Supercar maker Spyker starts production in UK

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 10 February 2010 12:29 Spyker is having a busy 2010. Last month it closed the deal to buy Saab from GM; today it built its first car at the new UK factory after relocating from Holland.Spyker Cars is quitting production in the Netherlands to manufacture cars in Coventry – nearer its main supply base in the Midlands.The new Spyker facility switches assembly of the Aileron supercar from Zeewolde to a new 20,000sq ft plant at CPP Manufacturing in Wheler Road, Coventry. The first car went into production today.

Stop buying new cars says government adviser

People should stop buying new cars and drive their old ones until they’re beyond repair, says a top government adviser. This news, reported by the Daily Telegraph, comes a day after we reported that new cars sales figures have hit a six-year high. On Bing: see pictures of scrap cars Find out how much a car over 10-years-old costs on Auto Trader Chief scientific adviser to the government’s energy department, David MacKay, said “car manufacturers love us to buy a new car every few years” and that Britain needs to end its throw away culture.

Exclusive: Pierre Castinel resigns from Head of Design role at Tata

Tata's Head of Design, Pierre Castinel, has resigned from his post to accept a position at PSA, Car Design News has learned. Castinel was originally hired to develop the design direction and form a brand identity for Tata's full line of vehicles, including cars, pickups, SUVs, MPVs, trucks and buses, but things haven't been going well at the Indian automaker. According to insiders, Tata closed Castinel's design studio in the British midlands last year, forcing the UK-based team to move into the automaker's engineering center in Warwickshire.