Jaguar Land Rover has reported eye-watering annual losses of £3.6bn, blaming low sales in China as a primary cause. Sales actually rose in the UK and North America, but falling demand in China and Europe contributed to an overall fall of 5.8% in vehicle sales. The company also incurred significant redundancy costs with 4,500 job [...]

The Toyota Yaris has been named the UK’s most reliable used car. This follows a survey of more than 18,000 drivers of vehicles aged between four and 10 years old which also found suspension issues the most common fault among all models. The research was conducted by new car buying platform, What Car?, which rated [...]

Nissan unveiled a world first in driver assistance technology, combining navigated highway driving with hands-off single-lane driving capabilities. Expanding on the ProPILOT system, the technology will debut on the Japanese-market Nissan Skyline in the fall of 2019. Designed for on-ramp to off-ramp (ramp-to-ramp) highway driving, the new system engages with the vehicle’s navigation system to [...]

Demand for four wheel alignment services are expected to escalate from 2022 if speed limiters become compulsory on all new cars across Europe. Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA), the technology that slows down a vehicle that is travelling too fast, works by using a speed sign recognition camera and GPS-linked speed limit data. ISA could be [...]

Honda is planning to close its Swindon plant in 2021 after a three-month consultation process failed to find ‘viable alternatives’. The manufacturer will now discuss redundancy packages with the 3,500 workers. Honda UK director Jason Smith said, ‘We understand the impact this decision has on our associates, suppliers and the wider community. We are committed [...]