Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Nissan Note replacement would be made in Sunderland comes the news that another new model will be added in 2014. The second new model is coyly referred to as a “midsized hatchback”. In fact, it will be a Nissan competitor to the Focus and Golf.
Daily Archives: April 10, 2012
Sunderland to build Another new Nissan
Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Nissan Note replacement would be made in Sunderland comes the news that another new model will be added in 2014. The second new model is coyly referred to as a “midsized hatchback”. In fact, it will be a Nissan competitor to the Focus and Golf.
World Car of the Year, VW Up
There are now almost as many ceremonies for car awards as ones for films. World Car of the Year (WCOTY) would like to become the Oscars, but it has a way to go over here where European Car of the Year is the big one. Anyway, WCOTY has decided the VW Up is Number One. In Europe, it came second to the Vauxhall Ampera, which did not even make the WCOTY shortlist – the Chevrolet Volt, which is the same car as the Ampera has got off to a poor start in the USA.
UK car market: Land Rover climbs, Renault falls
The UK car market is generally a pretty stable place – market shares tend to move by a fraction of a percent year by year.Not this year – it’s like a fireworks party, with some manufacturers shooting into the sky and others burning out and falling to earth. For example, Renault is down over 40% and was just a couple of hundred units ahead of Mini in the first quarter of this year. Land Rover is up by almost 20% and is now a mainstream player.Most people oppose increase in fixed penalty costs
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has come out against the current proposal to increase the fixed penalty fines from £60 to £90.
As a safety organisation, this is perhaps surprising, but the IAM does not like the fact that the fines appear to be a general revenue raising exercise for the government, with the government promising to increase spending on victim support.
