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News 31 Oct, 2018

Vauxhall identifies a further 47,000 Zafira ‘B’ models with fire-risk fault; extended action follows recall of 234,000 cars

Faced with billions of euros in costs for its emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen may have to consider overhauling its 12-brand empire that makes everything from mass-market cars to motorbikes, heavy trucks and supercars.

BMW played a key role in getting Volvo to choose South Carolina as the location for its first U.S. plant. And, a pretty well-known aerospace giant also helped.

We still don't have garbage-fueled powertrains, but the list of successful predictions includes 3-D movies and fingerprint technology.

Apple's aggressive recruitment of auto experts as it explores building a car has left a promising, if financially troubled, electric motorcycle startup in the dust.

A spokesman for Nissan has clarified to just-auto.com what the company's media release concerning the Qashqai's launch in China does not - that the car is locally built.

Uber customers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York will be able to receive complimentary rides from BMW in the redesigned 2016 7 series beginning at noon local time today.

Spain's public prosecutor has asked the country's high court to investigate VW and the scandal surrounding the automaker's rigging of diesel emissions tests.

U.S. regulators signaled today that their investigation into Takata airbag inflators will expand beyond 11 automakers, amid signs that vehicle design could play a role in whether the devices pose a deadly risk to the public.

Not all brick-and-mortar retailers are running in fear from Amazon. Just look at the auto parts industry. The three largest U.S. sellers of replacement parts are seeing sales surge, sending their stock prices on a roll.

News 19 Oct, 2015

The RAC is worried that court cases for mobile phone use are down when motorists report handheld phone use is on the up

News 19 Oct, 2015

New special edition Abarth 595 hot hatch celebrates sponsorship of MotoGP bike race

Features 21 Oct, 2015

We meet some of the people who’ve helped McLaren become a supercar contender in next to no time

News 19 Oct, 2015

The Mito and Giulietta get flagship Collezione and sporty Sprint Speciale trim additions, from £17,600 and £23,320 respectively

Two-thirds of Germans still believe VW builds "outstanding" cars despite the high-profile emissions-test cheating scandal that has damaged the company's image, a survey found.

Normally, electric or electrified cars are launched to the media in urban settings, never far from an emergency recharge point, but Nissan clearly had confidence in the newly extended range of its latest Leaf - a theoretical 250 kilometres or, in old money, 155 miles. Hence a coffee stop 1,607m above sea level at a place called Col de Turini, to which we had scampered up from Nice, had another 78km to run, had a thoretical range of 25km left on the 'fuel gauge' and there was zero chance of a reviving fast charge. Merde!

Martin Winterkorn will cease to be a member and chairman of the executive board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE on 31 October, the main shareholder in Volkswagen, the holding company said at the weekend. He'll be replaced by Porsche SE chief financial officer Hans Dieter Pötsch from 1 November.

News 19 Oct, 2015

Yamaha set to unveil a mid-engined sports car concept at Tokyo 2015, with design input from Gordon Murray expected

Volkswagen group has poached its new head of integrity and legal affairs from Daimler with the full approval and cooperation of its rival.