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BMW 5-series hybrid revealed
BMW’s first hybrid saloon will come with a straight-six petrol engine and be able to run on electric power alone.

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Tata secures £340m for Jaguar Land Rover
Tata Motors, India's largest carmaker, secured a long-awaited £340m loan from the European Investment Bank, completing the fundraising for its struggling Jaguar and Land Rover marques

Tata secures £340m for Jaguar Land Rover
Tata Motors, India's largest carmaker, secured a long-awaited £340m loan from the European Investment Bank, completing the fundraising for its struggling Jaguar and Land Rover marques

Mr Money: revolutionising the garage trade
Halfords is expanding into the lucrative value-for-money car servicing and repair business.

Which? rates car visibility
Which cars offer the best visibility? Wide pillars panned for restricting drivers' version.

Driving Sir William Lyons' original XJ
There's a distinct lineage between the new jaguar XJ and the 1968 version.

Jaguar XJ review
Jaguar's new British-built XJ flagship saloon is a rejuvenated, worthy rival to Germany's Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

Volkswagen Golf Estate car review
The Volkswagen Golf Mk6 estate is little more than a facelifted version of its predecessor, the Mk5. In a fast-changing world of ultra-modern, high-tech car designs, is a reheated model enough to compete? read more

Alonso sets the pace for Ferrari
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has set the early pace on day two of Formula One’s final test in Barcelona, Spain.

Complete guide to the new '10' plates
Confused by all this talk of 10-plate cars in March? We explain how the number plate system works in the new decade read more

MercedesSport range revealed
Mercedes has launched a new Sport pack for the E-class, designed to bridge the gap between its standard range and AMG models.

Hummer axed
The manufacturer famous for its supersized off-roaders, derived from military hardware, is being wound-down. read more

Hispano's Audi R8 launched
Spanish firm Hispano will show off this reskinned Audi R8 V10 at next week’s Geneva motor show.

Who is going to speak up for the exploited motorist?
Why aren't politicians taking more notice of the harassed, frustrated and increasingly angry motorist who feels powerless to do anything about our unjust parking laws, asks Philip Johnston.

Bodycote maintains dividend
The UK company, which specialises in the heat-treatment of industrial parts, has awarded an unchanged total for the year of 8.3p in spite of a fall in sales and continued losses

Bodycote maintains dividend
The UK company, which specialises in the heat-treatment of industrial parts, has awarded an unchanged total for the year of 8.3p in spite of a fall in sales and continued losses

China insists a flawed approach hurt GM deal
The collapse of General Motors' plan to sell Hummer to a Chinese buyer reflects flaws in the deal rather than any reluctance by Beijing to sanction cross-border...

Antonov rails at 'prejudices'
When Spyker Cars completed its audacious acquisition of Saab Automobile this week, saving the Swedish carmaker from closure, one man was conspicuously absent from the...

Recovering GKN plans pay-out resumption
GKN, the aerospace component and car parts maker, signalled it would resume dividend payments in 2010 after cutting its losses in 2009 despite the recession. Sir Kevin...

Auto industry only just out of 'intensive care'
Car industry executives, when they gather at the Geneva auto show next week, can congratulate themselves on having weathered their sharpest crisis in decades without...

Car industry just out of 'intensive care'
Even as the US market revives, demand for cars in Europe is due to drop this year as 'cash-for-clunkers' scrappage programmes come to an end

Car industry just out of 'intensive care'
Even as the US market revives, demand for cars in Europe is due to drop this year as 'cash-for-clunkers' scrappage programmes come to an end

Every Jaguar XJ driven
Autocar has driven every Jaguar XJ that will go on sale in the UK - and you can also watch an exclusive video review of the best-selling 3.

Lexus CT200h to rival Audi A3
Lexus’s new CT200h will rival the Audi A3 and BMW 1-series in Europe’s lucrative luxury hatchback market when it arrives in UK showrooms early next year, priced from around £21,000.

US F1 close to collapse
US F1 is on the brink of collapse, having failed to raise the required funds to compete in this year’s Formula One championship.

Fiat reveals 2cyl Twin-Air engine
Fiat Powertrain Technologies will reveal a revolutionary two-cylinder Twin-Air engine at Tuesday’s Geneva motor show.

Mugen Honda CR-Z launched
Honda tuning arm Mugen has released first details of a sports kit for the forthcoming Honda CR-Z sports hybrid - but it doesn't significantly increase performance.

Merc's diesel hybrid E-class plan
Mercedes has confirmed it will launch its first diesel-electric hybrid later this year.

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