Mitsubishi’s Evolution X, a supercar for those without jobs in hedge funds, is quick, powerful and has huge levels of grip. But prices still start at £27K, rising to £38K if you want a fully specced FQ360. The Lancer on which the Evo is based is a lot cheaper – £10,499 to £18,499 – [...]

Work to re-open the central reservation gap on the A30 at the Fingle Glen Junction, Devon, will begin tomorrow following the outcome of a Public Inquiry. When complete this will allow traffic to enter and exit the road from the westbound carriageway.
Following the Public Inquiry, an independent Inspector recommended that the Highways Agency’s proposed [...]

Antonov, the UK-based vehicle transmission specialist, has strengthened its relationships with the Chongqing and Sichuan governments to create a firmer and broader platform for the possible formation of a joint venture in China to produce its proprietary TX-6 automatic transmission, which has the major innovation of eliminating the traditional torque converter for a more efficient [...]

Every year in Europe around 400 people are killed in accidents involving large goods vehicles. These incidents often occur when drivers fail to see other road users in blind spots that exist in the area immediately around their vehicles.
From today (31 March 2009), in order to improve the safety of road users, the Retrofitting of [...]

Carmaker Porsche saw its pre-tax profits dramatically increase between August 2008 and January 2009 as the carmaker increased its stake in Volkswagen.
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart has posted profits before taxes of €7.34 billion through this six month period; compared with €1.66 billion in the same period of the previous year.
Porsche attributes much of this [...]

National Car Rental, one of Tusker’s preferred daily rental suppliers, has issued a warning about B30 biodiesel. It has stated that the use of b30 biodiesel is not permitted in any of the diesel engined vehicles on its fleet as it may invalidate the manufacturer’s warranty.
Damage to engines on National’s daily rental vehicles, caused as [...]

Royal Mail has appointed Manheim Auctions, Saltash as one of its regional defleet auction centres. The Saltash centre will cover the South West of England. The decision was made after a trial of the defleet process culminating in a successful auction programme.
Manheim’s Saltash auction centre will arrange the collection of vans directly from Royal Mail
locations [...]

Iveco has delivered a Eurocargo diesel-electric parallel hybrid urban distribution vehicle to Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) at the European Business Summit in Brussels.  It marks the first such vehicle to be operational in an urban environment in Europe.
The new prototype low-carbon vehicle was handed over to Hubert Patricot, President, Coca-Cola Enterprises Europe, by Franco Miniero, [...]

Those who work with and at close proximity to diesel engines, especially lorry drivers, are at a higher risk of cancer according to a recent US study. This is on top of the elevated risk of ‘heart disease and stroke, possibly resulting from enhanced coagulation and arterial thrombosis’ such exposure gives.
The good news is that [...]

With the end of the Reduced Pollution Certificate (RPC) looming, Volvo Trucks is reminding operators that all the Euro 5 compliant engines currently produced by the company, in advance of the mandatory deadline for implementation, are eligible for up to £500 annual VED benefit on the largest vehicles providing the vehicle is registered and taxed [...]