Motors in Crewe

An Enterprise Challenge organised by the Swansway Group raised £5,081 for a homeless centre.

The challenge saw 12 teams from local businesses each given £50 and asked to turn the initial investment into as much money as possible by any means that was safe, legal and ethical.

A Crewe motor dealership has made a £2,500 donation to a popular festive lights display that has been cancelled,

Graham Witter had to shelve his popular fundraising event at Weston this year because of planning difficulties related to Covid as well as complaints about last year's drive-thru show at Carters Green Farm.

This week's instalment of Car of the Week takes us to CUPRA Crewe.

Take a look at the stunning CUPRA Leon Estate e-HYBRID that a member of the team selected as their car of the week and here's what they had to say about the vehicle:

Mercedes has flirted with electric cars before, but its efforts have always been limited to putting a battery and motor in a body which was designed for a petrol or diesel. That's not good enough for the flagship of the range though. Buyers spending six figures don't expect compromises.

So for the first time Mercedes is using a platform specially developed to be pure electric.

We're heading over to Crewe Volkswagen for Car of the Week, here's what Sales Manager Steve Pitman had to say about his pick:

"A stunning example of refined luxury driving, Touareg R Line Tech is my car of the week. With a powerful 3.0 TDI V6 engine giving off 286 PS, you will not be short of pull or power.

The UK government has unveiled its new design for electric vehicle charge points, which it hopes could become as iconic as the British post box, London bus or black cab.

The result of a £200,000 competition to find the best design, the charger was revealed in the UK Pavilion at COP26 in Glasgow.