A group of bearing manufacturers including NTN, Schaeffler and SKF have been fined a total of nearly €1 billion for operating a cartel. The European Commission handed out the fines to the companies as they ‘colluded to secretly coordinate their pricing strategy vis-à-vis automotive customers for more than seven years, from April 2004 until July 2011, in the whole European Economic Area.’
John Genge on how get around a miserly bank manager and find finance. This is a question that I am asked a lot. It seems that when you don’t need money, banks are throwing it at you but when you are desperate, they don’t want to know. Is this a simplification of the real situation, and can we adopt other tactics to present a better case to our bank?
The Eyebox in Coventry has been selected as the third venue for the heats of the 2014 Institute of the Motor Industry’s SkillAuto competition. The Autobody preliminary competition will be hosted at the Eyebox training and conference facility, with Direct Automotive providing the body panels at the venue
The Independent Garage Association says the response it has received from garages for its pioneering Car Repair Plan has exceeded expectations. It has witnessed a number of its Trust My Garage members sign up to be involved with this scheme ahead of its imminent launch
Motorists are wasting almost £500,000 a year with simple MOT fails that workshops could help them avoid and encourage repeat business. Research carried out by WhatCar.com has shown that drivers are wasting upwards of £483,000 each year by failing to carry out basic checks ahead of the vehicles test
Bearing manufacturer NTN-SNR has become the latest company to join the Original Equipment Suppliers Aftermarket Association. NTN-SNR becomes the 14th member of OESAA after signing up to the group and its slogan ‘Our Quality, Your Reputation’.
Thatcham has extended its programme of certified alternative parts and opened up the approval process to distributors such as Euro Car Parts. The Thatcham programme is run in conjunction with TÜV and inspects parts to assure users of their quality and that they will take no longer to fit than an OE spare. The system also audits the manufacturing facilities of suppliers.
Toyota Multi-Mode Transmission Toyota’s Multi-Mode transmission (MMT) has been around for over seven years; fitted to the Aygo, Yaris and Corolla. You will find it being referred to as an automatic, and it is, but […]
Timing Belt Replacement The belt replacement on the 1.4-litre diesel engine in the PSA 107/C1 can sometimes be problematic, so Dayco, as the original equipment (OE) timing belt supplier for this engine, has issued a […]
Mid-Production Clutch Diameter Increase Tim Hodgkin, Technical Support Technician at ZF Services UK advises that early 1.0 litre models of these vehicles equipped with the five-speed manual gearbox suffered from premature clutch wear. Many owners […]
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