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AA Garage Guide enlists patrols to pick best local garages

AA Garage Guide, the online search and booking site, has enlisted the help of the AAā€™s expert patrols to recommend the best local garages in their area. Each of the nearly 4,000 garages included on the Garage Guideā€™s site must adhere to its strict listing criteria. Patrol suggestions will be highlighted on the Garage Guide website as a ā€˜Patrol Pickā€™ so that members can see which selections they suggest. The AA says this will help to make sure that workshops get the recognition and the business that they deserve.

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FIA reveals F1 driversā€™ 2016 finale tyre selections for Abu Dhabi GP

The FIA has told Pirelli each teamā€™s tyre choices for the season closing grand prix of Abu Dhabi on 25-27 November. Championship leader Nico Rosberg and second-placed Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who has a chance of pipping the German to victory, will both use the same selection: four sets of the P Zero Yellow soft, two of the Red supersoft, and seven of the Purple ultrasoft.

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Pirelli to support F3, GT stars at Macau grand prix World Cup events

The Macau grand prix will take place this weekend, with Pirelli as the exclusive tyre supplier for the FIA Formula 3 World Cup. Pirelli will also return as supplier to the FIA GT World Cup, to which it supplied tyres at the inaugural race in 2015.

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Mahle Aftermarket expands thermostat and filtration ranges

Original equipment (OE) manufacturer and systems supplier, Mahle has introduced more passenger car, light commercial vehicle and heavy duty thermostat and filtration components. Mahle is an OE supplier on two of these new references, one for spin on oil filter, OC1255 and one for oil filter element, OX823/6D.

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Pirelliā€™s Cinturato F1 tyres help drivers show great driving possible in soggy Brazil GP

Despite the delays, the Brazilian grand prix became a ā€œfantastic spectacle,ā€ with plenty of overtaking and action on Pirelliā€™s wet range of Formula One tyres. Mercedesā€™ Lewis Hamilton finished first, completing the full race on the Cinturato Blue full wet tyre only following two days of largely dry running at Interlagos. Hamilton won without making a racing pit stop, though he did change tyres twice, going from full wets to another set of wets under both red flag stoppages.

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  1. Pirelli provides medium, soft F1 P Zeros in Brazil
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Goodyear ā€˜thrilledā€™ with Auto Express tyre test victory

The Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 added to all-season tyre test victories in Auto Bild and Lā€™Argus with its Auto Express win. The tyre performed exceptionally well in wet braking (first), wet handling (first), snow handling (first) and cabin noise (first) disciplines as well as snow braking (second), straight aqua (second) and rolling resistance (second). It shone in the wet disciplines, stopping two metres ahead of the second place Nokian Weatherproof in the wet braking test.

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Goodyear wins Auto Express all-season tyre test

Recognising the attractiveness of all-season tyres to the majority of the UK market, leading weekly magazine Auto Express has conducted its second comparative test of six products in the segment. Testing on the bestselling 17ā€ size, 225/45R17, the magazine used the independent Test World facility, with support from Hankook, to test in snow, and Continentalā€™s Contidrom to test in cold and wet conditions to represent winter, and dry conditions to represent summer. The full test also included two leading seasonal tyres, the Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 winter tyre and the Continental ContiSportContact 5 summer tyre, which showed that all-season products continue to represent a compromise; however the performance gaps in the tests most relevant to UK drivers may surprise critics of year-round tyres.

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Valeo introduces CV clutch warranty scheme

Valeo Service has introduced a new two-year warranty scheme for its extensive range of commercial vehicle clutch products. Terms apply across all European countries with no mileage limitation. Valeo says the new warranty scheme will directly benefit road freight transport operators by optimising their total cost of ownership.

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Eastwood Service Station & MOT Centre expands

Southend-on-Seaā€™s Eastwood Service Station and MOT Centre has expanded its business to meet increasing demand within the local area, allowing the workshop to service and MOT vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes. The garage said its continued growth is a reflection of its commitment to providing the local community with exceptional service at a cost-effective price.

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FMI awards first bursary

The Fellowship of the Motor Industry (FMI) has awarded its first bursary to Andrew Gault, a body repair technician from Northern Ireland. In winning the Institute of the Motor Industryā€™s 2016 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, Gault becomes the first recipient of a bursary scheme launched this year by the FMI to help students and apprentices in the motor industry through their studies.

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ProVQ becomes IAAF member

The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) has welcomed automotive training specialist ProVQ Limited to its membership network. Julian Lloyd, ProVQ managing director, said: ā€œWeā€™re delighted to join this highly celebrated federation and weā€™re confident that this new venture will provide us with ample opportunities to raise brand awareness and enable us to expand our services to a wider customer base.

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National Tyres and Autocare expands marketing team

Axle Group Holdings, parent company of National Tyres and Autocare and Viking Wholesale Tyres, has appointed two to its digital division, growing its marketing department. James Kelly has been appointed as digital marketing manager, and Jack Underwood as digital marketing executive.

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HiQ adds Ruthin store to tyre retail franchise network

HiQ has added a new tyre retail outlet to its franchise network in Ruthin, North Wales. Previously known as Automark, the store will reopen as HiQ Ruthin. It brings 12 years of experience and an excellent reputation within its customer base to the network, HiQ states.

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Milltek Sport partners Mission Motorsport, Sir Chris Hoy for Race of Remembrance

Derbyshire based exhaust manufacturer Milltek Sport will field a ā€œspecialā€ lineup at the Race of Remembrance (RoR) at Anglesey on 12 and 13 November, the company states. Jon-Allan Butterworth, fresh from his Paralympic successes at Rio will be joined by Sir Chris Hoy as team mate in a VW Golf racecar prepared by Milltek Sport, Strata 21 and KPM Racing.

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