Archive for March, 2010
Press Report : SAIC to build Roewe 350 in UK
Hu Sheng, Automotive News Europe, 24th March, 2010 SHANGHAI — Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. plans to build and sell a right-hand drive hatchback version of its newly unveiled Roewe 350 in England, said Chen Zhixin, Executive Vice President of SAIC. Chen, who is also head of SAIC’s own brand vehicles, made the remarks at the ceremony [...]
March 25, 2010
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Saab progress
Keith Adams The ongoing drama of my Saab 9000 Aero has been something of an irritation – you may recall that I lost it after leaving it with a garage in the south for repairs… And when it was recovered, I found the windscreen surround was absolutely knackered, and the interior had suffered from the [...]
March 20, 2010
· Keith Adams · 5 Comments
Press Report : China’s Geely set for control of London Taxi maker
Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 18th March, 2010 LONDON (Reuters) — China’s Geely Group is set to increase its grip on money-losing London black cab taxi maker Manganese Bronze by taking a controlling stake and moving more of the production of the TX4 cab to China. Geely, China’s largest privately owned car maker, is also in talks [...]
March 19, 2010
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SD1: Now we’re motoring
Keith Adams Well, finally, the time for remote updates and telling everyone how much I am looking forward to driving my SD1 in the future is over. As I write this, the car is sitting on my drive, the tinkling sound of gently cooling metal a reassurance that I’ve finally begun to live the dream [...]
March 17, 2010
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India Watch : Tata Sons and Citigroup buy TML shares from Daimler
Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 9th March, 2010 MUMBAI (Reuters) — Tata Sons, the holding entity for Tata Group firms, and Citigroup have acquired 8.65 million shares in Tata Motors Limited from Germany’s Daimler AG. Tata Sons bought 4 million Tata Motors shares at 750 rupees each, while Citigroup bought 4.65 million shares at 752.41 rupees each, [...]
March 9, 2010
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India Watch : Tata to launch Nano EV in Europe before 2013
Luca Ciferri, Automotive News Europe, 7th March, 2010 India’s top vehicle maker, Tata Motors, plans to bring an electric version of the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, to Europe within three years. Ravi Kant, Tata Motors Vice Chairman, said the electric Nano, which was unveiled at the Geneva auto show will be also reasonably priced. [...]
March 9, 2010
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XPart : Back on track with two MG Racing Teams in 2010
The MG racing community is set for an exciting start to the season as MG TF race driver Paul Luti and student race team Lunar Racing put the finishing touches to their cars. Luti will be racing in the MG Trophy Championship and will also make an appearance in his popular ZT 520 at MGLive! [...]
March 8, 2010
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India Watch : Daimler to raise $429m with sale of stake in Tata Motors
Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 8th March, 2010 MUMBAI/FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Daimler AG is selling its entire stake in India’s Tata Motors Limited to raise up to $429 million worth of shares, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. Daimler is offering 25.6 million shares in India’s largest vehicle maker at 737.4 rupees ($16.2) to 761.3 [...]
March 8, 2010
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MG X POWER : Bad news for Mr. Riley…
Clive Goldthorp AROnline last reported on the MG X POWER Trade Mark dispute in November, 2008 when the Intellectual Property Office’s Hearing Officer exercised the Trade Mark Registrar’s discretion under the Trade Marks Act, 1994 and referred MG Sports and Racing Europe Limited’s (SREL’s) Applications for rectification of the Trade Marks Register in respect of [...]
March 8, 2010
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Press Report : Longbridge to be renamed after over 100 years
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Mail, 4th March, 2010 LONGBRIDGE is being consigned to history after more than 100 years – with a multi-million pound Chinese makeover to turn the site into the nerve centre of MG design worldwide. The former home of Lord Austin, British Leyland, Red Robbo, Sir Michael Edwardes, BMW and John Towers is [...]
March 5, 2010
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Press Report : Mixed fortunes for Jaguar and Land Rover as sales rise
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 4th March, 2010 Midland car marques Jaguar and Land Rover had opposing fortunes last month as new car sales continued to accelerate ahead. Sales of Land Rover were up by more than 60 per cent in February, on the back of new models being released, while Jaguar saw sales fall by [...]
March 5, 2010
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India Watch : Jaguar Land Rover boosts Tata Motors’ profits
Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 26th February, 2010 MUMBAI (Reuters) Tata Motors Limited, India’s top vehicle maker, reported a rise in sales and margins at its Jaguar Land Rover unit as luxury buyers returned after the global crisis, helping send its shares up more than 6 percent. JLR had been a drag on the company’s performance since [...]
March 2, 2010
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India Watch : EIB loan for JLR secured
just-auto.com Editorial Team, 25th February, 2010 Tata Motors has announced the completion of a GBP340m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). The facility is an eight year amortising loan to finance development of micro and full hybrid drive trains and research into more energy efficient car bodies for the premium car segment [...]
March 2, 2010
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Car of the month : March 2010
It seems like nice Rover 200s are really coming out of the woodwork now, with several having appeared in the space of a few short weeks, reassuring lovers of Hyacynth Bucket’s jumped up saloon car that they’ve made the classic car grade. This example is particularly impressive, not only because it looks more timeless than [...]
March 1, 2010
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