Nissan dealership
Showrooms have shut but many dealers are still trading online
Business

Analysis: What has coronavirus done to new car sales?

We look at sales figures during lockdown and consider what buyers, dealers and car firms will do next

29 April 2020
Analysis: What has coronavirus done to new car sales?
Business

Confirmed: UK car finance support measures put into place

Financial Conduct Authority confirms package of measures to help those facing payment difficulties due to the coronavirus

24 April 2020
Confirmed: UK car finance support measures put into place
Business

Jaguar Land Rover aims to resume production in May

British firm targets 18 May to start resuming work in Solihull, Slovakia and Austria factories

23 April 2020
Jaguar Land Rover aims to resume production in May
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Car dealers told they can start to sell and deliver cars again

Internet sales and contactless delivery measures must be put in place to ensure social distancing is maintained, though

22 April 2020
Car dealers told they can start to sell and deliver cars again
Aston Martin DBX on road
Stroll has said ramping up production of the new DBX SUV is a priority
Business

Billionaire Stroll completes Aston Martin investment

Canadian takes role as executive chairman; confirms F1 plan for 2021; brings in investors including Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff

20 April 2020
Billionaire Stroll completes Aston Martin investment
Smiths Medical ventilator
WAE is making a Smiths Medical ventilator design
Business

Insight: How car firms have stepped up to help NHS

Williams Advanced Engineering is one firm using automotive expertise to help produce much-needed medical equipment

16 April 2020
Insight: How car firms have stepped up to help NHS
Business

Global car maker profits dipped 11% in 2019

Statistics from 28 brands show that operating profits plummeted before the coronavirus outbreak took hold

9 April 2020
Global car maker profits dipped 11% in 2019
Business

McLaren advocates synthetic fuel as alternative to EVs

Boss Jens Ludmann reckons that battery-electric alternative could lower emissions and be more practical than other power sources

9 April 2020
McLaren advocates synthetic fuel as alternative to EVs
Vauxhall boss Stephen Norman
Vauxhall boss Stephen Norman says car buyers are adapting to new retail platorms
Business

Vauxhall boss: coronavirus will change car buying for good

Stephen Norman says the lockdown has prompted a surge in demand for Vauxhall's new phone-based sales system

9 April 2020
Vauxhall boss: coronavirus will change car buying for good
The new CPAP developed by UCL and Mercedes-AMG HPP
The new CPAP developed by UCL and Mercedes-AMG HPP (image: James Tye/UCL)
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Mercedes F1 powertrain plant 'devoted' to breathing aid production

F1 squad's powertrain division teams up with UCL to mass-produce equipment for tackling Covid-19

7 April 2020
Mercedes F1 powertrain plant 'devoted' to breathing aid production

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