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News 14 Aug, 2015

Hybrid successor to Bugatti Veyron hypercar could get nearly 1,500bhp but rumoured Chiron name not confirmed as yet

General Motors is recalling 73,424 Chevrolet Cobalts for misrouted wiring that can prevent a driver's side airbag from deploying during a crash.

Mercedes-Benz is adding a Coupé to its C-Class family, which will be shown at the upcoming Frankfurt Show.

News 14 Aug, 2015

New lightweight panels and a power boost mean this V6 Lotus Exige 360 Cup is faster than ever - but it costs £62,995

Speculation is mounting up to 10,000 cars may have been destroyed in Wednesday night's (12 August) massive Tianjin Port explosions, which are believed to have been the equivalent of 21t of TNT detonating.

The big news this week was that Jaguar Land Rover announced a plan to build a 300,000-unit capacity plant in Slovakia. We knew that a plant in Central/Eastern Europe was under consideration as part of the Tata-owned premium firm's fairly ambitious growth plans.

VW is recalling as many as 420,000 cars in the U.S. to fix a flaw that may prevent their airbags from deploying in an accident. The recall affects seven models, including the Golf, Jetta and Passat.

China Automotive Systems' net sales for the second quarter ended 30 June 2015 was down -5.46%to US$109.2m compared with $115.5m in the same period year ago.

Leoni has opened its fifth wiring systems factory China on 12 August. The facility located in Tieling, northern China will develop and manufacture products for several vehicle models of the company's new customer BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA)

Qualcomm has announced that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Global Trading has completed its acquisition of CSR, a leading fabless provider of end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for the Internet of Everything (IoE) and automotive segments.

Electric automaker Tesla Motors said today it was looking to raise about $642.5 million through a share sale, above the $500 million it announced on Thursday.

Audi says it will work with LG Chem and Samsung SDI to develop a new battery for a purely electrically powered sport utility vehicle that will have a fully charged range of 'more than 500km'.

Thousands of cars from a host of manufacturers have spent years at risk of electronic car-hacking, according to expert research that Volkswagen has spent two years trying to suppress in the courts.

Toyota said today more than 50 of its employees were injured by Wednesday night's explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin that killed 56 people.

Mercedes sold more luxury cars worldwide than the Audi and BMW brands in July as its rising deliveries in China defied a market slowdown there.

Opinion 14 Aug, 2015

As Driver Power reveals, big brands need to stop the arrogance and deliver better quality service, says Mike Rutherford

News 14 Aug, 2015

New figures by the Department for Transport show UK road users cover 314.6 billion miles annually with an average rush-hour speed of 23.8mph

News 14 Aug, 2015

Lexus GS gets a facelift at Pebble Beach 2015 bring it in line with the rest of the Lexus line-up