Roaming In Romania
- Eastern Europe shoots up chart of hot destination for driving holidays -  19th November 2008:  Forget luxury long-haul holidays – Romania is now the holiday destination of choice for British drivers.  As the credit crunch drives resourceful Brits to swap expensive destinations for cheaper places, international car rental company easyCar.com reports a whopping +540 per cent growth in car rentals in the Eastern European country over the past year.   Also enjoying...

Cenex creates wider demand for Innovative Low Carbon Vehicle Technologies
Local authorities selected to pilot lower carbon and all-electric vansCenex, the UK’s Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, is pleased to welcome a number of pilot local authorities to help drive public sector demand for the Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme LCVPP. The Coventry Low Carbon Fleet Partnership, Glasgow City Council, Leeds City Council, Liverpool City Council, and the Newcastle & Gateshead Consortium have been selected to trial early lower carbon...

Cenex Drives UK’s Vision for Low Carbon Road Transport
Cenex co-hosts the UK’s largest low carbon vehicle event Milbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire, Tuesday, 28th October 2008Milbrook, 28th October, 2008 – Cenex, the UK’s first national centre of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies, in partnership with the Technology Strategy Board is today hosting a National Low Carbon Vehicle Event at Milbrook Proving Ground.Representing the largest gathering of the UK’s low carbon automotive supply chain to date, today’s...

Phocas announce new business intelligence wins in the Automotive industry
London, UK, 15th September 2008 - Phocas, a global leader in simple, accessible business intelligence BI www.phocas.biz today announces two new wins in the automotive market despite the current credit crunch affecting the country. Phocas’ business intelligence software has been chosen by BPW Ltd, Europe’s leading axle and suspension manufacturer and Millers Oils, the leading lubricant manufacturer to the automotive, commercial vehicle and industrial sectors. By implementing PHOCAS these two...

Maybach Exelero
    A one-off custom-built Maybach was unveiled in May 2005 at the Tempodrom in Berlin. Commissioned by tyre company Fulda, the Exelero is a chopped-down two-seater coupe, though it's more than just a show car - in tests at the Nardo high-speed oval, the prototype reached a speed of 218.38mph, despite weighing over 2.66 tonnes. It is capable of acceleration from 0-60mph in 4.4 seconds. The car's design was the result of a competition amongst students at the Pforzheim Polytechnic...

Fioravanti Hidra
This design is a progression of the Fioravanti Thalia design presented last year in Geneva, differing mostly in its rear aspect where it has a lower roof line. The overall theme is of a svelte coupesque estate with similar dimensions to the Pininfarina Sinseti also debuting in Geneva. In typical Fioravanti fashion, the car showcases a new functional design solution and has a delicate design language quite different to the zeitgeist of today. Designed by Matteo Fioravanti, the core motif of the design is...

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