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Nissan’s Sunderland Plant yesterday celebrated the production launch of the all-new Juke compact sports crossover.
Nissan has already received more than 22,500 pre-orders across Europe since the order books opened in June and Sunderland expects to produce up to 100,000 units each year making it the plant’s second highest volume model behind the phenomenally successful Qashqai, Note and Qashqai+2.

This September will see more cars needing a new MoT than any other month in history, according to Kwik-Fit analysis released today, with an expected 2.5 million cars undergoing their annual inspection.
The number of vehicles licensed on British roads has risen every year for the last 20 years, and with 29 million cars across the country, there are more cars over three years old than ever before

Infiniti, the first car manufacturer in Europe to introduce a 360 degree parking display, will again move the goal posts - or should that be gate posts - when it adds Moving Object Detection to its Around View Monitor system.
The technology which is currently undergoing final testing in Japan uses both the dashboard’s central screen display and a loud chime to notify the driver of objects moving around the car during parking . And not just at the front and rear either. Anything moving around the side of the car is also detected.

The government is urging councils in England to cut unnecessary road signs, railings and advertising hoardings in a bid to make streets tidier and safer.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said the number of signs was damaging the character of towns and villages. Campaigners have said lots of signs are unsightly, unnecessary and can leave motorists confused.

Ford will use expanded capacity in India to launch eight new models over the next five years and export its locally assembled small Figo car to about 50 countries, reports the FT.
Also, Ford and Mazda are investing $350 million in their joint venture plant in Thailand to revamp production of pickup trucks, both sides said Thursday.

Results from an IAM poll have found that most drivers regularly suffer some form of road rage, and nearly a third admit that anger with other road users makes their own driving worse.
Of the 1,400 respondents to the online poll, 70 per cent stated that they got angry with other road users and 28 per cent felt that getting heated behind the wheel affected their own driving competence.

The vast majority of car drivers, 88 per cent, told Government pollsters that they used their car at least twice a week with most of these saying they drove every day.
Motorway travel amongst car drivers is much less frequent, however, with less than one in five drivers saying they used these roads at least twice a week. Almost a quarter said they used motorways less than twice a year.

Japanese car makers are preparing to roll out their newest generation of diesel powered models as the Government ends green subsidies and the fuel saving advantages assume greater importance.
Diesel sales in some European countries are over 70pc and topped 50pc in the UK last month, but in Japan the most recent figures showed diesel registrations were 0.2pc of total sales.