Motoring News
04 August 2009Mercedes E-class estate unveiled
Mercedes’ E-class estate will continue to offer the largest carrying capacity of any estate on the UK market when the new model goes on sale at the beginning of next year.
read moreSenate rethinks 'cash for clunkers' stance
The US Senate looks likely to push through a $2bn extension of the "cash for clunkers" car subsidy programme before it breaks up for its August recess following intense lobbying from the White House
read moreGM resists pressure for hasty Magna deal
The US carmaker's sale of Opel is likely to be further delayed because of continuing disagreements with Magna International, the bidder favoured by most of Germany's political establishment
read moreJapanese carmakers
Shares in the country's carmakers, mostly lossmaking, continue to outpace the broader Tokyo stock market massively
read moreNew cars for old
Unless US legislators are planning to subsidise the purchase of cars in perpetuity, this 'cash for clunkers' scheme will only postpone consolidation and job losses in the auto sector.
read moreCost cuts prompt recovery signs at GKN
Reductions and an uptick in demand have facilitate a return to profit for the group's automotive business, following months of losses that helped provoke a £423m rights issue
read moreWorld's first modified BMW 5 Series GT
This is the world's first modified 5 Series GT - announced before the original has even gone on sale. And you might like to know it comes with a 408bhp V8...
