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publication date: Sep 4, 2010
| Mazda Motor Corporation has announced Mazda’s
new design theme, ‘KODO – Soul of Motion’, and the design concept model,
Mazda SHINARI, a pure expression of this new theme. Since the launch of the Zoom-Zoom brand message, Mazda has pursued the concept of more athletic and sporty motion, and has adopted dynamic designs for all Mazda models starting with the Mazda6 and followed by the RX-8 and the Mazda2. |  |
| KIA will be recalling certain Soul and Sorento models over a fire risk, says Car Dealer magazine. A problem that manifested itself in the US has found certain cars with ‘mood lighting’ are a potential fire risk. Only 73 Souls sold in the UK are affected as the mood lighting option wasn’t one of the most popular, but 476 new Sorentos are also affected. The Tanfield Group, which manufacturers zero emission vehicles through its Smith Electric Vehicles business and already supplies a number of fleets, is looking to raise cash to fund future developments. Tanfield recently announced that, despite its focus on cash preservation, its net cash had fallen to £2.2 million at June 30 and that, as a priority, it was reviewing alternative ways to fund the continuing cash outflow until it could complete the consolidation of its electric vehicle businesses. |