Auto News 5

News 4 Apr, 2017

Nurburgring lap record holder to go topless later in 2017 with a Spyder badged convertible version, as confirmed by spy shots

Days after hinting of a big reveal at the New York auto show, Infiniti said it will introduce the QX80 Monograph concept to signal the brand's efforts to advance its standing in the large-SUV market.

Infiniti is hinting that the flagship QX80 SUV will gain LED headlights from the QX Sport Inspiration concept and a light-up emblem in the grille, as well as a more aggressive front bumper.

A German judge has condemned the lack of transparency over Volkswagen Group's emissions scandal.

Domestic sales among South Korea's five main automakers fell by 2% to 145,903 units in March 2017, from 148,848 units in the same month of last year, according to preliminary data released individually by the country's vehicle manufacturers.

News 4 Apr, 2017

F Sport versions of new Lexus S-Class rival will get sportier bodywork and tweaked suspension setups

The Porsche and Piech families who control Volkswagen Group have temporarily shelved plans for a slow transfer of power to the fourth generation, but not scrapped them.

The Japanese auto industry maintained its strong grip on the vehicle markets of southeast Asia last year, according to exclusive data provided to just-auto.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to charge the most polluting cars and vans a daily fee of 12.50 pounds ($16) to enter the city center from 2019, bringing the levvy forward from September 2020 as previously planned by his predecessor.

European lawmakers endorsed tougher draft regulations for the approval of new cars sold in the EU.

Bosch and Daimler have agreed to set up a development alliance that aims to make a system for fully automated (SAE-Level 4) and driverless (SAE-Level 5) vehicles a reality on city streets - they say - by the start of the next decade.

News 4 Apr, 2017

The planet's oil reserves are set to come under new pressure as Mercedes-AMG unleashes the 503bhp GLC 63 twins

A former Google engineer at the center of a fight over self-driving car technology made more than $120 million, highlighting the intense competition for talent in the nascent sector.

The prophets missed their targets in March. Most everyone was looking for an improved month, even predicting the best March since 2000. Whoops.

News 4 Apr, 2017

Special edition Black Pack Clubmans inject a little extra style on Cooper Clubman and Cooper D Clubman models

BorgWarner is to invest US$10m in Autotech Ventures. Through this new investment, BorgWarner's chief strategy officer, Brady Ericson, sees investment opportunities that apply to propulsion technologies and mobility areas outside of BorgWarner's current product portfolio.

For anyone that still thinks vehicle body design is simply a matter of rolling out some steel sheet, bashing it a few times and spot welding the resultant frame and panel parts into a car, let he or she come to Audi. And marvel at an 'Aluminium Space Frame' body destined for the redesigned A8, out later this year, that contains no fewer than 29 different materials. Knocked together with 14 joining processes.

New-car registrations in Italy rose by 18 percent last month, partly due to one more working day than the year before. The increase is the 34th year-on-year monthly rise in market sales and the best result for the month since 2010.