Car dealers must make sure that they abide by new consumer protection rules that came into force this week, according to the RMI National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA). The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive harmonises unfair trading laws across all EU
A progress report from the Slovenian presidency of the EU Council on the Commission's plans for a 130g/km CO2 emissions limit for new cars by 2012 indicates continuing divergence between EU national governments on the implementation of the scheme.
The European Commission proposed on 23 May that all new cars from 2012 will have Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems, to improve vehicle safety. It says trucks and other heavy vehicles should be fitted with Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS)
As new owner Tata Motors has sought to downplay suggestions from media in India that its investment in Jaguar-Land Rover could be at risk from forthcoming EU emissions regulations, Autocar magazine reports on new Jaguar and Land Rover hybrid models
As 42 MPs signed a motion yesterday calling on the Treasury to think again about the retrospective aspects of the latest Budget's VED increases for high CO2-emitting car, the Association of British Drivers has sought to show how the recent
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control in the new company Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co KG by Robert Bosch GmbH and Mahle GmbH. The joint venture will be
Euro NCAP has released the crash test results for seven cars in five different categories, mostly aimed at consumers with families. All of them received four stars in Child Occupant Protection - currently the maximum safety protection available on the
The board of Tata Motors today approved a plan to raise up to Rs 7,200 crore through three simultaneous rights issues to part-finance its UK subsidiary TML Holdings (UK)'s purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover for Rs 9,228.75 crore, repaying
ATX Group, the German automotive telematics services provider, is among 30 organisations named yesterday by the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) to a new Advisory Board dedicated to reinforcing the advocacy organisation's role as the "Voice of 1-1- 2" in
The Revolve organization is running a 'People's Eco-Rally on the weekend of the summer solstice and inviting members of the public to drive from Brighton to London in the greenest way they can.
The Czech government is reported by Thompson Financial/Automotive News Europe to be planning to spend 1.4 billion koruna (€55.75 million euros) on improvements around Skoda Auto's Mlada Boleslav and Vrchlabi plants to entice Volkswagen to select them for new production
A new agreement between the Government and employers will deliver more skilled workers to do the jobs of the future in science, engineering and manufacturing technologies, Skills Secretary John Denham has announced.
Plans to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of services such as human resources, payroll and finance could cost the Department for Transport £81 million (by March 2015) rather than saving £57 million as originally expected, according to a National Audit
Conditions for competition have improved in recent years on the markets for both new cars and repair and maintenance according to an evaluation report just adopted by the European Commission on the block exemption Regulation governing the application of EC
