Open gallery Almost 40% of My Car Direct’s fleet is comprised of EVs, including the BMW iX3 My Car Direct CEO Duncan Chumley Onto CEO Rob Jolly with a fleet of electric cars Close News 4 mins read 28 September 2022 Access to this content requires a subscription to Autocar Business The Knowledge. To subscribe,… Continue reading Has the moment finally arrived for new-car subscription services?
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2022 BMW Z4 gains new design features, slimmed line-up
The BMW Z4 roadster has been given a mid-life update, with minor design amendments and changes to its model line-up taking effect from November. The third generation Z4 line-up, originally launched in 2019, will be slimmed down to just two variants in the UK, with the mid-ranking sDrive 30i variant axed. The range will open with the… Continue reading 2022 BMW Z4 gains new design features, slimmed line-up
Opinion: An M car like none before it
I had a short drive in a disguised BMW XM prototype earlier this year; the kind BMW often facilitates to give testers an early idea of what to expect from the driving experience of a new car, but to keep the finer points of the styling reserved for comment later. Now we’ve all seen it with the camouflage off, you can make… Continue reading Opinion: An M car like none before it
Vauxhall Astra GSe launches electrified performance brand
The Vauxhall Astra will be the first model to get a performance overhaul under the firm’s new GSe brand – an electrified successor for the GSi nameplate. Launching as a plug-in hybrid, the new range-topping, dynamically enhanced Astra GSe gets sharper handling, a tweaked, lowered chassis and uprated engine performance. As with standard models, the… Continue reading Vauxhall Astra GSe launches electrified performance brand
New BMW XM is a 740bhp hybrid super-SUV
BMW promised the radical XM concept it showed last year was “more than 90%” ready for production and indeed the final car will arrive in dealerships next spring with only minimal design changes. M division CEO Frank van Meel told Autocar the prevailing ethos for the XM is ‘extroverted luxury’. “It’s got this rock star… Continue reading New BMW XM is a 740bhp hybrid super-SUV
2022 DS 3 drops Crossback tag, EV gains range and power
DS has lifted the covers on an updated version of its DS 3 crossover, bringing sleeker styling and a revised electric powertrain boosting range and power. The visual changes amount to a nip-and-tuck in line with the alterations made to the larger DS 7: replacing the curved daytime running lights with the angular signature from… Continue reading 2022 DS 3 drops Crossback tag, EV gains range and power
Japan’s Mitsui invests $10m in US-based supply chain tech firm FourKitesMitsui is planning to invest significant resources to expand FourKites’s cover…
Japanese trading and investment company Mitsui & Co has invested $10 million in US-based supply chain visibility company FourKites, according to an announcement. The investment will help further expand FourKites’s supply chain visibility network in the APAC region and ease ongoing supply chain challenges in the region. The investment is part of an ongoing strategic… Continue reading Japan’s Mitsui invests $10m in US-based supply chain tech firm FourKitesMitsui is planning to invest significant resources to expand FourKites’s cover…
Blackstone reaps $7.8b for third Asia real estate fund
The world’s largest private equity investor, Blackstone, has scored over $7.8 billion in the third instalment of its opportunistic real estate fund series, per a filing on the SEC website. The fund juggernaut has now achieved over 86% of its $9-billion target for the Blackstone Real Estate Partners Asia III (BREP ASIA III) fund despite… Continue reading Blackstone reaps $7.8b for third Asia real estate fund
ESR, LOGOS reach $250m first close of co-branded logistics vehicle
ESR Group and its logistics subsidiary LOGOS have held an anchor close of the Hong Kong-based real asset manager’s new co-branded Pan Asia Core+ Venture (PACV), garnering $250 million in equity commitments. The initial close was raised from German pension fund Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung and a large US State pension fund, ESR said in a statement.… Continue reading ESR, LOGOS reach $250m first close of co-branded logistics vehicle
@Tata-JLR: Jaguar Land Rover unveils Future Skills Programme to train 29,000 for modern luxury, all-electric future
* 47,000 people both directly employed by Jaguar Land Rover and those employed by Jaguar Land Rover franchised retailers About the Future Skills Programme The skills programme will result in a total of 11,450 technicians in Jaguar Land Rover retailers around the world trained in electrification over the next one-to-three years The company aims to… Continue reading @Tata-JLR: Jaguar Land Rover unveils Future Skills Programme to train 29,000 for modern luxury, all-electric future