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News 5 Nov, 2015

Leeds University has won a £4.2 million grant to develop robot drones that will tackle road maintenance tasks in the future

News 5 Nov, 2015

UK car registrations fell for the first time in 43 consecutive months in October 2015 with a 1.1% drop to 177,664 total sales

Toyota's operating profit surged 26 percent surge in the latest quarter, as cost cutting and foreign exchange rate gains offset declining global sales.

Fuji Heavy, the maker of Subaru vehicles, reported a 41 percent surge in operating profit in the latest quarter, helped by higher sales in North America and advantageous exchange rates.

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn says the alliance's brands #8211; including Lada, Datsun and Infiniti #8211; are well positioned to benefit once Russia's sales slumps ends.

New Toyota Europe CEO Johan van Zyl has the big task of reviving the automaker's slumping sales in Germany, the region's biggest market. He shared his plans on tackling this and other issues with Automotive News Europe.

New Toyota Europe CEO Johan van Zyl has the big task of reviving the automaker's slumping sales in Germany, the region's biggest market. He shared his plans on tackling this and other issues with Automotive News Europe.

The American arms of Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen have halted sales of 3.0-liter diesel vehicles that the EPA on Monday said contain illegal software to manipulate emissions.

VW is recalling 91,867 cars for flaws that can lead to the loss of power braking. The recall covers Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Passat models from the 2015-16 model years, each with 1.8-liter and 2.0-liter gasoline engines

Germany will retest VW Group models sold under the VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat brands to gauge their emissions levels after the automaker disclosed that it understated CO2 emissions in about 800,000 cars sold mainly in Europe.

Germany will retest VW Group models sold under the VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat brands to gauge their emissions levels after the automaker disclosed that it understated CO2 output in about 800,000 cars sold mainly in Europe.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 126,260 cars for a defect that can cause airbags to inflate unexpectedly without a crash -- or not at all during one.

News 4 Nov, 2015

Possibly mated to an electric motor, Audi's five-cylinder turbo engine could end up in the R8 - in place of a V8 model

News 23 Oct, 2018

Updated Audi supercar to get revitalised looks but will keep naturally aspirated 5.2-litre V10 motor

AutoNation's new-vehicle sales rose 14 percent in October from a year earlier, matching the pace set by the industry as a whole in the U.S. last month.

News 4 Nov, 2015

Hyundai targets Audi and Mercedes with new Genesis sub-brand, and plans six new models to launch before 2020

News 4 Nov, 2015

Out of the 2,038 tests carried out, over 1,000 people tested positive

News 10 Dec, 2018

A summer crackdown by 38 police forces in England and Wales saw 1,962 drivers screened for drugs, of which 1,108 tested positive

Count Steve Jobs among those curious about what an Apple car would look like. In 2008, not too long after the Apple co-founder introduced the iPhone, Jobs was considering the possibilities of a much bigger gadget.

October was as sweet as Halloween candy for car companies in the US. Automakers delivered 1.455m cars, SUVs and trucks last month, an increase of 13.6%. It was the highest October volume since 2001 and it blew right past analyst forecasts.