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Software rules at Detroit Motor Show

Is it the car you want to buy or is it the cameras, software and sensors on board you are after? Plenty of choice at the Detroit Motor Show

Business Series

Marginal gain in global deliveries for Peugeot Citroen

Peugeot Citroen eked out a 1.2 percent gain in global deliveries last year. A China slowdown and emerging-markets slump almost cancelled out the

Cinema

Fan recreates very own Batmobile

Taking your passion that step further – Austrian insurance trader Martin Hahn is a huge fan of four-wheeled celebrities. So he has decided to build

USA

US justice department sues Volkswagen over emissions scandal

The US justice department is suing Volkswagen over the emissions scandal in which the German car manufacturer fitted illegal devices to its cars so

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Economy

Ferrari debuts on the Milan stock market

Debut day for Ferrari…on the Milan stock exchange. The iconic marque completed its spin off from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Monday. Ferrari first

Sport

Tinkering, repairs and kitesurfing at the Africa Eco Race rest day

Drivers, mechanics and backup staff on the Africa Eco Race spent the day in Daklha in Morocco getting some much needed "R&R," before setting off towards the Moroccan border with Mauritania and the No

India

New Delhi: an ambitious anti-pollution plan

Cars alternating days in the world's most polluted city

World News

2015: a record-breaking year at auction

Auctioneers have had a busy year. Hammers have been brought down around the world to seal the fate of objects which have achieved huge sums. Some

World News

Greek drivers surrender car plates to avoid heavy taxation

Greek car drivers queue with their car number plates at tax offices around the country. When they hand over the plates to authorities, they will

Italy

Record pollution forces Milan to take cars off roads

Pollution in Italy’s industrial powerhouse Milan has got so bad the mayor is taking action, along with his counterpart in Rome and some other smaller

Business Series

India's Mahindra Group buys Italy's Pininfarina

The Italian car and industrial designer Pininfarina is now in Indian hands. Its new owner is the Mahindra Group, which has said it will acquire a

Economy

US models benefit as European car sales accelerate

European car sales rose by 13.7 percent in November according to industry data, with American models performing well as Volkswagen continues to pay

Business Series

Land Rover to set up shop in Slovakia

Jaguar Land Rover has reached agreement to set up shop in Slovakia. Its new one-billion pound (1.38 billion euros) factory will be based at Nitra

Business Series

Volkswagen says CO2 deviations fewer than suspected

Volkswagen says a probe into carbon-dioxide emissions irregularities has found that far fewer cars were affected than previously thought. CO2 issue

Culture news

'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

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