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News 17 Sep, 2019

The V8-engined rear-wheel-drive Wiesmann Project Gecko has been teased ahead of its arrival in 2020

News 16 Sep, 2019

Updated Jaguar's XF saloon has already been spied before its unveiling next year

News 16 Sep, 2019

Fresh research uncovers only three in 10 new cars have a manual handbrake, with JLR, Lexus, Mercedes and Porsche going electric-only

OmniVision Technologies has announced that it has combined OmniVision's OX03A1Y image sensor with the Arm Mali-C71 image signal processor (ISP) for a 'dual-mode automotive camera module'.

News 16 Sep, 2019

Researchers suggest dash cams that let parents to see how their children drive could reduce young driver crash rates

German flying taxi start-up Volocopter has flown its air taxi at an event in Stuttgart. It is the first time the air taxi prototype has flown in an urban area in Europe, but it has flown in a number of demonstration flights around the world. The unmanned flight lasted a few minutes.

News 16 Sep, 2019

Fiat’s performance sub-brand introduces a new mid-range version of the Abarth 595, named the Pista

Valmet Automotive says it is increasingly focusing on the fuel cell as part of the drive towards long-term e-mobility. The company now under the lead of its Business Line Engineering business unit has established a 'Centre of Competence Fuel Cell'.

Output at General Motors in the US is being hit by a strike by United Auto Workers (UAW) members. Some 49,000 UAW members at GM have walked out in what is the company's first strike action since 2007.

Vehicle subscription app Fair will acquire the assets of Canvas, a vehicle subscription service, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit Company.

Toyota has started using the same type of battery Panasonic designed for Tesla in some plug-in hybrids sold in China, media reports said.

News 13 Sep, 2019

Fiat has confirmed the 500X Sport will have a starting price of £22,500

News 13 Sep, 2019

A Tesla Model S prototype has set a new lap record at Laguna Seca, during testing for its new Plaid powertrain

Will this be the last Frankfurt as we know it? That was the question being posed in Germany as the latest IAA opened minus a number of global automaker players that once would not have given Europe's premier show a miss.

Opinion 15 Sep, 2019

Judging by the WCOTY winners, the UK is flying high along with big guns German and Japan, says Mike Rutherford

Although the VW Golf Mk 7 has been around for quite a while (appearing on our shores in 2012 and updated in 2016), its timeless progressive design has earned the status of Europe's best-selling hatchback. While it may no longer dominate the C-segment class as it once did, the Golf is renowned for being a comfortable, practical and economical choice. As we await the Mk8, we slipped inside the current model for a closer look at this family favourite. VW has delayed the launch of the next Golf to ensure its ID.3 basks in the media limelight at the IAA this week.

The Frankfurt Motor Show's future in its current form is reportedly being questioned by traditional vehicle manufacturer participants - many of whom reduced their IAA spending budgets this year or chose not to attend at all.