Karen Parry now in Autovia driving seat
Friend of WGMW Karen Parry now heads up the communications for AUTOVIA, the UK’s number one automotive content and commerce growth business. Karen brings with her over 30 years of automotive experience and joins Autovia from a 12-month contract as Head of...
New Car Sales October 2021
Volkswagen dominated UK sales in October and scooped 8.52% of sales, writes Robin Roberts. BMW, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Audi all out performed the rest and left Ford and Vauxhall, traditional leaders, trailing behind. Regionally, Wales bucked the trend and grew new car...
From the Chair: October 2021
The Western Group of Motoring Writers recently held its first face-to-face meeting for over a year courtesy of Honda UK and to whom we are very grateful. By the way, there was no truth in the rumour that Honda PR Emma Butler used the meeting as a rehearsal for...From the chair June 2021
Slowly, very slowly, things are getting back to normal for motoring journalists, prs, the industry and dealers but no-one knows what that “new normal” will be or how it will work out and that is potentially a sticking point for everyone which will not take...
From the Chair: March 2021
There are a few weeds to be taken care of as the motor industry, energy providers, related suppliers and authorities take us down the green road towards 2030 and onwards. The haste and race to have low emission cars and other vehicles on our roads is tripping over...
Aston Martin St Athan plant will play a crucial role in the company’s recovery and future plans.
The luxury car maker will almost double production at St Athan and its Garden, Warwickshire sites this year after working through stock it’s held and which has plagued them since its 2018 shares floatation. The British company plans to make 6,000 vehicles this...
Siemens back Welsh hydrogen car
One of the world’s leading technology companies has stepped in to boost plans to build hydrogen vehicles in Wales for global sale. Siemens UK has signed a memorandum of understanding with Riversimple, of Llandrindod Wells, to make their Rasa car and a local delivery...
From the Chair: February 2021
Journalists and PRs in the motoring world share their love of cars and that has been severely tested over the last 12 months. Jobs have gone, people have gone, plans shelved and events cancelled, including our own WGMW PR Driving Day 2020. Some...
The UK new car market has fallen by almost a third
The UK new car market fell by almost a third (-29.4%) in 2020, with annual registrations dropping to 1,631,064 units, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. A -10.9% decline in December wrapped up a turbulent 12 months, which saw demand fall by...
From the Chair January 2021
I think every member will be glad to see the back of 2020. It has destroyed many lives, businesses, overturned accepted social norms and events. It has also brought a lot of us closer together, removed veils and opened eyes to what is happening in front of them. As a...
From the Chair: 1 December 2020
After a truly different year, the Western Group of Motoring Writers broke new ground with its first on-line AGM. It didn’t go as well as we wanted but certainly most members who wanted to were able to join in and generally it ran as a Real World round-table...
From the chair: 1 November 2020
Well Lockdown 2.0, or if you live in Wales Lockdown 2.5, is underway and highlights how differently the Coronavirus is being tackled. Strictly speaking, only essential travel is being permitted whether you live in Wales, England or Scotland and it’s been...
From the chair: 1 October 2020
It has been a very strange summer. The national lockdown really hit journalists, PR departments and dealerships together with manufacturers in a way no one could have expected as we celebrated the arrival of 2020 in January. It was tough then with the global economy...
From the chair: 1 Sept 2020
The SMMT still hopes to run its 2020 driving day, eventually. Latest is a move to 1 October, when the Government permits larger gatherings for business and sporting events. The SMMT and Millbrook have been working on the familiar pattern for the day but it will be...
JLR moves engine production from Wales
Jaguar Land Rover is moving its petrol V8 engine line from the Ford Bridgend Engine Plant to its in-house power centre at Wolverhampton. Workers at the South Wales engine plant closing at the end of September, have been building buffer stocks of the V8 engines to...Powered by 
We`re celebrating our 40th anniversary this year - flick through some amazing archive pictures in a special gallery on our website... https://www.thewesterngroup.co.uk/images-from-the-last-40-years/
To the Cotswolds with #Vauxhall for the UK press launch of the all-new Astra Electric and Astra Sports Tourer Electric, plus the updated Corsa and Corsa Electric
#vauxhall #vauxhallastra #vauxhallastraelectric #vauxhallcorsa #vauxhallcorsaelectric #ev #electric #electriccar #electricvehicle
We`ve been getting up to speed with the impressive Kia range at the lovely Manor House Hotel in Castle Combe, Wiltshire
#kia #kiapicanto #kianiro #kiaev6 #kiasportage #kiasorento
A big thanks to all the PRs who brought their cars to our special 40th anniversary Driving Day. Provisional date for 2024`s event is Thursday, June 13 👍
#cars #carsofinstagram #amazingcars #amazingcars247 #carporn #automobile #automotive #automotivephotography #bmw #genesis #ford #fordrangerraptor #volvo #fordfocusst #suzuki #museum #classiccar #oldtimer #oldtimers
PRs in other brands` cars 😎
#cars #carsofinstagram #amazingcars #amazingcars247 #carporn #automobile #automotive #automotivephotography #bmw #genesis #ford #fordrangerraptor #volvo #fordfocusst #suzuki #museum #classiccar #oldtimer #oldtimers #bmw #honda #hondacivictyper
We`re at Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset welcoming PRs and their cars at our 40th anniversary Driving Day
#cars #carsofinstagram #amazingcars #amazingcars247 #carporn #automobile #automotive #automotivephotography #bmw #genesis #ford #fordrangerraptor #volvo #fordfocusst
John Kendall (WGMW Chairman), Kieron Fennelly (Deputy Chairman) and Steve Grant (Secretary) - all unanimously re-elected for another year at our AGM, along with John Kerswill (Treasurer)
We`re spending the day with the #Genesis team, and we`re spoilt for choice 👍
#genesisgv70 #genesisgv60 #genesisg80 #ev #performance #electricvehicle #electricvehiclecharging #auto #automotivephotography #automotive #automobile
We`ve had a top day getting up to speed with the #Kia range - thanks to the @kiaukpr team for making it happen 👍
#kiasportage #kiaev6 #kiapicanto #kiastinger #kiasorento #hybrid #phev #automotivephotography #auto #carporn
Members of the Western Group have been at the press launch of the elegant, all-new Peugeot 308 - available as a hatchback or estate (SW) and initially with a choice of petrol, diesel and plug-in hybrid powertrains
#peugeot #peugeot308 #hybrid #automotive #hatchback #automotivephotography #auto #carporn
