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Manufacturing: Keep Britain moving... with Turkish Transit vans
Thursday 25 July 2013
White van men across the country will be bereft. The mighty Ford Transit van, so loved by tradesmen and small-business owners, is no longer a minor British institution.
Volvo's 'solar pavilion' charger for cars unfolds like an electric butterfly
Thursday 25 July 2013
Concept design to charge electric cars packs into the boot, unfolds like a pop-up tent
It won’t be easy, but Detroit will rise again
Sunday 21 July 2013
Out of America: For 20 years this newly bankrupt city, in the words of a Tamla tunesmith, has really got a hold on me. The recovery is already beginning
The rise and fall of Detroit: Was Henry Ford to blame?
Friday 19 July 2013
Even in 1827, when the founding fathers of Detroit fumbled for a city motto, they knew it was destined to struggle.
Philip Caldwell obituary: Executive who restored Ford's global standing
Saturday 13 July 2013
'It was ridiculous that Caldwell was suddenly above me,' a resentful Lee Iacocca recalled
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Saturday 13 July 2013
When she first saw Bessie, J Courtney Sullivan was horrified. But time passed and things changed...
Irish Open triumph is so sweet for Paul Casey
Sunday 30 June 2013
Paul Casey mastered difficult conditions to hit a five-under-par 67 and claim the Irish Open by three shots yesterday, securing his first European Tour victory in over two years.
Flights cancelled in South-west American heatwave, but you can bake biscuits on your dashboard
Sunday 30 June 2013
In Arizona zookeepers fed tigers frozen fish while meteorologists baked biscuits in their van
Lorna Vickerage found: Missing 14-year-old girl from Doncaster and family friend John Bush found near London's Euston station
Friday 14 June 2013
The pair apparently tried to check into a hotel in Watford, but Bush's card was declined
Neal McDonald expects intense Route des Princes European tour
Friday 07 June 2013
Neal McDonald, crewing on Oman-Air Musandam in the Route des Princes European tour, talks to Stuart Alexander...
Easy financing helps car sales return to 2007 levels
Friday 07 June 2013
Car sales returned to pre-recession levels last month as consumers took advantage of special offers and shifted increasingly to more energy-efficient vehicles.
Woman killed in crash while driving wrong way down M5
Saturday 25 May 2013
A woman has died after driving her car the wrong way up a motorway in the early hours of this morning, police said.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford greatest hits: The politician who makes London Mayor Boris look like John Major in comparison
Monday 20 May 2013
He is embroiled in a crack-cocaine sting – and it’s not his first brush with trouble. Will Dean lists his other greatest hits
US news website Gawker launches crowdsourcing campaign to raise money to buy video allegedly showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack
Friday 17 May 2013
Online gossip site asks readers to fund purchase of footage as controversial politician describes claims as 'ridiculous'
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