The Pyms Lane factory was built to make Hurricane and Spitfire engines. Bentley, then owned by Rolls-Royce, moved in in 1946 and that year the Bentley Mark VI became the first to be built entirely at Crewe.
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Bentley gives the green light to world's most powerful SUV... and 1,000 new jobs
Tuesday 23 July 2013
One sector sprinting ahead in global race is our booming automotive industry, says Cameron
Car dealership HR Owen fends off bid from Vincent Tan
Thursday 18 July 2013
One of London’s oldest car dealerships today urged shareholders to reject a £32.5 million offer for the business from Malaysian billionaire and owner of Premier League football club Cardiff City Vincent Tan.
Doctor Werner Lang: Engineer who designed the Trabant car
Sunday 07 July 2013
On 9 November 1989, when the Berlin Wall was opened, tens of thousands of East Germans introduced the West to the Trabant car as they drove over the frontier. The car rapidly became recognisable as a kind of automotive liberator. The engineer behind its invention, Werner Lang, remained largely unknown.
Motoring Review: VW Beetle Cabriolet 50s edition
Sunday 07 July 2013
Do we still have the bug for the retro Beetle cabriolet?
'No insurance' £300,000 Lamborghini faces crusher after it was seized in London
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Purple high-performance machine currently on display outside New Scotland Yard
Motoring review: Fiat 500L MultiJet
Wednesday 26 June 2013
'Family planning has never been Fiat’s strong suit'
Fifty Shades of Grey makes EL James a multimillionaire in just six months
Sunday 23 June 2013
Erotic-fiction author nets £10m...and buys a Volkswagen
Qatar sells back its stake in Porsche
Tuesday 18 June 2013
The German family shareholders of Porsche got their keys back yesterday when Qatar's sovereign wealth fund sold its 10 per cent stake in the car marque's owner back to its founders.
Bumpy ride for Hornby as Games souvenirs flop
Friday 07 June 2013
Hornby's profits were all but wiped out last year through overstocking London 2012 souvenirs and poor supplies of model trains.
Will they go public? £81m EuroMillions lottery winner claims prize
Thursday 30 May 2013
A British jackpot winner who scooped a massive £81 million in the EuroMillions lottery has claimed the prize.
Film review: Something in the Air - an evocative tale of rebellion and romance
Friday 24 May 2013
Dir. Olivier Assayas (15). Starring Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, 129mins
Motoring review: Bentley Flying Spur
Wednesday 22 May 2013
China loves these luxury monsters, and I can see why
Fiesta leads Top 10 as new car sales leap 14 per cent
Tuesday 07 May 2013
'The UK continues to perform well ahead of the troubled eurozone'
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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