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30 August 2007Toyota's July US sales fall 7.3%
The Japanese carmaker said July sales in the US had been hit by the turmoil surrounding subprime mortgages
read moreGM’s powertrain of the future: E-Flex
General Motors, parent company to car brands Vauxhall, Opel, Holden, Chevrolet, Saab, Buick, Cadillac, Pontiac, Hummer and others, is about to take the lead in the race to make the car a sustainable means of personal transportation.
read morePrivate car use is on the increase
• More people driving• Drivers making longer trips• Fewer people walking
read moreOne in five teenagers drink-drive
• 7% admit drug-driving• Call for driving test overhaul• Alcohol ban plan
read moreDer doppelgänger
Audi's all-new A4 is bigger and lighter than the current model but disturbingly familiar in the looks department
read moreAudis will help you drive greener
Having tweaked its cars for minimum environmental impact, it seems that German car maker Audi is preparing to start on the driver.
read moreCompact bijou
Mitsubishi's new SUV concept is small, green and full of bamboo
read moreMix' headroom
Nissan gears up for Frankfurt with a, erm, striking three-seater
read moreSmokey & the Bandit's corking Pontiac Trans Am
I spent the bank holiday weekend with a cold beer watching old DVDs. Bullitt, The Blues Brothers, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Driver; that kind of thing.
The dust also came off the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy; partly for the comic genius that is Buford T Justice and partly for the stunning Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Stuart Milne has been thinking about the 1977 muscle car ever since. Smokey and the Bandit has it all, as far as I'm concerned. A bloodhound called Fred, CB radios, lots of powersliding and leaping across rivers - and a thundering American muscle car.
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read moreLudicrous M5-powered 208mph BMW M3
by Adrian Hearn Who needs a new BMW M3 with a V8 engine, when you can have the old model with a 550bhp V10?
Little-known German modifier G Power has shoehorned the BMW M5's 5-litre V10 into the already raucous BMW M3 CSL. This has upped power from a more-than-adequate 360bhp to a Lamborghini Gallardo-devouring 550bhp.
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read moreGoodwood ready for a classic - Motorsport
Fans of classic motor racing will be heading to West Sussex this weekend.
read moreIndian carmaker plans to unleash £1,300 supermini - TATA supermini
Indian car maker TATA vows to produce World's cheapest car
read morePrice is right for new rugged SEAT - SEAT Altea Freetrack
SEAT announces pricing for new Altea Freetrack
read moreBlue do as new Golf hits 63mpg - Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen's hi-tech Golf BlueMotion set to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show
read moreCCTV on your mobile - Products
Wireless gizmo keeps an eye on your car - and sends pictures to your mobile if someone breaks in
read more‘Indestructible’ speed camera is on its way to Britain! - Speed cameras
‘Indestructible’ speed camera is on its way to Britain!
read moreFord gives new Fiesta a dash of extra Verve - Ford Verve
Ford's forthcoming Fiesta will feature more aggressive sporting cues derived from the Verve concept
read moreFiat 500 stars in EuroNCAP safety test - Fiat 500
The iconic new supermini Fiat 500 gets top marks in the latest EuroNCAP crash tests
read moreHere comes Outlander’s new little inlaw
read moreMahindra steps up interest in Ford units
Mahindra & Mahindra is conducting due diligence on Jaguar and Land Rover, put up for sale by Ford, but its preference is for the UK utility vehicle-maker rather than...
read moreFord sales first for Lookers
Lookers, the vehicle dealer, expects to do more work with Ford after winning approval to represent the UK's biggest supplier of cars for the first time...
read moreDaimler plans €7.5bn buy-back
DaimlerChrysler is to buy back up to €7.5bn ($10.2bn) of its shares in the next year in the latest in a series of shareholder-friendly actions by the German...
read moreIndian car chiefs plot a global route
When Ravi Kant, the head of Tata Motors, held a press briefing in July on the group's plans, most of the questions focused on the company's so-called "one lakh" car. A...
read moreMixim It Up
New Nissan concpet proves that young people can drive nice(ish) cars
read moreMassively Powerful M3 CSL
G Power have been playing...
read moreBMW meet pictures
PH arranges a meet....and for once it didn't rain.
read moreIndians fancy a British
Land Rover and Jaguar attracting interest from India
read moreCayenne driver jailed for 7 years
Three killed after Celica and Cayenne race down 'mad mile'
read moreUrgent PistonHeads Scam Warning
Scammers use PH to try and con you
read moreJaguar badges dropped
The leaping cat image will be enough, says Callum.
read moreTeen drink drive shock
One in five drivers aged 17 and 18 admits drinking before taking the wheel.
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