Channelled Your Inner Me - 2 June 2020

FOLLOW UP: VW NOT SHIELDED FROM MORE US FINES

Volkswagen lost a case, where counties from Utah and Florida were seeking damages in relation to #dieselgate. The court found that the legislation did not exclude state and local governments from fining VW, even though they had reached a settlement with the US Government. Volkswagen was seeking a further review of this ruling. The potential liability this could expose VW Group to is huge. To read more, click the Reuters article here.

FOLLOW UP: HOMEMADE COG ADVERT WINNER ANNOUNCED

The winner of the best homemade advert, inspired by the Honda COG advert has been announced. There were some fantastic submissions, including one from Jonny Smith, who shared the amount of work it took to create his final effort. To read more and watch the videos, click the Honda article here.

CORNAVIRUS AND THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD

Once again, we refer to James Attwood’s ongoing timeline of what is happening in the automotive world during this virus outbreak. A couple of points are highlighted, that dealerships opened again on 1 June (8 June for Northern Ireland) and motorsport will be starting again soon behind closed doors. To read more, from the Autocar article click here. To read the excellent piece from TV’s Paul Cowland, click Car Dealer Magazine here.

197 CARS MADE IN APRIL

Unsurprisingly, car production was an incredibly small amount, compared to months prior to the virus crisis. Only 197 vehicles were built during April. To read more, click the City AM article here.

FRANCE ANNOUNCES CAR INDUSTRY RESCUE PACKAGE

President Macron has revealed a package to help the French car industry, with €8 billion being made available. Some measures include incentives for people to buy new, cleaner vehicles, however, it is not clear if this is a scrappage scheme. One of the provisos is for the money to be spent in France, as one would expect. To read more, click the BBC News article here.

REBEL ALLIANCE ANNOUNCE CLOSER TIES

Renault Nissan and Mitsubishi announced their plan for closer ties and how to return to profitability. There will be more sharing of developed platforms, technology and design, including the effectively rebadging of cars for each of the brands. They will have one lead company for specific global regions. To read more, click the Autocar article here.

NFU GIVES FREE HOME RECOVERY COVERAGE

Insurer NFU will provide free home start and recovery service, via the RAC, for existing customers until 31 August 2020, following lockdown restrictions. To read more, click the Motoring Research article here.

We are pausing our Patreon for the foreseeable future due to the ongoing crisis, however, if you are still able to help someone, we recommend supporting Mission Motorsport’s COVID-19 Response Fund. To find out more click this link...

FOLLOW UP: VW NOT SHIELDED FROM MORE US FINES

Volkswagen lost a case, where counties from Utah and Florida were seeking damages in relation to #dieselgate. The court found that the legislation did not exclude state and local governments from fining VW, even though they had reached a settlement with the US Government. Volkswagen was seeking a further review of this ruling. The potential liability this could expose VW Group to is huge. To read more, click the Reuters article here.

FOLLOW UP: HOMEMADE COG ADVERT WINNER ANNOUNCED

The winner of the best homemade advert, inspired by the Honda COG advert has been announced. There were some fantastic submissions, including one from Jonny Smith, who shared the amount of work it took to create his final effort. To read more and watch the videos, click the Honda article here.

CORNAVIRUS AND THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD

Once again, we refer to James Attwood’s ongoing timeline of what is happening in the automotive world during this virus outbreak. A couple of points are highlighted, that dealerships opened again on 1 June (8 June for Northern Ireland) and motorsport will be starting again soon behind closed doors. To read more, from the Autocar article click here. To read the excellent piece from TV’s Paul Cowland, click Car Dealer Magazine here.

197 CARS MADE IN APRIL

Unsurprisingly, car production was an incredibly small amount, compared to months prior to the virus crisis. Only 197 vehicles were built during April. To read more, click the City AM article here.

FRANCE ANNOUNCES CAR INDUSTRY RESCUE PACKAGE

President Macron has revealed a package to help the French car industry, with €8 billion being made available. Some measures include incentives for people to buy new, cleaner vehicles, however, it is not clear if this is a scrappage scheme. One of the provisos is for the money to be spent in France, as one would expect. To read more, click the BBC News article here.

REBEL ALLIANCE ANNOUNCE CLOSER TIES

Renault Nissan and Mitsubishi announced their plan for closer ties and how to return to profitability. There will be more sharing of developed platforms, technology and design, including the effectively rebadging of cars for each of the brands. They will have one lead company for specific global regions. To read more, click the Autocar article here.

NFU GIVES FREE HOME RECOVERY COVERAGE

Insurer NFU will provide free home start and recovery service, via the RAC, for existing customers until 31 August 2020, following lockdown restrictions. To read more, click the Motoring Research article here.

We are pausing our Patreon for the foreseeable future due to the ongoing crisis, however, if you are still able to help someone, we recommend supporting Mission Motorsport’s COVID-19 Response Fund. To find out more click this link here.

FORMULA E: AND WE GO GREEN DOCUMENTARY

A Formula E documentary, focusing on Jean-Eric Verne during his championship-winning season, has been released. You can find it on Channel 4, in the UK. To learn more and where you can see it, click the Formula E article here.

WRC: WIN A GR YARIS

WRC has announced the prize for the winner of the latest WRC 8 e-racing championship, will be a Toyota GR Yaris. Not a toy, model or radio-controlled version, but an actual car. Whilst that is tempting for Alan, not even such a prize has motivated him enough to get into sim racing. To learn more, click the WRC article here.

W-SERIES ESPORTS LEAGUE

The female-only racing league, W-Series, has announced an online league that will start on 11 June. Congratulations to Luke Crane, who helped create the league, and will be the lead commentator. He will be joined by David Coulthard, co-commentator, Lee McKenzie, lead presenter, and Billy Monger, race pundit. To read more, click the W-Series article here.

RACE OF REMEMBRANCE 2020 ANNOUNCED

With motorsport being permitted once again, Mission Motorsport has announced the 2020 Race of Remembrance details. To learn more, click the article here.

LUNCHTIME READ: INDIRA FLACK AND THE GBRD

Indira Flack will be exhibiting her series of portraits of British racing drivers, at Silverstone. The Influx article explains how the project came about and how she has managed to get so many to participate. To read more, click the article here.

LIST OF THE WEEK: THE BEST SECRETS HIDDEN INSIDE CARS

Autocar has produced a delightful list of hidden secrets that can be found in various cars, from rotary triangle shapes throughout the Mazda RX-8, to a drink holder underneath the bonnet of a Dodge Challenger, these touches help make the cars extra special. To run through the list and learn some fascinating facts, click the link here.

AND FINALLY: OWNER SELLS CAR WITHOUT DRIVING IT

The owner of 1 of 77, track-only, Porsche 935, is selling the car without having had the pleasure of driving it. This isn’t the normal story of rich collector holding onto a car and not using it for the purpose intended, click through to The Drive article here to learn more.

THE ZOOM ZOOMERS

Alan takes part in a gathering of folks from the motoring world, on a Monday night, run by Damien Cross. If you would like to see last Monday’s meet up please click the YouTube link here.