Audi is celebrating...
Audi is celebrating after its new A4 won Europe’s biggest car award at the Geneva Motor Show. The A4 claimed the Auto 1 title, awarded by the Auto Bild Europe magazines group, which includes Auto Express. The trophy was collected by Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler in front of an audience of 500 VIPs.
A clever device that...
A clever device that could stop thousands of drivers misfuelling has won financial backing on the hit BBC TV show Dragons Den. Mike Cottons invention replaces the filler neck with a resized one that wont allow the smaller petrol nozzle into a diesel car.
Originally Mike, from Dunmow, Essex, wanted ң250,000 for 20 per cent of his business. But after negotiating with three of the Dragons, he was pushed to 25 per cent for the same sum the most the entrepreneurs have ever invested. Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis will now work with Mike to market the ң69.99 device. Cotton said: The backing allows us to take production from 4,000 units a month to 30,000 and meet demand. Visit www.misfuellingprevention.co.uk for info.