Picanto conquers Parkers City Car segment

Real-life buyers’ champions, Parkers didn’t think the Kia Picanto was good enough to win just the 'under £9,000' part of its City Car category in the 2012 Parkers Cost of Motoring New Car Awards – so it also chose Picanto in the £9,000-£11,000 category as well!

In this, the

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Ford Motor Company posts strongest US March sales in five years

Ford Motor Company posted its best March US sales month since 2007 – with the Ford Fusion recording its best month ever, Ford Focus and Ford Edge achieving their best March ever and the F-series showing the strongest March sales in five years.

Total company

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Sky’s the limit for MG Motor deal

MG Motor has landed a fleet deal from Birmingham Airport for the award-winning MG6 GT.

It’s the first local fleet deal to be won by the MG Birmingham Sales Centre which opened at the MG factory site in September.

The five GTs, all in SE trim, will be used as

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New all-wheel-drive sports saloon arrives in UK

Combining rakish style and dynamic performance with the safety of intelligent all-wheel-drive, the G37x S is the latest addition to the Infiniti G Saloon line-up in the UK. It is the first time Infiniti’s sportiest S grade has been available with AWD in the G range. Previously

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Ford Canada: Top-selling automaker for March

Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited saw solid performances across the line-up including Ford Focus, Edge, Flex and F-series, making it the best-selling automaker for the month of March. Ford Focus sales were up 16 per cent, Edge sales increased

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Rob Halloway promoted to Communications Director, Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd

Rob Halloway has been appointed Communications Director for Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd, starting from April 2, 2012.

He takes over responsibility for all product, brand and corporate communications for Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars and Commercial

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Deputy Prime Minister of UK sees investment in high value manufacturing for export

Deputy Prime Minister of UK Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP visited Bentley Motors’ Pyms Lane headquarters in Crewe to see how the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is helping the Company meet increasing demand for its cars by training new employees to the high levels

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Nissan Taxi of Tomorrow makes world debut at 2012 New York International Auto Show

Each day, 600,000 New Yorkers hop in the back of a taxi - the iconic yellow cab that is a symbol of New York City around the world. The first full vehicle prototype of the Taxi of Tomorrow can be seen by drivers, passengers and owners. The 2014 Nissan NV200 Taxi, New York's

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Home shopping experience wins Tesco truck order for Iveco

Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, is adding 20 Eurocargo 18 tonners to its fleet in a move which marks the first Iveco trucks to be operated by the supermarket chain. It follows the proven performance of approximately 1,500 Iveco Daily light commercials within the

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Boeing to open aerospace research and technology centre in Brazil

Boeing announced that it will establish Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil, a research and technology centre in Sao Paulo that will work with the country's leading researchers and scientists to develop aerospace technologies.

Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil,

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Tomohisa Nishina appointed President & CEO of Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V.

After a two year stint as President & CEO of Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V. (MME), Akinori Nakanishi has been appointed Corporate General Manager of the North American Office at Mitsubishi Motors’s global headquarters in Tokyo. Effective since the start

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