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'Bond in Motion' 007's wheels on show in London

James Bond films are as much about cars as they are about espionage, seduction and dry martinis. The latest movie, ‘Spectre,’ is no exception and

Culture news

Pedro's a jazz cat from Madrid..man!

If you’re a guitar aficionado passing by the Headbanger Rare Guitar shop in Madrid, you might be lucky to find a teenager in a baseball cap bent

Focus

Salt filled batteries to give engines new lease of life

On the streets near a research institute in Dresden, Germany, a Hungarian physicist drives an electric car with a “pioneering vision”

Economy

Winterkorn quits as Audi chairman as emissions probes continue

He resigned as head of Volkswagen in the wake of the diesel emissions tests scandal, then he left the family-owned Porsche – now he is quitting as

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Economy

VW holds first post-emissions scandal board meeting

Volkswagen running out of time to prove it is not Das Problem as first board meeting since emissions scandal debates disaster

Business Series

Toyota cuts sales outlook due to weak Asian demand

Toyota has revised its revenue forecast for the year downwards by one percent to 27.5 trillion yen ($225.82 billion, 207.7 billion euros), largely

Germany

More VWs recalled as emission doubts creep towards Audi and Porsche

More bad news at Volkswagen/Audi/Porsche, where 800,000 new cars are now deemed worth a recall because of failing to hit CO2 limits. It is another

Japan

Takata fined record $200 million over recalls of exploding airbags

US regulators have imposed a fine of up to $200 million on Japanese firm Takata for its handling of the recall of millions of airbags that are liable

Economy

Volkswagen CEO under pressure to explain Porsche emissions claims

Volkswagen’s new boss is under pressure to explain claims by US regulators that they’ve found more cars equipped to cheat emissions tests. What is

Germany

Volkswagen denies Porsche cars involved in emissions scandal

German car maker Volkswagen has denied cheating air pollution tests with its luxury diesel vehicles as well as its smaller engines. It follows new

Germany

US: Porsche and Audi drawn deeper into Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal

The United States has expanded its investigation into Volkswagen, with claims the German carmaker has also installed emissions-control cheating

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Questions raised after Balkans meeting

In this edition of Europe Weekly, EU leaders meet with their counterparts from the Western Balkans to discuss the migration crisis; Austria starts

Economy

Car industry woes cast aside as Automotive Hungary opens

It is the largest event of its kind in central and eastern Europe, and is also seen as a litmus test of the state of Hungary’s economy. Automotive

Germany

VW posts huge operating loss: 3.48 billion euros

Car maker Volkswagen has posted a third-quarter operating loss of 3.48 billion euros. It is the German group’s first quarter loss in more than 15

Europe News

MEPs seek answers on car emissions scandal

EU officials may have known about the Volkswagen emissions scandal years before it came to light. The Financial Times newspaper published an exchange

Economy

Toyota overtakes Volkswagen to top world car sales list

Toyota has taken over from Volkswagen as the world’s number one car manufacturer in terms of sales. As the diesel emissions scandal hit the German

Economy

China slowdown hits Hyundai Motor Co's profits

Hyundai Motor Company has seen its quarterly net profit plunge by almost a quarter from a year earlier – as South Korea’s biggest carmaker reels from

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Brief breath of fresh air for New Delhi

Citizens of the world’s most air-polluted capital New Delhi may have breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday (October 22). A major stretch of road in

Economy

Ferrari IPO races onto Wall Street

Ferrari briefly left the racing track behind on Wednesday to race to a new destination – Wall Street. Car enthusiasts will now be able to own a piece

Economy

Live: the head of Volkswagen USA addresses Congress panel

Michael Horn, the head of Volkswagen USA, is expected to apologise before members of a US Congress committee in Washington over the scandal of the