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8 January 2014
Bentley's record year
Bentley Motors has firmly reinforced its position as the leading manufacturer of luxury vehicles in the world after announcing a 19% increase in global deliveries in 2013. 10,120 c...
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8 January 2014
JLR launches recruitment campaign at its new Engine Manufacturing Centre
Wolverhampton, UK: Jaguar Land Rover has launched the first significant campaign to recruit 1,400 employees at its new state-of-the-art Engine Manufacturing Centre based at the i54...
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7 January 2014
Caterham R300 Championship race car enhanced for 2014
Caterham has introduced an updated version of its Superlight R300 race car, boosting performance and further reducing running costs.
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17 December 2013
New MINI John Cooper Works Concept premieres in America
Hallmark MINI style and technology lifted straight from the race track come together to mould the inimitable character of a John Cooper Works model, rendering the MINI sub-brand a...
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12 December 2013
New Civic Tourer commences mass production at Honda's UK plant
Associates at Honda’s UK manufacturing plant in Swindon have today come together to celebrate the first production models of the new Civic Tourer rolling off the production line. T...
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6 December 2013
Mclaren P1 joins the exclusive sub-seven minute club at the Nurburgring
The McLaren name was born on the racetrack and, 50 years on, is the most successful name in global motorsport. That desire and determination to push for every extra tenth of a seco...
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3 December 2013
New Nissan Qashqai residuals soar above competitors
The new Nissan Qashqai, which goes on sale in January 2014, will retain 50 per cent of its value after three years/30,000 miles - a 10 per cent improvement on its predecessor - acc...
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25 November 2013
New Honda Civic Tourer prices announced
Designed and developed in Europe, the British-built Civic Tourer delivers distinctive styling, class-leading utility, advanced technology and an impressive balance between fuel eco...
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25 November 2013
JLR builds 1,000,000 vehicles at Halewood
Jaguar Land Rover is celebrating the production of the 1,000,000th Jaguar Land Rover vehicle at its Halewood advanced manufacturing facility, near Liverpool, today (25th November 2...
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25 November 2013
Multi Million Pound Boost For Lotus
The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) has awarded Lotus £10.44 million, which will be used for research and development of products, along with staff training. In addition Lotus is expect...
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20 November 2013
Stunning Jaguar F-TYPE R Coupe launched in LA
The Jaguar F-TYPE R Coupé, the most dynamically capable, performance-focused, production Jaguar ever, has made a dramatic debut in Los Angeles at Raleigh Studios.
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18 November 2013
The next generation MINI revealed
MINI has today unveiled the new MINI Hatch in Oxford, the car which has defined a segment since 2001.
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