Motoring News
24 October 2008Car industry faces meltdown
Car makers are unveiling drastic cutbacks as the collapse in the new car market accelerates.
read moreTreasury pressed to aid car and insurance sectors
The US Treasury is coming under increasing pressure to expand its financial rescue plan beyond banks to include direct assistance to the ailing car and insurance sectors
read moreCar industry faces meltdown
Car makers are unveiling drastic cutbacks as the collapse in the new car market accelerates.
read moreMichigan lawmakers plead for car industry
A group of Michigan lawmakers has urged the Treasury and the Federal Reserve to provide more aid for the auto industry, including possibly taking an ownership stake in the most troubled carmakers and their suppliers
read moreMichigan lawmakers plead for car industry
A group of Michigan lawmakers has urged the Treasury and the Federal Reserve to provide more aid for the auto industry, including possibly taking an ownership stake in the most troubled carmakers and their suppliers
read moreChrysler's cold cuts
Dramatically wielding the knife is the only chance for an industry driving headlong into a wall
read moreGMAC bond repayment key test for carmakers
The hard-hit US car manufacturers are facing an enormous financial test: whether or not GMAC - General Motors' financing arm - will be able to repay $1bn of debt due on January 14
read moreGMAC bond repayment key test for carmakers
The hard-hit US car manufacturers are facing an enormous financial test: whether or not GMAC - General Motors' financing arm - will be able to repay $1bn of debt due on January 14
read moreMan in the News: Alan Mulally
Ford's chief executive has a drive to transform the carmaker, despite the tough terrain the industry is facing
read moreMan in the News: Alan Mulally
Ford's chief executive has a drive to transform the carmaker, despite the tough terrain the industry is facing
read moreSuzi Perry's MotoGP preview
Who will win the final round?
read moreChrysler axes 5,000 white-collar jobs
Attempts by hedge fund Cerberus to find a buyer for its 80 per cent holding in the carmaker could lead to tens of thousands more job losses if the stake is sold to GM
read moreChrysler axes 5,000 white-collar jobs
Attempts by hedge fund Cerberus to find a buyer for its 80 per cent holding in the carmaker could lead to tens of thousands more job losses if the stake is sold to GM
read moreBoom is over for European truckmakers
Sweden's truckmakers cut their sales outlooks as customers delayed or cancelled a large number of orders because of the global financial crisis
read moreReal power - and a secret service history
With the US presidential election less than two weeks away Martin Buckley takes a ride in one of the few White House cars to have escaped captivity
read moreBMW: being green isn't enough
Drivers want more efficient, less polluting cars but only if they’re still good to drive, a BMW market research survey has reported.
read moreWorld speed-record attempt
Noble and Green join forces in 1,000mph world land speed record attempt.
read moreBMW: being green isn't enough
Drivers want more efficient, less polluting cars but only if they’re still good to drive, a BMW market research survey has reported.
read moreBig beast
Bentley has a longer association with turbocharged cars than you might think. Andrew English drives the earliest example of the breed
read moreCalling the polizia
Lambo donate a brand spanking Gallardo to the local fuzz
read moreVeteran 'Vette
1963 Corvette Grand Sport up for auction. Time to sell mansion
read moreBentley Arnage T review
End of the line: the Arnage Final Series is a classy way to say goodbye says Andrew English
read moreDriven: Hyundai Genesis Coupe
What is it?This is the new Hyundai Genesis Coupe – a model designed to fill the sports car-shaped void in Hyundai's non-European line-up.
read moreInfiniti GT-R saloon on way
Coupé will be joined by a four-door model
read moreGloom for motorists ahead as analysts predict more oil production cuts from OPEC
Oil production could be further cut experts warned as the OPEC cartel attempts to raise prices.
read moreHonest John: towcars key cutting and insurance premium problems
Your questions answered by the dealer you can trust
read moreCyclists routinely ride over zebra crossings study finds
Only one in 10 cyclists bothers to stop at zebra crossings a study has found backing fears lives are being put at risk.
read morePagani Zonda R
Brand new images of Pagani's Zonda R.
read moreDriven: Hyundai Genesis Coupe
What is it?This is the new Hyundai Genesis Coupe – a model designed to fill the sports car-shaped void in Hyundai's non-European line-up.
read moreNew Murciélago spied
Hot 700bhp Lamborghini breaks cover...
read moreOoh, R
Pagani shows off final, ultra-extreme Zonda. Yours for the price of Iceland
read more50mpg in fastest-ever MINI!
In part one of our special, we prove fast needn’t mean thirsty – as we enter UK’s best hot hatch in a fuel-sipping marathon
read moreTop Gear Live
Jeremy, Richard and James get ready for the boards
read moreToyota sees rare drop in quarterly sales
Toyota has suffered its first quarterly sales decline since the months after the September, 2001 terrorist attacks, underscoring Japanese carmakers' growing vulnerability to the worldwide motor industry slump
read moreToyota sees rare drop in quarterly sales
Toyota has suffered its first quarterly sales decline since the months after the September, 2001 terrorist attacks, underscoring Japanese carmakers' growing vulnerability to the worldwide motor industry slump
read moreV8 sell-out
Caterhams snapped up.
read more1000mph Bloodhound SSC revealed
RAF Wing Commander Andy Green is the man who’ll attempt to breach the 1000mph mark in the incredible Bloodhound SSC.
read moreTories' fuel policy under fire
Transport secretary Geoff Hoon has attacked the Conservatives for wanting to increase the cost of motoring just as the global downturn begins to bite.
read more1000mph Bloodhound SSC revealed
RAF Wing Commander Andy Green is the man who’ll attempt to breach the 1000mph mark in the incredible Bloodhound SSC.
read moreElderly motorists should undergo driver safety checks says judge
A judge has called for elderly motorists to undergo driving checks after an 86yearold man drove into three people on a pavement after mistaking the accelerator for the brake.
read moreBoom over for Swedish truckmakers
Sweden's truckmakers cut their sales outlooks as customers delayed or cancelled a large number of orders because of the global financial crisis
read moreVW Golf gets five NCAP stars
The new Volkswagen Golf has achieved a five-star Euro NCAP occupant protection, the highest possible result.
read moreOfficial Volkswagen Golf MkVI GTI pictures
VW release the first images of the all-new Golf MkVI GTI.
read moreVolkswagen Golf MkVI Bluemotion
Volkswagen gives its forthcoming family hatch a BlueMotion makeover - resulting in the greenest Golf yet.
read moreTories' fuel policy under fire
Transport secretary Geoff Hoon has attacked the Conservatives for wanting to increase the cost of motoring just as the global downturn begins to bite.
read moreMay's future
James May comes up with a car for the future
read moreTesla developing electric Smart?
Electric Smart prototypes have been spotted recharging at the Tesla’s San Carlos facility, leading to speculation that the firm could be developing a new all-electric version of the Smart.
read moreBentley Continental GTC Speed
Soft-top version of Bentley's flagship GT spotted.
read morePeugeot plans 'massive' production cuts
PSA Peugeot Citroën cut its full-year operating margin target and said it planned to make 'massive' production cuts in the fourth quarter after posting a 5.2% fall in third-quarter sales
read morePeugeot plans 'massive' production cuts
PSA Peugeot Citroën is planning 'massive production cuts' in response to an expected drop of about 17 per cent in western European car sales in the fourth quarter
read moreGM and Chrysler make deeper cuts
General Motors and Chrysler announced further economies yesterday as the biggest and smallest of Detroit's three carmakers race to conserve liquidity amid a deepening...
read moreVW acts to prevent collapse of suppliers
To find a vivid example of the headaches that European carmakers have with their smaller suppliers, Volkswagen is a good place to start. Europe's biggest carmaker has...
read moreSharp and sudden slowdown hits demand for cars, pubs and metal
Roger Shafi, director of a privately owned steel processing company in Birmingham, has no doubt that the economy is slowing. His company, Clifton Steel, sells...
read moreCarmakers challenge Brussels to put up or shut up
Fiat is offering zero interest financing over six years to encourage Italians to buy its small cars. That is how bad the situation is in the Italian, and for that...
read moreThe web takes General Motors straight to the customer
The advertisements extolling General Motors' Chevy Volt electric car on the Planet Green "eco-lifestyle" TV network are a far cry from the fast-paced, 30-second spot...
read moreUS group suffers €380m loss
Chrysler lost nearly €380m ($490m) in its core carmaking business in the second quarter of this year, it emerged yesterdayDaimler, writes John Reed in Paris...
read moreRelationship between car makers raises questions
As America's hapless car companies have piled up tens of billions of dollars in losses, a once-struggling Japanese producer has rebounded under an unlikely steward:...
read moreCarmakers challenge Brussels to put up or shut up
Fiat is offering zero interest financing over six years to encourage Italians to buy its small cars. That is how bad the situation is in the Italian, and for that...
read moreUS group suffers €380m loss
Chrysler lost nearly €380m ($490m) in its core carmaking business in the second quarter of this year, it emerged yesterdayDaimler, writes John Reed in Paris...
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