Category Archives: General Talk

Final 2006-2013 MINI rolls off the line

Final 2006-2013 MINI rolls off the line

The final outgoing MINI Hatch drove off the production line at the factory in Cowley. No less than 1,041,412 of the 2006-203 MINI have been produced at the high-tech facility, which has built more than 2.4 million MINIs in total since 2001.

DVSA to replace DSA and VOSA

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) are to merge into one government agency, it has been announced.

The new agency will be called the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

VW in delicate dance with German union over U.S. plant

VW in delicate dance with German union over U.S. plant

Volkswagen officials in Germany and the United States are performing a delicate dance with VW’s influential German union as they wrestle with the possible representation of workers at the company’s plant in Tennessee.

Supercars on the track: Pagani Huayra vs Pagani Zonda

Pagani Huayra made its debut in early 2011 as a successor to the Zonda, which debuted in 1999 with the last special edition model rolling off the assembly line last year.

Exxon sells Iraq oil stake to PetroChina

Exxon sells Iraq oil stake to PetroChina

American energy giant Exxon Mobil on Thursday sold part of its controversial stake in a massive Iraqi oilfield to PetroChina and Indonesia’s Pertamina amid a long-running row with Baghdad.