A classic Aston Martin 1961 DB4GT Zagato bought by a European bidder at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex for £10, 081,500 making it the most valuable British car ever bought at a European auction. The car one of the three MP209 versions made, was previously driven by British two-time F1 champion Jim Clark…
Britain’s largest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover is to shed 1, 000 temporary contract workers at its Solihull plant which also builds Range Rovers and the Land Rovers Discovery SUV and cut production, resulting from a collapse in diesel vehicle sales. Jaguar also blames lower consumer confidence because of the prospect of withdrawal from the EU,…
London Black cabs are going green. Family owned technology group Frazer Nash will this year begin selling its electric Metrocab through Ecotive, a company owned by the same family after a lawsuit from Chinese competitor London Electric Vehicle Company delayed its plan by three years. LEVC began making its electric vehicles, but early production setbacks…
Uber’s autonomous car struck a woman last night, in Tempe, Arizona, who succumbed to her injuries in the hospital. The deadly collision took place around 10 pm local time at the intersection Mill Avenue and Curry Road. According to Tempe police department spokesman, the car was in autonomous mode at the time of the incident,…
Sanjeev Gupta, an Indian-origin British billionaire has revealed plans to build the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery in South Australia. Gupta’s GFG Alliance-owned Simec Zen Energy has agreed to build a 140-megawatt-hour battery, overtaking US billionaire Elon Musk’s 129-megawatt-hours Tesla battery in the same state. Gupta also secured an $8m loan from the Australian government for…
Classic car 1950s Jaguar D-Type is listed for sale at auction for £9 million, sold by Ex- F1 supremo and legendary motorsport mogul Bernie Ecclestone on January 18, 2018, by Sotheby. In the 1920s as a young car dealer, he shifted the 170mph D-type for just £3,500. This model is now one of the world’s most…
Mercedes-Benz has announced a recall of 400, 000 cars including A, B, C, E-Class and CLA, GLA and GLC models built between November 2011 and July 2017, in the UK over fears airbags could deploy in error. Daimler-owned Mercedes spokesperson said “ If the steering column module clock spring is broken, the driver airbag warning…
