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News 23 Sep, 2015

More expensive Range Rover would take on new challengers from Bentley and Rolls-Royce

News 23 Sep, 2015

All-new Mercedes E-Class spotted in estate form for the first time, set for release early in 2017

News 23 Sep, 2015

Ford is planning sporty and luxury upgrades for the Kuga as part of SUV range expansion plans

News 23 Sep, 2015

New city car could be badged Ford Ka Plus, and will focus on value for money

At the VW of Oakland dealership in California, the German company's "clean diesel-" powered cars were a big hit with eco-friendly customers.

Nowhere is Volkswagen AG's widening emissions scandal being felt more acutely than in Wolfsburg, the ultimate company town in Germany.

The Canadian government is pledging unspecified 'enforcement action' if Volkswagen cars sold in the country used pollution-masking technology.

Daniel Carder, an unassuming engineer from West Virginia, said he and his research team publicly presented their findings about Volkswagen's diesel emission discrepancies about a year ago. VW officials questioned them at the time.

Volkswagen AG has hired the U.S. law firm Kirkland and Ellis LLP to help it deal with the widening scandal over the carmaker's faked pollution controls, according to a company spokeswoman.

Germany's transport ministry denied that it had known about the technology Volkswagen used to cheat emissions tests despite acknowledging only months ago that it knew of a gap between test and on-road emissions.

News 23 Sep, 2015

Auto Express understands that Vauxhall boss Tim Tozer, who left the company suddenly, did not resign

European politicians voted to speed up rules to tighten compliance with pollution limits on cars, adding to pressure for reform after U.S. regulators caught Volkswagen Group rigging the performance of vehicles in tests.

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said it would be difficult for an automaker to conceal internally an effort to falsify vehicle emissions data, such as has happened at VW.

The EU should set up a single, independent authority to test vehicles in the bloc's 28 nations, says a green lobby group which also claims the scandal of Volkswagen using diesel "defeat" devices is just the "tip of the iceberg."

GMC will introduce a bolder, limited edition of the 2016 Sierra pickup on Thursday at the State Fair of Texas. The truck, called the Sierra Elevation Edition, is scheduled to arrive at dealers nationwide in the first quarter of next year.

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn showed no sign of quitting as he faced a reckoning today with the executive committee of the automaker's supervisory board. Winterkorn was summoned to explain how the company came to falsify U.S. emissions tests.

Chinese automakers hope to revive their European sales ambitions by targeting the region's booming SUV market. Sales by Chinese brands in Europe have remained stubbornly low as buyers have in the past shunned their cars because of quality issues.

Ferrari's new new turbocharged 488 GTB is more powerful and greener than its predecessor and accelerates from 0-100khp in just 3 seconds.

Pope Francis put his environmental credo into action as soon as he arrived in the U.S. on Tuesday. After getting a red- carpet welcome by President Barack Obama, the 78-year-old pope climbed into the back of a small, black Fiat 500L.

CarMax's net earnings rose 12 percent to $172.2 million in the fiscal second quarter on higher used-vehicle sales, even as the average selling price of used vehicles declined.