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News 21 Jan, 2014

The Skoda Octavia GreenLine is the most efficient model in the range, priced from £20,150

ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: I smiled when I saw the 2014 Honda Pilot Touring in our parking structure. Boxy. I like that -- it never really goes out of style.

Callaway debuted its supercharged version of the

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld picked up late-night legend Jay Leno in the latest edition of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

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Toyota has said it may reconsider its planned US$609m investment in Thailand, and cut production, if political unrest in the country drags on.

Now that General Motors is pulling Chevrolet out of Europe, what next for the brand's expensive sponsorship deal with leading UK soccer club Manchester United?

News 20 Jan, 2014

Successor to the 1 Series M Coupe in the pipeline with around 380bhp and tech from the M4

News 20 Jan, 2014

Case of driver ticketed for wearing Google Glass dismissed but safety concerns won't go away

News 20 Jan, 2014

JD Wetherspoon has opened the first pub at a motorway service station in England on the M40, raising road safety concerns

Johnson Controls says the sale of its automotive electronics business to Visteon for US$265m, will enable it to reinvest the money in core operations.

New General Motors CEO Mary Barra is on a base salary of US$1.6m plus incentives, according to a Form 8-K document update filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week.

Thailand's vehicle market faces decline in 2014 as it reels under the effects of a dried up incentive scheme and the continuing adverse impact of political unrest on the nation's economy.

News 20 Jan, 2014

Kia's first electric car, the Soul EV, is spied winter testing before it goes on sale in late 2014

At this year's consumer electronics show (CES), Harman confirmed the rise of so called 'wearables' with an integration of its driver assist technology with Google Glass. The company claims it is the first tier one automotive supplier to launch an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) implementation on wearable devices such as Google Glass. Harman's data also suggests that the wearables sector is a growing market and is projected to exceed US$5 billion in 2016. Matthew Beecham spoke to Harman's President of Automotive Services David Slump about the technology and the company's plans for it.

New vehicle sales in the ASEAN region's six main markets declined by 12% to 873,336 units in the fourth quarter, from 992,567 units a year earlier, according to data compiled exclusively for just-auto.

PSA Peugeot Citroen is remaining tight-lipped it has secured a deal that could see up to EUR3bn (US$4.1bn) injected into the automaker following a board meeting yesterday (19 January).

Are a facelift, reduced CO2 emissions, improved safety features and a new single-speed drivetrain enough to keep the Land Rover Discovery competitive? Glenn Brooks gets the measure of the just-launched 2014 model.

PSA's board approved a deal to raise 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion) by selling stakes to Dongfeng and the French government. The deal, if completed, would represent a defining moment in the history of the automaker.

PSA's board approved a deal to raise $4.1 billion by selling stakes to Dongfeng and the French government. The deal, if completed, would represent a defining moment in the history of the automaker.