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Motoring News

Mitsubishi Motors to launch plug-in electric car
Japanese carmaker plans to lease 1,400 of its four-door i-MiEV electric cars to business and local government customers until the end of next March

GM to subsidise Platinum's Delphi buy
US buy-out group Platinum Equity is to buy most of the assets of Delphi, the distressed automotive parts maker, in a $3.6bn deal partly subsidised by General Motors

Court upholds Chrysler sale
Chrysler's bankruptcy sale plan can go forward as proposed unless a group of pension funds that have challenged it can convince the United States Supreme Court to take up the case by Monday afternoon, a New York court of appeals ruled

Festival of Speed report
A lime-green Jaguar XKR going sideways? Lewis Hamilton doing doughnuts in his McLaren F1 car? Electric supercars with names you can’t pronounce silently speeding past you? It can only be the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Chrysler court battle could ease rival's way
The fate of General Motors' proposal to create a "new" GM through a bankruptcy sale process will hinge on a legal challenge to a similar plan from Chrysler

Seat and Audi Bluesport planned
Volkswagen’s Bluesport roadster could eventually be sold by Seat and Audi, as the VW Group searches for ways to make production of the diesel two-seater cost-effective.

Seat and Audi Bluesport planned
Volkswagen’s Bluesport roadster could eventually be sold by Seat and Audi, as the VW Group searches for ways to make production of the diesel two-seater cost-effective.

Motorexpo 2009: photo gallery
All the major new cars on show at Canary Wharf.

Saab 9-5: The inside story
By the time the new 9-5 is launched, Saab will have waited 13 years to replace the original version of the car.

This week’s unbelievable used car deal is a sub-five-grand Peugeot…

Saab shows new 9-5
Saab will finally unveil the all-new 9-5 at this autumn’s Frankfurt show as part of its drive to become a successful independent car maker.

Geoff Hoon resigns
Transport secretary Geoff Hoon has quit his government post.

Cabinet reshuffle forces LDV workers to call off lastditch plea for aid
Workers desperate to keep jobs told no ministers available to meet them due to political upheaval.

GM sells Saturn to Penske
Bankrupt Detroit carmaker said it was selling its Saturn brand to Penske Automotive Group, the listed dealership chain

Bugatti Veyron: the facts

Motorexpo 2009: How to get there
Travel directions to the London Motorexpo 2009.

Kovalainen sets pace in Turkey
McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen topped the timesheets in today’s second free practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport review
Celebrating 100 years of Bugatti we a drive the new £1.5 million 253mph Veyron Grand Sport.

GM is in a sorry state
The latest developments in the mess that is General Motors.

The future of transport is up in the air
But flying means being in a proper plane not a helicopter.

£440m to save Opel jobs
Magna International and Russia’s Sberbank are set to give Opel €500m (£440m) to safeguard jobs while the company is restructured abroad.

Nissan creates UK jobs
Nissan has taken on 150 new staff due to an increase in orders because of the scrappage scheme.

Bike test chaos
Following several accidents involving learner riders the new motorcycle test is coming under fire.

Mitsubishi i MiEV launched
Mitsubishi has launched the production version of its electric iMiEV city car in Japan.

Electric cars
Mitsubishi, which is to start selling the 'ultimate eco-car' next month, says electric vehicles and hybrids will make up a fifth of production by 2020

Infiniti’s cabrio: nearly here
We’ve got all the specs on Nissan’s posh drop-top, the Infiniti G37 Convertible. Looks good, doesn’t it?

Lexus tops JD Power survey
Lexus has been named as the most satisfying brand for the ninth year running in the 2009 What Car?/JD Power UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study.

Mini Cooper hits 226bhp
German tuning firm bumps up Mini cabrio’s power. The estate agents are jealous

LDV managers in lastditch plea to government
Managers at van maker LDV on Friday issued a lastditch plea to the Government to help rescue the company or see thousands of jobs axed at a huge cost to the economy.

Renault revises the Koleos
Renault has added a revised-specification Koleos to its range.

Buy Bugatti’s Bugatti
Ettore’s own car – a stunning 1936 Bugatti Type 57C Coupe – is up for auction. And there’s no reserve…

Infiniti G37 drop-top spec revealed
Infiniti has released final European specifications for its upcoming four-seater G37 Convertible.

GM: "profit by 2011"
Ailing US car giant General Motors expects to return to profitability in 2011, court papers show.

Navistar takes on rivals over diesel-engine emissions rules
Navistar, the US truck and engine maker, is locked in a high-stakes struggle with five rivals over tightening regulations on diesel-engine emissions due to take effect...

Matthey suffers catalytic decline
Johnson Matthey, the world's leading supplier of catalytic converters to the automotive industry, maintained its final dividend in spite of market conditions in the...

Sberbank plans to sell on stake in Opel
Russia's Sberbank plans to sell its stake in Opel to another Russian investor, its chairman said yesterday. German Gref said that his bank and Canadian parts supplier...

New car sales fall 25% as scrappage launches
Gordon Brown's vehicle scrappage plan has failed to translate quickly into higher new car sales, which registered their 13th consecutive monthly drop in May, falling...

Castings down but not out as recession bites into sheet metal
Brian Cooke asks his visitor if he would like to meet his company's new chief executive. "He's only 18," says Mr Cooke, executive chairman since 1983 of Castings, one...

Matthey suffers catalytic decline
The autocatalyst maker maintained its final dividend in spite of a sharp fall in demand from vehicle manufacturers, which started in October and continued to hit trading

Tax cash for electric car network
The government will help create an infrastructure for charging electric cars, according to business secretary Peter Mandelson.

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