Workers at Rolls-Royce car plant receive pay increase after strike threat December 16, 2022 Workers at one of Rolls-Royce’s automotive plants have received a pay increase of up to 17.6 per cent following the threat of strikes. Staff at the Goodwood plant in West Sussex will receive a salary hike of 10 per cent plus a £2,000 lump sum. This means an increase of 16 per cent for the [...]
Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato: first look at new off-road supercar December 15, 2022 Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads... We get hands-on with the new Huracan Sterrato – the last naturally aspirated Lamborghini.
National Highways lifts 900 miles of roadworks planned for Christmas December 13, 2022 National Highways has lifted almost 900 miles of roadworks planned for the Christmas period to help Britons get around. The vast majority of roadworks will be removed from England’s major arteries from 6am on 20 December to 12am on 3 January, leaving 98 per cent of motorways and A-roads free. Transport secretary Mark Harper said [...]
CMA slaps BMW with fine for not complying with probe request December 8, 2022 The Competition and Markets Authority has slapped BMW with a £30,000 fine for not complying with an information request. The watchdog – which has also added a daily penalty of £15,000 – believes the German marque is withholding information regarding a probe from earlier this year. Launched in March, the investigation focused on suspected anti-competitive [...]
Wiesmann Project Thunderball 2022 review: High voltage! December 8, 2022 Wiesmann used to build sports cars powered by BMW V8 and V10 engines. Now it's gone fully electric. Tim Pitt drives Project Thunderball.
New Abarth 500e is a feisty electric hot hatchback December 7, 2022 The Abarth version of the electric Fiat 500e serves up 155hp for 0-62mph in 7.0 seconds, plus the promise of real on-track ability.
Toyota unveils first hydrogen-powered SUV as part of net-zero strategy December 6, 2022 Toyota has unveiled the first prototype for its hydrogen-powered SUV as part of the company’s net-zero strategy. A middle-sized Corolla SUV, the prototype can accommodate up to five passengers and it’s powered by a 1.6-litre engine as well as by hydrogen fuel tanks. Hydrogen combustion engines use already existing internal combustion engines while working on [...]
Zenvo TS hypercar bows out with ‘low-drag’ 263mph TSR-GT December 6, 2022 Danish marque Zenvo has revealed the final iteration of its TS hypercar. Only three examples of the 1,379hp TSR-GT will be made.
Volkswagen to present software roadmap later this month December 5, 2022 Volkswagen is set to present its new software roadmap later this month, according to sources. People close to the matter told German business newspaper Handelsblatt that Volkswagen’s chief executive Oliver Blume will present the strategy at a supervisory board meeting on 15 December. The software roadmap – which will cost the group €1bn (£861.6m) – [...]
‘The power of And’: Toyota launches new strategy to reach net-zero in EU by 2040 December 5, 2022 Toyota has launched a new strategy to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 at the latest. The Japanese marque will focus on driving down the environmental costs of its operations as well as ramping up its electric vehicles’ production, as it aims for its fleet to become net-zero by 2035. To do so – [...]