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The beleaguered Spanish car market appears to be showing signs of life, helped by a scrappage scheme and the calendar.

When Mercedes-Benz asked if we wanted to take a ride in the

Veteran auto industry executive Richard Beattie has joined Kawasaki Motors USA as chief marketing and sales officer.

The Nissan Juke-R put rubber to racetrack in America for the first time on Thursday.

2014 Porsche 911 Turbo First Look

Still fast at 40.

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911, and the 40th anniversary of the iconic Turbo model. So it's a fitting time for Porsche to introduce all-new versions of the 911 Turbo and the 911 Turbo S, which are based on the latest 991-generation of the 911. The pair of forced-induction coupes goes on sale in the U.S. at the end of this year.

Photo Gallery: 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo First Look - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo First Look - Automobile Magazine

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Monday the 6th is the annual May Day 'bank holiday' here in England. Spring appears to have sprung, so we'll be off-grid catching rays, driving cars and stretching our legs while we can.

Car sales rose in Germany and Spain last month, adding to signs that Europe's austerity-driven auto slump could soon bottom out. Spanish car sales increased 11 percent while registrations in Germany advanced 4 percent.

2013 Lexus LX 570

The LX 570 is tough enough for towing and off-roading, but it’s improved performance on the highway that it needs.

I had just climbed into the Lexus LX 570's passenger's seat when I turned to Donny Nordlicht and smiled. "I love big, body-on-frame V-8 SUVs."

Photo Gallery: 2013 Lexus LX 570 - Editors' Notebook - Automobile Magazine

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News 3 May, 2013

We get the inside line on the all-new £866,000 McLaren P1 supercar, ahead of first deliveries this summer

This year's Russian Automotive Forum in Moscow organised by Adam Smith Conferences produced some lively debate and interesting comments. Here's a snapshot of what some of the speakers said.

Coda Holdings' bankruptcy filing this week appears to be the latest in a series of bumps in the road to electrification for the automotive industry.

TOLEDOand#8212;Jerry Brummett saw beauty and utility in a ratty 1940 Packard Super 8 Formal Sedan parked in a farmer's field in the early 1960s.

News 3 May, 2013

Volkswagen is celebrating a million sales of the Scirocco coupe with a high-spec special-edition model

Volvo aims to break even on an operating level this year without help from one-off gains that kept the carmaker in the black in 2012. Volvo's operating profit fell to $2.76 million in 2012.

Volvo aims to break even on an operating level this year without help from one-off gains that kept the carmaker in the black in 2012. Volvo's operating profit fell to $2.76 million in 2012.

A suitably mud-coloured Vauxhall Mokka recently turned up for review at Glenn Brooks' home. He now sees why GM's little SUV is selling up a storm in Europe.

The way cars are bought will change even more radically in the future as a new generation of motorists are more interested in what goes on inside than how their vehicle looks from the outside. According to Prof Dale Harrow, head of the automotive design school at the Royal College of Art in London, all the indications are that young people will not be interested in buying cars in the future.

News 3 May, 2013

We will put your questions to transport minister Stephen Hammond

Those three of you who peruse every bit of just-auto's home page every day will probably already know The Editorial Team had our annual Fun Day Out this week, courtesy of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Test Day. I've been going, on and off, sice 1987 and the agenda follows a refreshingly familar, welll-proven and immensely popular programme which I believe is unique to the UK auto industry. After earlier using other venues, the SMMT nowadays books Millbrook, the former Vauxhall Proving Ground (founded 1968), almost every importer/manufacturer shows up with the allocated six cars, caterers lay out a fine breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea - and we show up and go nuts.

Watch as West Coast editor Mark Vaughn takes to the streets of Pamplona, Spain to test Jaguar's all new F-Type.