Monthly Archives: June 2012

15,000 more car jobs for the UK – SMMT

June 06, 2012   simon

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has predicted that up to 15,000 new car industry jobs will be added in the UK in the next few years. Speaking to industry website just-auto.com, the SMMT said that car production is up 10% in the UK so far this year – something very few countries could claim at the moment. Some £5.6 billion has been committed to the UK in investments: virtually all manufacturers in the UK have said they will increase UK production, with especially big increases coming from Jaguar Land Rover, Vauxhall and Nissan.
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Almost half of Britain’s speed cameras switched off

June 06, 2012   simon

More than 1,500 fixed speed cameras were not working last year, and hundreds of them will never be switched back on, says a report in The Sun.  Britain has 3,189 Gatso cameras, and last year 1,522 of them were out of action – 48% of the total.
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Ferrari holding auction for Italian earthquake victims

June 01, 2012   simon

Ferrari has announced it’ll be holding an online auction to raise money for victims of the two earthquakes in Northern Italy in May. All the proceeds of the auction will go to the families of those killed in the quakes, which affected the Emilia-Romagna region.Ferrari has lined up some extremely alluring items for the sale, including a 599XX Evo, whose value is around £1,000,000, and a V8 engine from a Ferrari F1 car.
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Volkswagen shows lovely Scirocco GTS

June 01, 2012   simon

Volkswagen is rocking up to the Leipzig Auto Mobil International show in Germany with a handful of special edition cars, the most interesting of which is the Scirocco GTS, above. It’s made to celebrate 30 years since the first Scirocco GTS came off the VW production line, and so gets the same sort of paint job.And if you’re a Scirocco owner (or a particularly astute fan), you’ll note the new bumper and alloy wheel design. It’s got a diffuser and a spoiler, too, and it’s powered by a 208bhp 2.0-litre turbo petrol engine.
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Mercedes unleashes GL 63 AMG

June 01, 2012   simon

Mercedes has had its performance division, AMG, shoehorn a 5.5-litre twin-turbo V8 into its behemoth SUV, the GL. The result is the GL 63 AMG.  It’s quick, it’s stupid, and it’s coming to a leafy suburb near you in 2013. The usual stuff applies here: take one GL; add fast engine; make interior a little more fancy; attach body kit; apply AMG badges liberally; increase number of exhaust pipes; connect larger wheels; paint white.
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