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Thursday, 19 February 2015

BBC News

• Rolls-Royce announces SUV planLuxury carmaker Rolls-Royce says it is to add a sports utility vehicle (SUV), or

The Guardian

• Rolls-Royce to make off-road vehicle (but don't call it an SUV)‘The words sport and utility don’t feature in the Rolls-Royce lexicon,’ says luxury carmaker as it plans to launch 4x4 vehicle by 2018Rolls-Royce is taking a diversion into sport utility vehicles , as the luxury car maker joins rivals Bentley and Jaguar in catering to demand for upmarket 4x4 models.The 111-year-old marque, owned by German car firm BMW, said customers had asked it to add the as-yet unnamed vehicle to its existing saloon models – the Phantom, Ghost and Wraith - whose prices start at about £200,000. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Average speed cameras for Forth Road crossing as drivers slow down to stare at new bridgeAVERAGE speed cameras are being installed on the Forth Road Bridge after transport bosses realised drivers were already slowing down to 40mph to stare at the construction of the new Queensferry Crossing.
• Average speed cameras for more Scottish roads after A9 successAVERAGE speed cameras on the A9 have

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Push to end traffic gridlock at Bradford's congestion hotspots BRADFORD Council is urgently looking at ways of ending gridlock through the city centre and other traffic congestion hotspots across the district.

Other Regional Press

• Work to repair faded road markings at controversial Weymouth roundabout 'can't come quickly enough' amid safety fears A DRIVER says work to repair fading road markings on a controversial roundabout couldn't come soon enough over fears someone could have been killed.

Green Miscellany

• A flying car for £2,750While It’s not what futurists of the 1950s had in mind when they imagined flying cars we would all be driving by now, the four-seater aero car special that sold on eBay last week for £2,750 certainly looks like it could take to the skies. The aero car special is based on a decommissioned Beechcraft B55 light aircraft and Daihatsu Hijet microvan.… The post A flying car for £2,750 appeared first on ETA.