Ford tones down self-driving car expectations
News
10 Apr, 2019
Ford CEO says company “overestimated” when autonomous vehicles will arrive; reveals expected limitations of driverless car due in 2021
Read moreNew Bentley Flying Spur: official teaser images released
News
10 Apr, 2019
Two official teasers of the upcoming Bentley Flying Spur have dropped online, previewing the new luxury limousine
Read more‘Car makers need to work hard to stay relevant in the new world’
Opinion
10 Apr, 2019
Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks some car companies might not survive if they don’t adapt to the new world of mobility services
Read moreGAC Guangzhou Auto future models
Guangzhou Auto is enduring a tough 2019. While its JVs with Honda, Toyota, FCA and Mitsubishi are strong, the performance of the GAC Trumpchi brand isn’t what it could be. Not that that has deterred the company from investing in future models.
Read moreCan new owner fix ailing Qoros with fresh models?
Last year was a trying one for Qoros with only 64,200 cars delivered to buyers in China, the brand’s largest market. The first quarter has been far, far worse, with wholesale deliveries amounting to a mere 824 vehicles. There has been a cash infusion f…
Read moreInsignia defying segment trend with rising sales
Few are noticing the progress being made by Vauxhall – Groupe PSA’s ex-GM unit that is UK market only sister brand to Opel. In March it moved closer to Volkswagen and pulled away from fourth place Mercedes with the strongest growth of any top-ten brand…
Read moreBYD surges ahead of Mercedes and Toyota in China
BYD only just scrapes into the top 20 makes list of the Chinese market but it remains the number one in New Energy passenger vehicles. The brand offers a broad line-up of EVs and PHEVs and with more to be added this year, may remain in the lead even as…
Read moreVW March sales dip as market shares rise
Volkswagen brand March sales fell 7.2% to 542,700 vehicles worldwide in March as a 14% rise in the US could not offset falls of 10% in Asia, 3.5% in Europe and 12.7% in South America.
Read moreWest European car market down 3.7% in March
West European car registrations fell 3.7% year-on-year (YoY) in March according to data released by LMC Automotive.
Read moreFast charger operator sees revenue surge
Fastned, a charging company which is building a European network of fast charging stations, said it continued its rapid growth in the first quarter of 2019.
Read moreLG Chem raises US$1.6bn to fund EV battery expansion
South Korea’s LG Chem said it has raised close to US$1.56bn in overseas bonds to finance expansion of its electric vehicle (EV) battery production capacity, according to a report by the local Yonhap news agency.
Read moreNew 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan R on the way with 296bhp
News
9 Apr, 2019
A test mule for the upcoming Volkswagen Tiguan R has been spotted by our spies ahead of its release later this year
Read moreUbiquitous Uber autonomous will take “a long time”
Don’t expect self-driving cars to become ubiquitous for a long time, a key Uber executive has said.
Read moreWLTP and China hit Porsche Q1 sales
Porsche first quarter 2019 sales fell 12% year on year to 55,700 vehicles.
Read moreJeep reveals wild new Moab Easter Safari concepts for 2019
News
9 Apr, 2019
Six-new Jeep concepts showcase range of Mopar tuning parts, with a 700bhp resto-mod from 1968 the star of the show
Read moreVolkswagen joins Automotive Grade Linux
Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), described as a collaborative cross-industry effort developing an open source platform for connected car technologies, has announced that Volkswagen has joined it and the Linux Foundation, a non-profit organisation ‘enablin…
Read moreGhosn reiterates innocence in video released by lawyers
Ousted Nissan Motor (and Renault) chief Carlos Ghosn has reiterated he is “innocent” in a video released by his lawyer.
Read moreVolvo Car UK adds front-wheel-drive diesel to XC60
Volvo Car UK is adding a front-wheel-drive diesel version of to its mid-size XC60 SUV range.
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