Month: October 2009

George Gao, Gasgoo.com, 26th October, 2009 SAIC Motor took top slot among Chinese automakers in terms of vehicle sales both in September (with 260,000 units) and in the January-September period […]

Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 23rd October, 2009 The four former MG Rover Directors criticised for their management of the carmaker vowed to clear their name last night after being summoned […]

Liam Sloan, Oxford Mail, 21st October, 2009 A Grandfather has survived floods, an earthquake and a Taliban attack to drive his 1977 MG Midget around the world to win a bet […]

Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 21st October, 2009 Hundreds of creditors of van-maker LDV are set to receive ‘little or nothing” following its £75 million crash – with paltry dividends of […]

Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 16th October, 2009 The Chinese businesswoman named in the MG Rover Report as ex-Director Nick Stephenson’s lover has bought LDV’s assets – and looks set to […]

Richard Aucock I took a cracking book on buses out from the library last weekend. The book, in all its glory, is “The British Bus Today and Tomorrow”– which, seeing as […]

George Gao, Gasgoo.com, 13th October, 2009 Chinese auto giant SAIC Motor said today that its net profit in the first nine months surged more than 70% from a year earlier, […]

John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 12th October, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover parent group Tata Motors Limited has announced a major breakthrough in its fight to secure new funding. The Indian group […]

Robert Leitch If you don’t want to know how BMW and their Dealers regard their corporate heritage, look away now… My letter: BMW (UK) Limited Ellesfield Avenue Bracknell Berkshire RG12 […]

Automotive News Europe, 5th October, 2009 BMW AG is considering building the next generation of its MINI brand in Germany as well as at its factory in Oxford, England, according […]

John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 8th October, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover secured a further multi-million pound tranche of funding yesterday with the help of its Indian owner, Tata Motors. The luxury […]

John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 7th October, 2009 MG Motor UK yesterday confirmed its plan to suspend production temporarily at Longbridge as the ‘season” for two-seater sports cars ends. The line […]

BBC News, 5th September, 2009 Production lines at the former MG Rover plant in Longbridge have been stopped and up to 20 employees could be made redundant, the BBC has […]

John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 6th October, 2009 Former LDV executive Guy Jones has won a new job at MG Motor UK Limited, the Chinese-owned sports car manufacturer based at Longbridge. […]

Dave Smart Off to Paris I spent a bit of time in the hotel sorting out a hostel in Paris, after the experience in Rome there was no way I […]

Dave Smart Millau Viaduct and Clermant-Ferrand I was up and about bright and breezy as I didn’t know how long it would take to find a pair of tyres and, […]

This one’s bound to be controversial, but given Vauxhall’s current plight, and the liklihood that what remains at Luton will be put out to pasture, we thought we’d pay our […]

Keith Adams I found myself sporting a heavy heart as I listened to the news that the Government’s Scrappage Scheme has been extended (and now includes cars up to V-registration). […]