Newslines - Wheels Within Wales

Environment Minister Jane Davidson has urged Welsh families to get out on their bikes and make cycling a regular part of their lives.
The Minister was speaking as the Welsh Assembly Government launched Bike4Life in Wales, providing tips and advice to encourage Welsh families to cycle regularly. Bike4life is part of Change4Life, the campaign to help Welsh families eat well, move more and live longer.

With three weeks to go before this year’s International Autojumble, taking place on the 11 and 12 September, the event is a sell out with all 2,000 stand space now taken.
Beaulieu Events Manager, Judith Maddox said, "This is the earliest we have ever sold out of stand space which is great news for the 35,000 plus, classic vehicles enthusiasts who will be flocking to the event.”

Britain’s niche sports car makers, Morgan Motor Company, has defied the difficulties of the global automobile industry and recorded exceptional sales.
Full-year pre-tax profit trebled to £661,209 on turnover of £26.8m, up from £22.1m 12 months earlier, according to results just filed at Companies House. Turnover, 60 per cent of which comes from exports, is expected to hit a new high of £28.6m for the current year.

Indian carmaker Mahindra and Mahindra has signed a preliminary deal to take over bankrupt South Korean rival Ssangyong Motor.
Yesterday’s announcement did not disclose details of Mahindra's investment, although analysts estimated that a 50% stake would cost about $418m (£268m). It will give the Indian car maker access to considerable off-road technology.

Clarion Co., Ltd, a global leader in car audio and electronics, and Nokia Corporation, the world’s leading mobile device producer, have announced that they are collaborating on Terminal Mode, a technology that will enable a totally new way of mobile devices and car infotainment systems to seamlessly work together.
Clarion aims to develop the smartphone interface that Nokia and Consumer Electronics for Automotive, CE4A are proposing as industry standard, as well as to build an application service business for in-car devices utilising the Ovi Store application service by Nokia.