NGK team up with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 team for 2012
NGK will be at the heart of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team’s challenge for the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
The company is supplying its racing spark plugs for the team’s new MP4-27 car which will once again be driven by British F1 stars Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
Double top for NGK at CAT Magazine awards
The leading supplier of OE spark plugs, glow plugs and NTK Lambda sensors has been voted Supplier of the Year by readers of a top UK automotive aftermarket magazine and its Deputy Managing Director, Brian Childs, has been named Person of the Year.
NGK glow plugs and NTK sensors achieve another OE success Renault
NGK has achieved another OE-success in diesel cold start technology and is to supply Renault with glow plugs and NTK temperature sensors for the new down-sizing engine – Energy dCi 130.
The Energy dCi 130 is a Renault-Nissan Alliance engine, developed by Renault, which can be found on-board the Renault Megane’s range and Nissan’s C-platform.
Double OE success for NGK/NTK in new TwinAir Fiat Panda
Fiat has chosen NGK Spark Plugs as the exclusive supplier of precious metal spark plugs and wideband NTK Lambda sensors for its new TwinAir naturally aspirated engine, which will debut in the new Panda.
NGK wins top industry accolade for the third time.
“It is a great achievement for the company to win such a prestigious award. The IAAF’s Supplier of the Year award is one of the industry’s major accolades and to have been successful for a third time is testament to the hard work of everyone involved at NGK….”
NGK selected for ground-breaking new Ford engine
NGK spark plugs have been selected for a ground-breaking new Ford 1.0-litre, turbocharged, direct injection EcoBoost engine – developed by UK engineers. The engine will debut in Europe in early 2012 and will ultimately be available worldwide.
Formula One season ends with Webber and Red Bull on a high
For the world of Formula One, the year turned full circle on the Interlagos
circuit in Brazil. The Red Bull team finished as they started with yet another victory, though on this occasion it was Mark Webber who claimed the victory.
It’s wins all round for NGK as Loeb wins WRC title and Latavale takes victory for Ford in Wales
Once again Rally GB provided the setting for the climax of the WRC rally season with the title going down to the wire. After a dominating run in the first half of the year for Sebastien Loeb and Citroen, Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen had continued to chase hard which meant a win in Wales could bring him the World Championship he wanted so badly…
McLaren wins in Abu Dhabi as Red Bull stumbles
After suffering a puncture on the second corner of the first lap, unlucky Sebastian Vettel had to sit out the race on the pitwall while Lewis Hamilton romped home to dominant win. A dramatic start to the penultimate race of the season, in the equally dramatic setting of the Yas Marina circuit, saw Ferrari too coming on strong as Alonso chased hard…
Vettel wins inaugural Indian Grand Prix as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes secures second place in Constructors’ championship
Pole position, fastest lap and finishing in first place made this weekend’s Indian Grand Prix a clean sweep for Sebastien Vettel and Red Bull. A truly impressive result and one that served to underline the strength of the Red Bull package…