Holden says you'll be able to buy its electric car in 2012; Renault and Skoda both bring new mid-size SUV's, Mazda shows it's frankly startling Taiki concept car and the industry says it expects to sell one car for every twenty people in Austral...
Automotive: Euro Auto going badly
Where will the axe fall next? Renault's plans to cut 6,000 jobs are not the first cuts in the European car industry.
Automotive: it's called what?
It used to be the preserve of Japanese manufacturers to call their cars by stupid names. Then marketing men all over the world got involved and now it's a global idiocy. The latest batch of new names is, quite simply, ridiculous. Or is it?
Automotive: Now that's a Lotus
It was a sad day when I stood at the British Motorshow in the mid 1980s and failed to buy a British sports car for the sole reason that there wasn't one I liked that had anywh...
Automotive: 660,000 cars recalled in the USA.
General Motors and Toyota in the US are recalling cars for a variety of defects
Volkswagen has issued a voluntary recall in the USA for many Passats built between 1999-2005.
Automotive: Ford says Tata to Jaguar and Range Rover
It is expected that Ford, which had already said that Tata of India was its preferred bidder, will shortly announce that Jaguar and Range Rover w...
Automotive: Ford finally gets it right - just in time to lose it
Ford sold Aston Martin to an investment company and then put Jaguar and Range Rover up to sale, recently declaring Tata of India to be the prefer...
Autos: Canada bites back
Here's a puzzle - what's northern, big, white and grumpy? No, it's not a polar bear. It's Canada - at least when it comes to its car manufacturin...
Ford: WTF?
131,400 - the number of minutes in a three months 44140 - the number of USD Ford has lost in each one of them 46,326 - the average annual i...
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