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News watch February 2012: today's auto industry news

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 10 February 2012 09:01

Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Friday 10 February 2012• Daimler will not strip back on its headcount to make itself more profitable, says the personnel boss Wilfried Porth. He says that staff accounts for less than a fifth of ...

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News watch February 2012: today's auto industry news

News watch February 2012: today's auto industry news

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 10 February 2012 09:01

Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Friday 10 February 2012• Daimler will not strip back on its headcount to make itself more profitable, says the personnel boss Wilfried Porth. He says that staff accounts for less than a fifth of ...

Toyota prices the new GT 86 RWD coupe at £25k

Toyota prices the new GT 86 RWD coupe at £25k

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 03 February 2012 09:00

Toyota has quashed all the rumours about how much its new GT 86 rear-wheel drive sports car will cost: the price has been confirmed at £24,995 in the UK. Some speculation had suggested the price might soar nearer £30k on account of the unfavourable yen exchange rate. But Toyota GB today confirmed the GT 86 will start at £24,995. Click ...

Lotus owner Proton tries to quell sale rumours

Lotus owner Proton tries to quell sale rumours

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 01 February 2012 16:37

The Malaysian owners of Lotus have taken the unusual step of quashing rumours circulating of an impending sale of its British sports car division. Several newspaper articles have suggested that the new owners of Proton may divest its loss-making Lotus subsidiary. The ownership structure of Proton has changed in recent weeks, after the Khazanah Nasional Berhad sold its entire stake ...

News watch Jan 2012: today's auto industry news

News watch Jan 2012: today's auto industry news

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, Ben Pulman, Sarah-Jayne Harrison and Marcus Roberts, 31 January 2012 15:35

Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Tuesday 31 January 2012• Two Japanese car parts suppliers have been fined a staggering $548m for price fixing offences following an FBI investigation. Yazaki Corp. has agreed to pay $470m and Denso Corp. ...

Tomorrow's world: Ford's downsized 1.0-litre Ecoboost

Tomorrow's world: Ford's downsized 1.0-litre Ecoboost

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Jesse Crosse, 25 January 2012 17:41

Direct injection petrol and diesel, hybridisation, downsizing, turbocharging, twin-charging the list of efficiency-boosting, fuel saving features being offered in new cars is becoming so long, buying a new one is like revising for exams. Is there room for another? Apparently so, but since there’s no official name for it yet we’ll call it ‘super-downsizing’ or in other words, using a ...

Mini cancels the mini Mini, aka the Rocketman

Mini cancels the mini Mini, aka the Rocketman

Rated 4 out of 54

Georg Kacher, 23 January 2012 17:06

The Mini Rocketman, aka the mini Mini, has been shelved, CAR understands. BMW has recently signed off a slew of new Minis, many of which are revealed in the new February 2012 issue of CAR Magazine, but the baby Mini was not one of them. Why BMW has canned the mini Mini Mini showed the Rocketman concept as design study ...

Audi R5, Porsche 550, VW Bluesport 'on hold'

Audi R5, Porsche 550, VW Bluesport 'on hold'

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard (artist's impression by Christian Schulte), 17 January 2012 10:06

Numerous indications are pointing to the exciting mid-engined VW, Porsche and Audi sports cars being on ice. The group had been collaborating to develop the VW Bluesport, Porsche 550 and Audi R5 - some observers had hailed the new roadsters as the Elise from Germany. Porsche doubts over the 550 But at the weekend Porsche CEO Matthias Muller told German ...

BMW X4 confirmed for production in 2014

BMW X4 confirmed for production in 2014

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard (artist's impressions by Christian Schulte), 16 January 2012 17:35

More details have emerged about BMW's forthcoming X4. As previously reported by CAR, the new 2014 X4 is in essence a baby X6 - a sort of squashed coupe-cum-4x4 to appeal to outward-going types. Now Frank-Peter Arndt, BMW's board member in charge of production, has confirmed the new BMW X4 will be built at Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, USA. ...

Renault looking to 'relaunch the 5 below Clio'

Renault looking to 'relaunch the 5 below Clio'

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 13 January 2012 14:30

Spurred on by the success of BMW's Mini, Fiat's 500 and VW's Beetle, Renault is actively considering the relaunch of the 5 to slot below the Clio, CAR has learned. However, a new Renault 5 would not be a retro car, according to senior sources in Paris. 'We have no retro cars in our plan,' said our mole. And this ...

2012 European Car of the Year shortlist announced

2012 European Car of the Year shortlist announced

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 09 January 2012 12:40

The shortlist for the 2012 European Car of the Year award has been announced today. There were 35 cars on the original list, but the first round of voting from the 59 jury members (including CAR Magazine’s editor Phil McNamara, and our European correspondent Georg Kacher) has whittled the list down to just seven. They are… • Citroen DS5• Fiat ...

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