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Volkswagen brand suffers profit drop after emissions scandal

There was a big profit drop for the Volkswagen brand in the wake of its emissions scandal. The remuneration for the VW brand boss was also cut.

Economy

Power trends at the Geneva motor show

The Geneva motor show opens to the public with carmakers focused on Tesla style technology, but that doesn't mean the supercar is dead.

Germany

'Media reports' informed Angela Merkel about Dieselgate

German Chancellor Angela Merkel only found out about the Volkswagen emissions scandal through media reports, she has told a parliamentary committee of inquiry.

Switzerland

Geneva Motor Show 2017: Luxury cars in photos

Europe’s biggest annual car show kicks off in Geneva with luxury and crossover vehicles in the limelight.

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Economy

Car industry looks beyond mergers at the Geneva motor show

At the Geneva motor show the focus is on the future of carmaking with the rise of electric vehicles, automated driving and car sharing.

Business Series

PSA Opel-Vauxhall deal to transform European car market

The takeover by French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen of General Motors' Opel-Vauxhall is set to transform the European car market.

Sport

SilkWay gets new drivers, teams and challenges for 2017

The Silk Way, one of the world's toughest rallies, announces star drivers and new teams for the 2017 edition taking in Russia, Kazakhstan, and China

Sport

Sauber put new F1 car through its paces

Sauber have been testing their new F1 car in Catalunya

World News

'Highway to Hell' the curse of the traffic jam

The world most congested cities revealed

Business Series

Germany encouraged, UK worried over Opel-Vauxhall sale to PSA

A report PSA would continue operating all Opel's German production sites if it buys Opel-Vauxhall has UK union officials worried.

Business Series

France's PSA could buy GM's Opel/Vauxhall

In a move that could shake up the global auto industry, France's PSA Peugeot Citroen is talking to General Motors about buying Opel/Vauxhall.

China

Watch: Six-year-old caught driving parents' car on garage CCTV

When Li found scratches on her car on February 4, little did she know that her youngest son was to blame.

Business Series

Toyota's boss says it's a Japanese brand but a US automaker

Toyota's Akio Toyoda defends his company in response to President Trump's attacks saying it should be considered as a US manufacturer.

World News

Three killed and 20 injured as car ploughs into Melbourne pedestrians

A driver has ploughed his car into pedestrians in a busy street in Melbourne, Australia, killing three people including a young child

Economy

BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen's shares fall on Trump border tax threat

German carmakers have hit back at Donald Trump threat of a 35 percent hefty border tax on their vehicles imported into the United States.

Business Series

Fiat Chrysler and Renault protest innocence over emissions

Fiat Chrysler's Italian shares regained some of their value after they plunged following pollution accusations, Renault faces French probe.

Business Series

Fiat Chrysler US investment plans not linked to Trump carmaker criticism

Fiat Chrysler's plan to invest heavily to modernise two US plants brought congratulatory tweets from Trump even though it's not linked to his pressure

Sci-Tech

Self-driving cars could be on our streets by 2020

Driving without a hand on the steering wheel.

Cult

Bugatti exhibition at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles

Bugatti – the name resonates with car lovers the world over, beauty, class, speed, sex-appeal, these automobiles had the lot.

Business Series

Volkswagen must defend investor lawsuit in US - judge rules

A US judge has ruled Volkswagen does have a case to answer in a California court over the company's diesel emissions cheating scandal.