It was the New Delhi Motor Show – and not Detroit – that hosted the launch of the most significant car of 2008. Possibly the decade, even.
Audi is planning a small SUV crossover based on the next-generation A3, but VW’s Bavarian brand may have to find an alternative to the Q3 name because Nissan’s Infiniti has the commercial rights to the model badge.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has said it collected an estimated 98.5% of all potential revenue from road tax in 2007.
Aston Martin has started work on a new test centre at the Nûrburgring race circuit in Germany just two months after opening its first purpose-built design studio at the company’s Gaydon headquarters in Warwickshire.
Audi’s new TTS coupe and roadster will be priced at £33,380 and £35,380 respectively when they go on sale in the UK this summer.
SsangYong has refreshed its model line-up with a new range of Kyron, Rexton and Rodius models starting from £14,995 for the Kyron S and Rodius 270 S.
PSA Peugeot Citroen has posted a five fold profit increase of €885 million euros (£656m), in comparison to 2006 profits of €183m (£198m).
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said changes to the congestion charge will not significantly cut carbon dioxide or drive down traffic in central London.
Hyundai’s new i10 city car will be priced from £6,495 when it goes on sale in the UK on April 2.
UK MEPs (Member of European Parliament) were encouraged to work with the automotive industry to help deliver a workable carbon dioxide tailpipe regulation for new cars.
Dealership and workshop management could be held liable for deaths resulting from accidents caused by faulty vehicles or workmanship, according to new legislation to be introduced in April.
CV questions to industry highflyers.
Who’s got the toughest job in motorville? Bosses at cash-strapped Jaguar? Hardly, especially with their enthusiastic new Indian suitors.
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of annual inflation in the UK was 2.2% in January, up from 2.1% in December.
Toyota will launch its production ready IQ city car at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
In the face of mounting debts Carter & Carter is holding an extraordinary general meeting this week to ask shareholders to allow it to exceed its current borrowing limits and avoid administration.
Sandicliffe Motor Group’s Eco-Drive, launched in January 2007, has already saved the company “tens of thousands of pounds”, said organising director Paul Woodhouse.
General Motors has posted record losses of £19.8 billion during 2007 and has now offered voluntary redundancy to 74,000 of its workers.
Americans and Europeans are ready to buy the same cars.
Any vehicle which emits less than 120g/km of carbon dioxide emissions will now not have to pay the London Congestion Charge.
Thatcham has welcomed technological advances in crash avoidance systems by car manufacturers which it says could save more than 125,000 injuries each year.
Tata Motors is planning to engineer a version of its Nano world car to meet European crash and emission standards before 2012.
Nissan Europe has reported a record January with sales of 50,542 units, representing an increase of 71.9% year on year.
Murry Linin has been appointed as the new dealer principal Marshall Cambridge Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge.
The AA has recruited six technicians to its Fuel Assist service for motorists that put the wrong fuel in their car.
The motor industry repair code of practice is on schedule for launch in May, according to the organisation responsible for overseeing its development.
Ex-Inchcape Retail managing director Robert Hazelwood will become Skoda UK’s new director on March 1.
London mayor Ken Livingstone will tomorrow announce whether changes will be made to the daily Congestion Charge to let sub-120g/km CO2 emission vehicles pay nothing while cars emitting above 225g/km CO2 get charged £25.
Volkswagen is replacing its Passat SE model with a new variant called the Passat Highline.
Ray Holloway, director of the RMIF’s Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), has called for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to cancel the 2 pence per litre fuel duty rise scheduled for April 1.
