July 22, 2015
Mini, Subaru, Scion improve the most in J.D. Power
Mini, Subaru and Scion had the biggest improvements in J.D. Power’s latest study of new-vehicle appeal, while Porsche finished first overall for the 11th consecutive year. The upper echelon of the J.D. Power’s 2015 U.S. Automotive Performance,…
July 22, 2015
Several car infotainment systems are vulnerable to a hack attack
Several car infotainment systems are vulnerable to a hack attack that could potentially put lives at risk, a leading security company has said. NCC Group said the exploit could be used to seize control of a vehicle's brakes and other critical…
July 20, 2015
Mitsubishi apologizes to WWII Japanese prisoners of war
As Japan prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, one of its largest corporations has given a long-awaited apology for wartime atrocities. At a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, a representative for Mitsubishi Materials…
July 5, 2015
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 goes on the market for sale
Billed as the most valuable private car collection ever consigned for public auction, the so-called Pinnacle Portfolio has no shortage of standouts. There is, however, one car that is more singular than others would be a 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4,…
July 5, 2015
Divergent Microfactories targets 3D-printed performance
Think of the racy, 700-horsepower Blade concept car as a Trojan horse, utilising eye-catching curves and gob-smacking performance to highlight the innovative thinking within. Divergent Microfactories, a startup based in the Silicon Valley city of…
July 5, 2015
Bubba Watson to paint over Dukes of Hazzard car
US golfer Bubba Watson is to paint over the Confederate flag on the car from the Dukes of Hazzard TV series, as part of a growing backlash against the rebel symbol from the US Civil War. The top golfer, who owns the car, announced the move by…
June 10, 2015
The 2016 BMW 7 Series is the smartest kid in class
BMW’s flagship sedan has upgraded its grey matter. Faced with the frightfully capable Mercedes-Benz S-Class, a car that all but drives itself (and sometimes does), BMW has nevertheless set new standards for automotive gee-wizardry. A keyfob contains…
May 28, 2015
Fiat Chrysler, Honda and BMW expand airbag recall
Three big carmakers have expanded recalls of vehicles with faulty airbags. The move from Fiat Chrysler, Honda and BMW comes after Takata Corp, the Japanese airbag maker last week said the number of vehicles affected was 53 million globally. Of that…
May 6, 2015
BMW’s quarterly earnings beat forecasts
Strong sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in Europe and the US helped German carmaker BMW to beat forecasts with its first-quarter results. Underlying earnings rose more than 20% to €2.52bn ($2.84bn; £1.85bn), beating analysts' forecasts.…
May 2, 2015
From Finland, the 1,341-horsepower electric supercar
Finland is famous for its reindeer and global leadership in education, and at least one of those seems to be paying off in the automotive realm. At April’s 2015 Top Marques auto show in Monaco, Finnish company Toroidion unveiled the 1MW Concept, a…