Entry-level BMW launches, line-up includes sub-100g/km version.

Daimler and engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce Group said they now held a 60 percent stake in Tognum following the expiry of their tender offer for the industrial diesel engine maker.
Fiat has offered $125 million to buy the Canadian government's stake in Chrysler as it moves swiftly to strengthen its control of the U.S. automaker, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said Saturday. News of the offer came just two days after the U.S.
The 7th annual Automotive News Europe/SupplierBusiness OEM-supplier relations online survey is underway.
The president of Toyota said he expects the automaker to resume full production globally in November and its Japanese output is expected this month to recover to 90 percent of levels seen before a March earthquake.
Despite being the first to sell an electric-gasoline car in the United States and making hybrid technology a centerpiece of its fuel economy push, Honda Motor Co. has yet to have a hybrid hit.
First it was the global recession. Then a safety crisis. Now Toyota is battling back from Japan's earthquake and tsunami. Leading the company's recovery in the United States is Yoshi Inaba, brought back in 2009 for his second tour as head of U.S.
Smart phones, iPads, antenna-equipped laptops, MP3 players and the wide world of Internet connectivity have become so core to American society that automakers are struggling to keep up with the challenge.
Charles Gassenheimer is not your typical green-car entrepreneur. He's not a garage tinkerer or a Silicon Valley mogul.
Politicians and business leaders in Detroit are high-fiving each other nowadays for the success of the bankruptcy process and auto bailouts, which saved General Motors, Chrysler Group and tens of thousands of jobs.
Unless the factories break out big advertising and incentive programs -- and don't look for that anytime soon -- the slow sales of May are likely to continue well into summer.
Jim O'Donnell took over as CEO of BMW of North America in July 2008, just as the country was plunging into recession. Three years later, as the market recovers and luxury buyers open their wallets, O'Donnell is feeling optimistic.
A contact between front runners Alex Tagliani and Andrew Ranger helped Robin Buck to earn his first ever victory in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event presented at the ICAR circuit on Sunday.
Gasoline and diesel are like cats and dogs - put them together and disaster ensues every time. Yet, during a presentation given by Chrysler during the Department of Energy's 2011 Merit Review in Washington D.C., the automaker announced the development of a radical prototype engine that burns a combination of gasoline and diesel, in an effort to make its fleet more fuel-efficient.
The global democratization of photo radar demonstrates that police forces can count more than ever on automated solutions to catch delinquent drivers and concentrate on other matters. After speed detectors, motorists may well have to contend with sound detectors as well.
NASCAR officials announced that they have fined team owner, Richard Childress, $150,000 for an altercation in the garage area following the completion of a NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway.
In April, we learned that the MINAGI concept would be mass-produced under the moniker CX-5. According to whatcar.com, the compact crossover will be available for order in September 2011, with the first deliveries slated for March 2012.
I had an epiphany of sorts this morning; or rather, my husband did. If we all drove like taxi drivers, there would be a lot less traffic and a lot less accidents on the road.
We don't know about you guys but we petrol-heads at Auto123.com can and will never get enough of cars. Prime example: Vacation time. We can't and don't leave our work behind.
Lotus Renault GP made contact recently with the Quebec authorities to discuss the conformity of the RS31's livery with the anti-tobacco legislation in force.