IMI News

SsangYong: New Year, new start

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:22:00 GMT

A different experience for dealers is the what SsangYong is offering. Richard Yarrow discovers more about the company's ambitions for 2012.

Learning: Safe in the knowledge

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:20:00 GMT

The DAF apprentices in the group image are proudly displaying the new personal protective equipment (PPE) as they getting acquainted to their training vehicles at the City of Bristol College.

Business sales: exit strategy

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:19:00 GMT

Few bodyshops think about what will happen when they want to, or are forced to, exit the business. Without planning you are unlikely to get the best price for your bodyshop or achieve the best tax outcome to enjoy your retirement.

Scooter commuter

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:17:00 GMT

Sales of smaller "commuter scoots" are rising nicely to defy the economic gravity that has pulled down motorbike sales overall and devastated certain motorbike sectors

ACAG: An education in restoration

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:13:00 GMT

A project to restore a 1961 dragster is set to bring together a group of experienced enthusiasts with the next generation of automotive technicians.

Rapid Succession

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:43:00 GMT

Why do otherwise sensible folk strap themselves into insanely fast machines, aim for the horizon and then press the "fast" button? Vaughan Freeman looks at the teams striving to rewrite the record books.

To support land speed record attempts, even usually shrewd and cautious firms are happy it seems to pour resources into these high-risk attempts. Record-breaking is big business.

Academy Goes Supersonic

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:40:00 GMT

Land speed record holder Richard Noble opens new BLOODHOUND Education Centre and Academy's £1 million training facility.

Morgan: New Tradition

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:37:00 GMT

Staying in British hands and keeping business bouyant, Morgan is bucking trends on more than one front. James Foxall reports on this traditional company's thoroughly modern plans. It's easy to poke fun at Morgan. Its products for the most part look as if Bertie Wooster should be at the wheel.

Synthetic Oil

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:33:00 GMT

Much has changed in the world of engine oils over the last 50 years. Mobil 1's Danny McGoldrick examines how advanced synthetic engine oils are supporting the evolution of vehicle performance.

Commuters Switching to Scooters

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:31:00 GMT

The recent announcement of record increases in the prices of rail season tickets is being linked to the current boom in scooter sales. Registrations of jumped by 29.8% in August, as half a million rail passengers faced the prospect of the biggest leap in ticket costs sinceprivatisation in 1995.