and a purpose-built delivery bay.

The Tesla Birmingham retail and service centre is Tesla's fourth UK

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MG raises over £2,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support

MG announced that following a highly successful Macmillan Coffee Morning held at the factory, visitors to the iconic Longbridge site have now helped to raise over £2,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2014.

Every week MG opens the doors to its Birmingham site

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MG site tours raise funds for local and national charities

Tours of the historic MG site in Longbridge, Birmingham have raised over £ 2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support and the Midlands based, Acorns Children's Hospice Trust.

The tour has been running every Thursday afternoon for the last three years and although

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MG partners AM Awards 2014 at The ICC Birmingham

MG is the official Manufacturer and Hospitality Partner for the AM Awards at The ICC Birmingham.

The AM Awards are dedicated to acknowledging exemplary performance and innovation within the Automotive retail industry.

MG's own dealer network continues

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Lotus Elise S Cup R makes global debut at Autosport 2014

The Elise S Cup R takes its place in the stable alongside big brothers the Exige V6 Cup and Exige Cup R and the mighty Evora GT4 in Birmingham between January 9 and 12, 2014, illustrating the variety of appeal of the Lotus Motorsport family.

The Lotus suite of products

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BMW Group to provide 1,000 new permanent contracts in its UK manufacturing plants

BMW Group has announced the provision of 1,000 new permanent BMW contracts across its four UK manufacturing plants.

The Group's Mini plant in Oxford is set to benefit from the majority of the new contracts but the Group's pressings plant in Swindon, engine

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Furygan to showcase 2014 products at Motorcycle Live 2013

French manufacturer Furygan will be showcasing its new 2014 products for the first time in the UK at Motorcycle Live, which takes place at The NEC, Birmingham from November 23 to December 1.

The new collection includes leather and textile jackets and trousers, as well

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TCX showcases the new line-up of 2014 footwear collection at Motorcycle Live

Fresh from launching its new 2014 footwear collection at EICMA TCX will be showcasing the new line-up at Motorcycle Live, at the NEC, Birmingham.

The new boots are from TCX's Racing, Urban and Off-Road Lines, and join the four (already launched) new waterproof

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Shark displays its 2014 helmets collection at Motorcycle Live

Shark Helmets will be showcasing its new 2014 collection at Motorcycle Live, at The NEC, Birmingham from November 23 to December 1, 2013. The new collection features three brand new helmets and a host of new colours on existing models.

The Explore-R helmet

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Nissan to showcase two new models at Commercial Vehicle Show

Nissan will be showcasing two new vehicles at the 13th annual Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC Birmingham on the April 9-11, 2013.

The eNV200, Nissan's first 100 per cent electric van will make its UK debut at the show. It has already won praise with fleet

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Draycotts handover Kia cee'd to local winner

Kia Motors (UK) Limited and Sutton in Ashfield dealers, Draycotts, are delighted to announce Garreth Hardstaff has won a brand new Kia cee'd in a national competition.

Kia took the all-new five-door hatchback and and the cee'd Sportswagon to shopping centres

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Bentley Motorsport plan shifts to next gear

After highlight unveilings at both the Paris Mondial de l'Automobile and the LA Auto Show, the Bentley Continental GT3 Concept Racer is set to star at the 2013 Autosport International exhibition. The Continental GT3 takes the spotlight once again by appearing

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Ford named as Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer

Ford has been recognised in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list for the second year running.

The prestigious Top 100 list is compiled by the National Apprenticeship Service in partnership with City & Guilds, and was announced at the National Apprenticeship Awards

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Abarth set for appearance at Motorcycle Live 2012

Abarth will be drawing on its rich two-wheel heritage when it appears at Motorcycle Live 2012, the UK's largest motorbike show.

Although it is best known today for its stunning range of performance hatchbacks, including the 500, 595, Punto Evo and Punto Evo Supersport

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KTM teams up with Top Gear Live for world record attempt

KTM has teamed up with the fearless Top Gear Live Stunt Team in aiming to establish an astonishing world record by completing the first double loop-the-loop on a motorbike at this week's Top Gear Live show at Birmingham's NEC (October 25-28).

In Durban, South Africa

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Europcar adds Vans to fleets at Major UK Airports

Europcar is making van hire more accessible with the addition of five major UK airports to its Van network. The decision to add airport locations to the Europcar Van network has been prompted by an increasing demand from both businesses and leisure customers for

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Think our traffic is bad? Try Istanbul...

If you think the traffic is bad here, try driving in Istanbul, Warsaw or Marseille. These cities have the most congested streets in Europe, new research shows. And while it can be tough getting from A to B in some British cities, they are much better than many other rush

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Mini announces further £250-million investment in UK manufacturing

BMW Group has announced a further £250-million investment in its UK manufacturing operations by the end of 2015 at its manufacturing plant in Oxford, steel body pressings operation at Swindon and engine plant at Hams Hall near Birmingham. This is to support

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Drive to recruit engineers for future MG cars

SAIC Motor's UK Technical Centre, based at MG Birmingham, needs to recruit professional engineers and designers due to the huge international success of the MG brand. New MG cars, such as the award-winning MG6 models, now sell in dozens of

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BMW UK engine plant builds three-millionth engine

The three-millionth engine has been produced at the BMW Group's UK engine plant at Hams Hall, near Birmingham.

The milestone power unit - a 1.6 four-cylinder petrol engine - will be despatched to the Mini plant at Oxford, destined for a car to be built for the emerging

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