Two new V6 engines for the Audi Q8…
Audi is expanding the engine line-up for its luxury SUV, the Q8, by adding two V6 engine versions. Beginning now, customers can also order...
BMW at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show 2019…
The new BMW 7 Series makes its public show debut - BMW continues its model offensive in the electrified vehicle segment: world premiere for...
Ford to close oldest Brazil plant, exit South America truck biz
Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it will close its oldest factory in Brazil and exit its heavy commercial truck business in South America,...
Honda to close UK car plant with the loss of 3,500...
LONDON - Japanese carmaker Honda is set to announce the closure of its only British car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500...
Sunday in Sweden: Victory For Ice-Cool TÄNAK…
OTT TÄNAK CLAIMED A COMMANDING VICTORY AT RALLY SWEDEN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO LEAD THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN...
Pirelli Gives New Ice Zero 2 Studded Tyres…
PIRELLI GIVES NEW ICE ZERO 2 STUDDED TYRES THEIR DEBUT ON ICE IN SWEDEN AT THE WORLD SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE PREMIERE TOOK PLACE AT THE...
Electrifying efficiency: Mild hybrid electric power delivers efficiency and dynamic performance
Whitley, UK: The Range Rover Sport effortlessly combines dynamic on-road handling, luxurious refinement and trademark Land Rover all-terrain capability. The introduction of an all-new 400PS...
Goodyear solutions meet all SJL requirements…
North African cover, telematics and tyre management program included
Spanish-based SJL Group, with a commercial vehicle fleet that includes 1,000 trailers and covers around 80...
Early design sketch of prototype revealed…
Honda has confirmed the global premiere of a prototype version of its new electric vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019.
Honda’s new...
Peugeot Sport Customer Service on each race…
Peugeot Sport Customer Service on each race.
Registered as FIA International championship since 2018, for his 3rd year of existence, the 308 Racing Cup claims...
British Glover of the Year, launch an exclusive collaboration…
Gizelle Renee for Lamborghini #GloveYourRide
Sant’Agata Bolognese, 7 February 2019 – On the threshold of the upcoming New York Fashion Week, Collezione Automobili Lamborghini launches a...
Sales of the new Nissan Qashqai in Russia will begin later...
Saint Petersburg, Russia – Nissan has celebrated the start of production of the Nissan Qashqai at its plant in Saint Petersburg, Russia, as it brings...
Driving Performance on land and on water…
combined fuel consumption: 11.3 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 257 g/km*
Affalterbach/Miami. Today Mercedes-AMG and Cigarette Racing presented the "41’ AMG Carbon Edition" at the...
The digital reveal of the CUPRA concept car will take place...
Martorell, 15-02-2019. On 22 February 2019, CUPRA will celebrate its first anniversary as a stand-alone brand by taking the high-performance vehicle to the next level...
World première at the International Geneva Motor Show…
Wolfsburg (D) – Volkswagen is bringing a legend back to life! At the beginning of March, the Wolfsburg-based Group will reveal the first fully...
Renault showcased its regenerated technical centre at Enstone, UK…
Renault F1 Team today detailed its plans to maintain its momentum in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Renault returned as a works team...
Audi Hungaria: photovoltaic system on 160,000 square meters…
Together with E.ON, Audi is building a solar energy park on the roofs of the two logistics centers of its plant in Győr covering...
Fiat 500 in the Spotlight at the MoMA in New York…
The Fiat 500 Serie F, acquired by the famous Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2017, was seen by the general public...
How the new 911 got its “drive”…
The powertrain of the new 911 Carrera is even more efficient and powerful than its predecessor. Read all about how the engineers in Weissach...
The new Corolla model range…
The new 12thgeneration. Toyota Corolla model range will compete strongly in the European C-segment for two key reasons:
Firstly, its newly adopted Toyota New Global...
Update for the most successful rally car of its category…
Mladá Boleslav, The most successful rally car in the brand’s history, the ŠKODA FABIA R5, will get an update. At the Geneva International Motor...
EU passenger car market sees slow start to 2019
Demand for passenger cars in the EU fell by 4.6 percent year-on-year in January, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) reported on Friday.
"Nevertheless, with...
European car sales drop 4.6 percent in January: ACEA
STOCKHOLM - FCA Group, Ford and Volkswagen led a 4.6 percent decline in European car registrations in January, industry data showed, dampened by an...
Ford CFO to retire: CNBC
Ford Motor Co Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks plans to retire and is expected to stay through the end of the year, CNBC reported...
Ford recalls 1.48 million F-150 pickups in North America over transmissions
WASHINGTON - Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it was recalling about 1.48 million F-150 pickup trucks in North America due to a potential...
Exclusive: Volkswagen, Ford far apart on investment in Ford autonomous unit...
Partners Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co are at odds over how much the German automaker will invest in the No. 2 U.S. automaker’s...
Renault: Ghosn remains director of Renault, Bollore chairman of Renault-Nissan
PARIS - Carlos Ghosn remains a director of Renault SA even though he has resigned as chairman and chief executive and Thierry Bollore is...
Nissan books $84 million Ghosn-related charges, cuts outlook
Nissan Motor Co said it had booked around $84 million in charges related to under-reported compensation for ousted chairman Carlos Ghosn, and slashed its...
Subaru XV has been awarded 4×4 Magazine’s ‘Crossover Estate of the...
Subaru UK is pleased to announce the Subaru XV has been awarded 4x4 Magazine’s ‘Crossover Estate of the Year 2019’, a testimony to Subaru’s...
Alibaba voice assistant introduced into BMW vehicles…
Munich/Las Vegas. The BMW Group is committed to ongoing expansion of intelligent connectivity and is constantly enhancing the digital experience for customers worldwide. To this...
SEAT’s flagship model is being put to the test with the...
Taking on the dunes and mountains of North Africa is a challenge most vehicles will never have to overcome. Difficult terrain – from shifting...
Toyota Helps Blind Doctor Achieve His Track Driving Dream…
A blind driver has set the fifth fastest time around television’s most famous test track.
Dr Amit Patel lost his sight six years ago, but...
Opel Combo Life is “Best Buy Car of Europe 2019…
Rüsselsheim/Brussels. Thirty-one specialist journalists from 31 countries have voted – and the winner at AUTOBEST 2019 is the Opel Combo. The new van was...
Hyundai named Manufacturer of the Year at the AM Awards…
Hyundai took home one of the headline prizes at the annual AM Awards last night, as it was named Manufacturer of the Year.
Judges praised...
More than 300 charging points have been running in internal test...
Mladá Boleslav, 6 February 2019 – ŠKODA AUTO is preparing itself and its surroundings for the requirements of electromobility. In 2018, the Czech car...
Tata Motors posts record $4 billion loss on Jaguar woes, shares...
Jaguar Land Rover’s owner Tata Motors Ltd stunned markets by posting the biggest-ever quarterly loss in Indian corporate history of about $4 billion (£3.1...
Ford investing $1 billion, adding 500 jobs in Chicago
WASHINGTON - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it is investing more than $1 billion in its Chicago operations and adding 500 jobs as...
Fiat Chrysler, Bosch agree to pay $66 million in diesel legal...
WASHINGTON - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Robert Bosch have agreed to pay lawyers representing owners of U.S. diesel vehicles $66 million (£51.1 million)...
GM’s incentive plan for Cruise chief points to IPO: SEC filing
General Motors Co on Wednesday outlined an incentive plan for the head of its self-driving car unit that points the way toward a possible...
Volvo Cars feels margin pressure from U.S.-China tariff war
Volvo Cars, owned by China’s Geely, reported higher full-year revenue on Thursday, but said its profit margins had slipped and were expected to remain...
Mazda sales continue to grow across Europe in third quarter
Mazda Motor Corporation today announced its global sales and financial results for the first nine months of fiscal 2018-19, selling a total of 1,170,000...
Auschwitz Committee presents “B” statuette to Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin…
Wolfsburg/Berlin – At the invitation of the International Auschwitz Committee (IAC), four apprentices from Volkswagen yesterday accompanied Leon Schwarzbaum, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz...
Opening ceremony featured the unveiling of the McLaren Senna…
Following new openings in Dubai, Beirut and Bahrain, McLaren Automotive, the British creator of luxury, high-performance sportscars and supercars, continues to expand its presence...
The digital press conference on-demand is available any time during the...
Lexus will present the European premiere of two new models at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, one that represents its exciting future design thinking...
New NissanConnect enhances integration of driver and vehicle…
The Nissan Qashqai N-Motion is a new special version of Nissan's best-selling crossover and it's on sale now.
Featuring new premium design elements both inside...
Accolade awarded as part of EVO’s Car of the Year 2018…
A fitting end to the 70th Anniversary year of Lotus and the company has one more reason to celebrate with EVO Magazine announcing that...
Official debut for the new limited edition Maserati Levante Vulcano…
The Maserati Winter Experience set off in spectacular style with the “Snow Polo World Cup” in St. Moritz, of which Maserati is Team Sponsor...
Ford designed the all-new Focus wagon, with the help of engineer...
For many people, dogs are a part of the family. But whereas most people wouldn’t dream of allowing their children to travel unrestrained, the...
Annual sales of 4,107 are the highest in the marque’s 115-year...
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has achieved the highest annual sales in the marque’s 115-year history, with 4,107 cars delivered to customers in over 50 countries...
2019 Mitsubishi Mirage Avaliable From £11.295…
The new 2019 Mitsubishi Mirage is available to UK customers from £11,295. Finance options include a PCP offer with 5.9% APR with no minimum...
Original Tyre Equipment For Porsche…
When Porsche chose Dunlop to develop a tyre that would form a perfect fit for its newest 911 GT3 and GT2 RS, important requirements...
e-Niro also picks up ‘Electric Car of the Year…
The all-new zero emissions Kia e-Niro has become the first ever Korean car to win the prestigious What Car? Car of the Year award....
Sandero wins its category for the seventh-consecutive year…
Dacia is celebrating this evening as it picked up two wins in the annual What Car? Awards. The Sandero triumphed for the seventh-consecutive year,...
BMW Welt Jazz Award 2019 in February…
Munich. In February, the next ensembles taking part in the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2019 will be exciting the audience at the double-coned structure of...
Daimler fourth quarter tempered by weaker Mercedes earnings as tariffs hit
Daimler said its fourth-quarter operating profit fell 22 percent as trade wars and ballooning costs for developing electric and self-driving cars hit profits at...
Tesla cuts Model 3 price for second time this year
Electric carmaker Tesla Inc is lowering the price of its Model 3 by $1,100, citing the end of a costly customer referral program, a...
Bet everything on electric: Inside Volkswagen’s radical strategy shift
WOLFSBURG, Germany - If Volkswagen realizes its ambition of becoming the global leader in electric cars, it will be thanks to a radical and...
Huge, pricey trucks haul jobs and profits for the Detroit Three
Texas - The 61-year old farm equipment dealer in Decatur, Texas, two weeks ago treated himself to a 2019 GMC Denali for around $69,000...
GM cutting 4,000 workers in latest round of restructuring
WASHINGTON, General Motors Co on Monday said it was starting to hand pink slips to about 4,000 salaried workers in the latest round of a...
Nissan to hold extraordinary shareholders meet on April 8 to approve...
Tokyo - Nissan Motor said on Tuesday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on April 8 to formally discharge its ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn following...
Carrera GT “recommissioned”…
The Porsche Carrera GT is still counted among the most exciting sports supercars in the world, more than 15 years after it first appeared....
BP’s 2018 profit doubles to five-year high as output soars
London - BP joined its competitors in posting a strong 2018 performance, with a doubling of profits driven by strong growth in oil and gas...
Winner: New Audi Q3 Wins Readers’ Choice of “Best Cars”…
The new Audi Q3 has established itself as a winner right off the bat: It took home the first prize in the “compact SUV/off-road...
U.S. judge lets most emissions claims against Daimler proceed
A federal judge allowed most claims against Daimler AG to move forward in a 2016 lawsuit by vehicle owners that claims the German automaker’s...
Volvo S60 – model year 2019…
The S60 is Volvo’s 4-door mid-size sedan. It is built on the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), Volvo’s advanced modular product platform that underpins all...
Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4: The Start of a New Legend…
Luxury super sports car with breathtaking performance: 0 to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, top speed of more than 325 km/h
Naturally aspirated V10 engine...
New Jeep® Wrangler joins Hertz’s rental fleet in Germany…
Hertz Car Rentals is now offering its customers in Germany a fleet of 120 Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited, available for rental. The collaboration between Hertz and...
Paris hosts the show dedicated to automotive design and concept cars…
The 34th edition of the Festival Automobile International, France's biggest automotive design and concept car event, is held in Paris from 31 January to...
Mazda Motor Europe announces new global and European appointments…
Mazda Motor Europe (MME) today announced that Colin Maddocks, currently Chief Financial Officer at MME, will take on the newly appointed role of Vice...
Panasonic Jaguar Racing Stay Cool İn Red Hot Chile To Collect...
Mitch Evans and Nelson Piquet Jnr battled extreme temperatures of 37C in Santiago but brought both Jaguar I-TYPE 3s to the finish in the...
Sebastien Ogier And Julien Ingrassia Secure Historic 100th Wrc Win For...
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia produced a heroic effort in their C3 WRC on today’s final leg to win the Rallye Monte-Carlo by the...
Safe and sound: ISOFIX child seats and restraint systems for all...
Rüsselsheim. Opel is making the Combo even more attractive with a comprehensive offer of newly developed accessories for the compact multi-functional vehicle. The stylish...
Six PEUGEOTS on the aventure PEUGEOT stand at Retromobile…
The 44th Rétromobile show will be held at Porte de Versailles in Paris from 6 to 10 February 2019. The 120,000 visitors expected over...
BMW wins the 24 Hours of Daytona and dedicates victory to...
Daytona. BMW Team RLL took victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) . When the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was...
Hofbräu München places its trust in Mercedes-Benz trucks…
Wörth / Munich – Hofbräu München's royal blue distribution trucks will be driving under the three-pointed star in future: this traditional brewery has opted for...
UK offered Nissan Brexit assurances, 80 million pounds for car investment
Britain promised Nissan up to 80 million pounds ($104 million) of support and offered Brexit-related assurances to help secure a major investment from the...
Nissan to cancel plans to make X-Trail SUV in UK
London-Nissan first said four months after Britain voted in June 2016 to leave the EU that it would manufacture a new model of the...
General Motors says in talks to invest $2.73 billion in Brazil...
General Motors Co said on Saturday it is negotiating “feasibility conditions” to invest 10 billion reais ($2.73 billion) in Brazil from 2020 to 2024,...
Toyota, Fiat report fall in U.S. auto sales in January
Toyota Motor Corp on Friday reported a 6.6 percent fall in U.S. vehicle sales for January, hurt by lower demand for its Camry and...
GM and Sao Paulo in talks to invest $2.5 billion for...
Automaker General Motors Co is in talks to invest 9 billion reais ($2.5 billion) in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo over the next...
Tesla begins sales of cheaper Model 3 car in China
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said it will start taking orders in China on Friday for a lower-priced version of its Model 3...
THE NEW FIAT 500X S-DESIGN JOINS THE FAMILY
The Fiat 500X is the latest model to add the S-Design special edition to its line-up. Building on the City Cross, the Fiat 500X...
Shell’s 2018 profits soar to four-year high
LONDON - Royal Dutch Shell reported a 36 percent rise in 2018 profits on Thursday to $21.4 billion, the highest since 2014, beating forecasts as...
GM halts operations at 11 Michigan plants after utility’s urgent appeal
General Motors Co said late on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend operations at 11 Michigan plants and its Warren Tech Center after a utility...
Ghosn says Nissan executives used ‘plot and treason’ to halt Renault...
Carlos Ghosn said Nissan executives opposed to his plans for closer ties with automaking partner Renault SA resorted to “plot and treason” to disrupt...
Lyft VIP Rides Sundance 2019
Michael Hsu Rosen, Michael Urie ve Ken Barnett, Nico Santos, Mj Rodriguez, Danielle Macdonald, Charlie Plummer, Awkwafina, attends the Lyft VIP Rides Sundance event on January...
Renault-Nissan group sold most cars last year, but VW’s No.1 including...
Volkswagen Group has held on to its position as the world’s top-selling automaker for the fifth year in a row, although the German group...
Nissan CEO eyes first talks with new Renault chairman on Thursday...
Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa is aiming to hold his first face-to-face discussion with new Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard on...
Chinese EV carmaker NIO aims to raise $650 million with convertible...
Electric carmaker NIO Inc, among rivals to Tesla in China, launched a $650 million convertible bond on Wednesday, four months after it listed in...
Volvo’s self-driving car venture gets nod to test on Swedish roads
A Volvo Cars joint venture has won approval to begin hands-free testing of its software for self-driving cars on Swedish highways, partner Veoneer said...
Seeking thrifty ways to cut pollution, Rotterdam links up with hybrid...
ROTTERDAM- As Daan Hosli’s hybrid BMW glides into downtown Rotterdam, it passes a virtual boundary into the city’s “electric-only zone” and his mobile phone...
Macron says concerned about conditions of Ghosn’s detention in Japan…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he has expressed concern to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the prison conditions faced by former...
France warns against ‘exorbitant’ payoff for ex-Renault boss Ghosn
France’s finance minister said on Sunday a severance package for former Renault chief Carlos Ghosn, forced to resign in a financial scandal, should not...
Unique Mulliner creation is the ultimate luxury statement…
Bentley’s in-house personal commissioning division, Mulliner, has applied its exquisite craftsmanship to the multi-award-winning Bentayga, creating a new flagship model and setting new standards...
Ford CEO tells employees: ‘Time to bury’ 2018, focus on doubling...
Ford Motor Co Chief Executive Jim Hackett told employees late on Thursday the No. 2 U.S. automaker would not accept last year’s “mediocre” results...
Groupe Renault, Worldwide Sales Results 2018…
Boulogne-Billancourt, In 2018, the Groupe Renault recorded 3,884,295 vehicles sold, including 2,532,567 (-5.2%) for Renault and 700,798 (+7.0%) for Dacia. Lada's sales increased by...
Audi e-tron hits Munich Airport with full force…
Audi is preparing a very special showcase for the e-tron prior to its official launch on the German market: The all-electric Audi has landed at Munich...
Volkswagen Group invests US$10 million in US startup “Forge Nano Inc.“…
Wolfsburg/Louisville (USA), January 23, 2019 – The Volkswagen Group is investing US$10 million in the startup “Forge Nano Inc.” with a view to reinforcing...
ŠKODA’s new city SUV is called KAMIQ…
Mladá Boleslav, 24 January 2019 – ŠKODA’s new SUV is called the ŠKODA KAMIQ. The crossover is the third SUV for the European market...
Road-tripping in the Tuscany of Thailand…
A look at the popularity of Das Treffen in Thailand will quickly dispel the myth that America and Europe are spearheading the burgeoning global obsession with...
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The Faraday Institution – The ReLiB Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPKR90pzDA
The world is moving towards a low-carbon economy. Doing its part, the Faraday Institution funds research into how we can adapt electrochemical energy storage...
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Nexcel Testing Demonstrates Potential 2g/km Co2 Reduction…
CASTROL’S INNOVATION BUSINESS NEXCEL PREDICTS CO2 REDUCTION AT A €/G COST SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN MILD HYBRIDISATION
Testing of the latest Nexcel active engine oil management...