Production of the iconic London Taxis - the new TX4 model, has resumed at the London Taxi Company factory at Hollyhead road in Coventry, six months after the firm was rescued by the Geely Group. Geely...
London Taxis back in production
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Showing posts with label coventry. Show all posts
London Taxi taken over by the Chinese
Chinese car manufacturer Geely has bought LTI, makers of the legendary black London cabs, for £11.4 million. This includes plant, equipment and property, intellectual property rights, trade marks and the "goodwill of the business" as well as Manganese Bronze Holdings (MBH) 48%...
BMW to build engines for the BMW i8 in Coventry
Some more good news for the city of Coventry in the UK. BMW has decided to build the next generation three-cylinder petrol engines for the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car at their Hams Hall...
Tata invests in the West Midlands
There was some good news for the automotive sector in the UK today as Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced that they plan to increase their workforce at their plant in Solihull by more than 25%.For more...
Hand wash car at Stoney Stanton Rd, Coventry
Found this great car wash on Stoney Stanton road. They did a great job and only charged me ...
CPP Global Holdings to buy Spyker
A few days ago I carried news about the Spyker C8 Aileron moving to Coventry from Holland. According to recent news reports, Spyker has already signed a provisional deal to sell it's sportscar arm to CPP Global Holdings for around 32m euros (approx. £27mil). The Coventry based firm is owned Russian...
Production of the Spyker C8 Aileron moves from Holland to Coventry
Found out that there is more good news for Coventry. It looks like the home of the car industry in the UK is seeing a resurgence.The production of the car has moved from Zeewolde in the Netherlands...
Tata Indica Vista EVX manufactured in Coventry
The Tata Indica Vista EVX was developed at the Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) based at Warwick University by a 230-strong team of engineers who worked on the project for four years. The...
Electric cars tested in the UK
The CABLED (Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Vehicle Demonstrators) consortium is currently testing a total of 340 electric cars across the UK. This includes the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Jaguar Land...
Car tax renewal
Just renewed the vehicle tax for my old Ford. It cost me £185 for a year. Tax is high because my is above 1549 cc and registered before 1 March 2001. The cost of vehicle tax is given on the DirectGov site.Was really annoyed when I found out that the post office near our house where I normally renew...
National Tyres and Autocare Spon End
Contrary to what some people might believe, I don't have anything against National Tyres and Autocare. If I have a good experience as a customer with any business, I will write about it and vice versa. In case you are wondering what I am talking about read my review "Experience with National Tyres...
Battery down
Last weekend we were all set to go to Bristol for a day trip - all got into the car, TomTom ready and then the car refused to start. It was really frustrating. I suspected a run down battery but wa snot sure as I could still use the locking remote.Waited till Monday this week. Called up RAC. A guy...
Response to Anon - National Tyres and Autocare
Someone "Anonymous" left a comment on my post "Experience with National Tyres and Autocare". He or She said:"hi there i work for national, the advert is not mis leading !! if you bother to read it properly it states, ON A RANGE OF BARUM AND AVON TYRES, SELECTED SIZES ONLY !! as for the tracking, the...
Reviews of garages / workshops in Coventry
Hollis Road garage - MOTKNS Autoparts Ltd, Foleshill - Car Repair/Ford SpecialistNational Tyres and Autocare, Gosford Street - TyresStation Garage Coventry, Ballsal Common - Used Car and ServicingTaxi & car repairs, Stoney Stanton - Car Repair and ServicingTPS Autos Ltd, Foleshill - Car Repair/...
Review of KNS Autoparts - Ford specialists in Coventry
After I bought the Volvo from Station Garage, I was wondering what to do with our old Ford Escort. Read my post "Ryanair to La Rochelle" in case you are wondering what happened to the car.I had made...
Auto Story in Pictures Wednesday
I am starting this new meme called "Auto Story in Pictures Wednesday".This meme is for auto enthusiasts, photographers, car owners - in fact everyone is welcome to join in. It's really simple. All you...
Experience with National Tyres and Autocare
I needed to change my tyres and was quite excited when I found out that National Tyres and Autocare was offering two tyres for the price of one. As they say, "if it sounds to good to be true, it usually...
Hollis Road garage
On the recommendation of several of my Malaysian friends, I recently had my car's MOT test done at the Hollis Road Garage on Hollis Road. It reportedly charges the lowest for the MOT test in the whole...
