Auto News 5

News 20 Apr, 2013

Kia joint-venture with Chinese car maker Dongfeng; first model due in 2015

News 20 Apr, 2013

New Lexus GS 300h offers sub-110g/km CO2 emission and is second hybrid in GS line-up

General Motors unveiled a gull wing, two-door Buick Riviera concept car today at an event here prior to the Shanghai auto show, which opens on Saturday.

News 20 Apr, 2013

The long-wheelbase Infiniti Q50 and QX50 will go on sale in China in 2014

News 20 Apr, 2013

The Ford Escort name has returned with this new mid-size China-only Shanghai concept car

Holographics, gullwing doors and wireless Internet -- this isn't your father's Buick; General Motors revealed the Buick Riviera concept at the

Honda is recalling about 225,300 SUVs and minivans in the United States and Canada to replace a part that if not operating could allow the driver to shift out of park without depressing the brake pedal.

Toyota and Kentucky state representatives confirmed what president Akio Toyoda - after a moment of silence for the tragedy in Boston where he went to graduate school - termed "one of our worst kept secrets" - Lexus 350 assembly in 2015.

All this week's pomp and circumstance of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral has rekindled myriad memories of what it was like growing up in the 1980s in the UK - and just how much the political landscape has changed.

Volkswagen is eliminating 500 contract jobs and reducing work shifts at its new assembly plant in Tennessee to ease an oversupply of the Passat sedan.

Drivers replacing aging vehicles will keep auto sales for the United States 'in a healthy holding pattern' in April, industry analysts said today while raising the forecast for the full year.

South Korea's LG Chem aims to start production at its Michigan car battery factory in the second half of this year, two executives said today, as the firm tries to revive the plant's fortunes despite slow demand for electric vehicles.

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to invest $360 million to bring production of the

It's almost like Volkswagen is crafting a BMW X6M-fighter. Almost.

Lamborghini is celebrating half a century of performance, power and design panache with a limited-edition supercar called the

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars.

News 20 Apr, 2013

The Volkswagen iBeetle has been unveiled to mark full Apple iPhone 5 integration into VW cars

Off over to Opel's tech centre at Dudenhofen (in the forest south east of Frankfurt) to see and try some of the new engines and gearboxes in the works.

NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz C300 4Matic is perhaps the most elegant sedan among its competitors.

Valmet Automotive is convinced that the variation of roof systems will grow, with new kinds of convertibles in car segments where we have seldom seen open tops before, like SUVs, crossovers, and the small vehicle segment. Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with leading roof manufacturers, Matthew Beecham talked with Hartwich Tiemeyer, Head of Design Engineering for Roof System, Valmet Automotive about convertible roof developments.