http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/shared/handlers/rsshandler.ashx?N=4294781510+536+190+703&Ns=P_Publication_Date|1CAR Online | News | Tim Pollard | All | Motor Industry RSS Feed(c) 2013, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30News watch January 2013: today's auto industry newshttp://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/News-watch-January-2013-todays-auto-industry-news-/Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:33:00 GMTNewsMaserati has unveiled the new 2013 Quattroporte – the luxury sports saloon which has been the mainstay of Modena since the current car's launch in 2004. The new Maserati Quattroporte will be shown at the 2013 North American International Auto...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Maserati-Quattroporte-2013-the-first-official-pictures/Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:30:00 GMTNewsVolkswagen today announced prices for the new Mk7 Golf. It'll start from £16,330 on-the-road - and the good news is, that's cheaper than the outgoing Mk6 Golf which today kicks off at £16,425. CAR's been saying for some years that...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/VW-Golf-2012---prices-for-new-Mk7-Golf-from-16330/Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:38:00 GMTNewsMaserati announced the names of three of its forthcoming new cars at the 2012 Paris motor show. From 2013, Fiat's upmarket sports luxury wing will finally launch a barrage of new product to overcome worries it's just producing endless versions...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Maserati-announces-names-of-new-saloon-and-SUV-at-Paris/Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:45:00 GMTNewsBentley's new chairman and CEO, Dr Wolfgang Schreiber, confirmed today that the EXP 9F - the controversial SUV shown at the 2012 Geneva motor show - would be heavily redesigned before going on sale. CAR greeted the EXP 9F with...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Bentleys-new-boss-confirms-SUV-back-to-drawing-board/Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:20:00 GMTNews6 August 2012 update: Click here for the full CAR design power list story - from CAR magazine August 2010 issue It's a classic pub banter for anyone with a drop of petrol in their veins: who is the greatest car...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Who-is-the-greatest-car-designer-at-work-today/Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:50:00 GMTNewsJaguar today confirmed it will bring a limited, 200-strong edition of the C-X75 hybrid supercar to market in the next two years. The C-X75 is being developed in partnership with Williams and will be the second British hybrid supercar –...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Jaguar-C-X75-hybrid-supercar-news-update-here-in-2014/Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:34:00 GMTNewsBMW today revealed a new i3 concept car edition at the formal launch of the first bespoke BMW i dealership in London's Park Lane. The facility was also fitted with the BMW i Pedelec electric scooter, a new complementary bike with a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/BMW-i-news-announcement-2012/Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:24:00 GMTNewsBritain is on track to hit a new all-time car manufacturing high by the end of 2015. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders forecasts that car production is set to top 2 million a year in three years' time....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/UK-car-manufacturing-to-hit-record-high-by-2015/Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:11:00 GMTNewsLotus chief executive officer Dany Bahar was tonight ousted from his job as the boss of Group Lotus. The Nofolk sports car maker's new Malaysian owners, DRB-Hicom, issued a terse statement confirming Bahar's departure. As CAR earlier reported, Bahar had...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Lotus-CEO-fired---Dany-Bahar-wont-return-to-Lotus/Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:32:00 GMTNewsGroup Lotus chief Dany Bahar has been suspended while complaints about his conduct are carried out by parent company DRB Hicom. Weekend newspapers reported that the dispute was over expenses for building work carried out on one of Bahar's homes....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Lotus-chief-exec-Dany-Bahar-suspended-whats-next/Mon, 28 May 2012 11:54:00 GMTNewsMazda and Fiat today announced a new deal to develop future sports cars jointly. A new affordable Alfa Romeo roadster will be built - in Japan - from 2015. The non-binding memorandum of understanding covers the development and manufacturing of a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Alfa-Romeo-roadster-to-be-twinned-with-Mazda-MX-5/Wed, 23 May 2012 10:19:00 GMTNewsLotus chief executive Dany Bahar has laid bare the business position at Lotus Cars since the takeover of parent company Proton by Malaysia's DRB-Hicom. Norfolk's sports car maker has been buffeted by rumours of financial crisis and looming collapse since development was frozen...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Lotus-the-truth-about-cashflow-and-business---Bahar/Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:34:00 GMTNewsWelcome 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 30 March 2012• Fiat is suffering from its decision to suspend new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/News-watch-March-2012-todays-auto-industry-news/Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:11:00 GMTNewsGM and PSA Peugeot Citroen this evening announced a 'long-term and broad-scale global strategic alliance' which will see the three brands co-develop cars in Europe and, in some cases, globally. Opel/Vauxhall and Peugeot Citroen will start sharing vehicle platforms and...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/GM-and-PSA-sign-a-global-strategic-alliance-2012/Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:09:00 GMTNewsToyota 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...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Toyota-prices-the-new-GT-86-at-25k/Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMTNewsThe 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...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Lotus-owner-Proton-tries-to-quell-sale-rumours/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:37:00 GMTNewsSpurred 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...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Renault-looking-to-relaunch-the-5-below-Clio/Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:30:00 GMTNewsThe UK car market fell 4.4% in 2011 to its worst year for at least a decade. Brits bought 1,941,253 vehicles last year as private motorists put off that new car purchase and stuck with their existing wheels or went secondhand....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/UK-2011-car-sales-analysis-winners-and-losers/Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:33:00 GMTNewsSaab has reached the end of the road - for the second time in two years, just before Christmas. Parent company Swedish Automobile today announced that Saab had filed for bankruptcy. Owner and acting CEO Victor Muller had been trying...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Saab-files-for-bankruptcy-the-end-of-the-Swedish-saga/Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:04:00 GMTNewsNew British car brand Eterniti Motors is steaming ahead with its plan to launch the Hemera - a new Cayenne-based SUV due in 2012 - and there are two other projects waiting in the wings, including a dramatic sports car....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Eterniti-Motors-readies-new-Hemera---and-two-other-projects/Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:12:00 GMTNewsHonda has officially confirmed it will show a concept car for the next NSX supercar at the 2012 Detroit auto show. 'American Honda has announced it will unveil four all-new vehicles at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, including...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Honda-to-show-new-NSX-supercar-at-Detroit-2012/Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:14:00 GMTNewsDaimler is to announce the closure of Maybach, marking the failure of its upmarket division resurrected to battle BMW's Rolls-Royce and VW's Bentley subsidiaries. Chief exec Dieter Zetsche will tomorrow (Saturday 26 November) announce he's lost patience with Maybach in...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Maybach-is-discontinued/Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:20:00 GMTNewsMaserati is preparing a trio of new products for launch in quick succession, Fiat chief exec Sergio Marchionne has confirmed. In an interview after addressing the CBI business conference in London yesterday, he said a successor to the Quattroporte, a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Three-new-Maseratis-coming-in-quick-succession---Marchionne/Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:38:00 GMTNewsFord chief exec Alan Mulally was in Essex today to launch the first 1.0-litre Ecoboost engine, which was developed by powertrain engineers at Dunton and Dagenham. The new 999cc triple will be built at Cologne in a new ￡110m production...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Ford-begins-building-10-Ecoboost-a-microsized-three-cylinder-/Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMTNewsSant'Agata plans a two-wheel drive version of the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder – reflecting 2009's limited-series rear-wheel drive Balboni edition of the Gallardo coupe. Sales of the new rear-drive LP550-2 Spyder will start in early 2012, Lambo has confirmed to CAR....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Lamborghini-Gallardo-Spyder-LP550-2-is-coming-in-2012/Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:47:00 GMTNewsHyundai has confirmed it will bring a 1.6 turbo version of the Veloster coupe to the UK in the second half of 2012, as first revealed by CAR. It should make an interesting alternative to the VW Golf GTI brigade....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Hyundai-will-launch-Veloster-Turbo-in-2012/Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:26:00 GMTNewsChinese car makers Pang Da and Youngman today agreed to buy Saab in its entirety from Swedish Automobile. It's the latest extraordinary twist in the saga of Saab, which has been technically bankrupt since September 2011 and built just 11,000...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Saab-is-sold-again-Chinas-Pang-Da-Youngman-to-buy-Saab/Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:23:00 GMTNewsVauxhall's new convertible will not be the Astra cabriolet, CAR has learned. Instead the new Astra-based convertible will be positioned as a separate, standalone model like Volkswagen's Eos. The new mid-sized Vauxhall/Opel convertible will be launched in 2012. Expect to...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Vauxhalls-2012-Astra-cab-to-be-standalone-convertible/Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:14:00 GMTNewsCome 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-hourFriday 30 September 2011• Toyota and Honda have both returned to full production after Easter's...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Newswatch-September-2011-todays-auto-industry-news/Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:28:00 GMTNewsFisker will show a new Karma-based shooting brake called Surf at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show. This is the first picture of the Fisker Surf, issued after CAR broke the news of the shooting brake earlier in the week. Customers...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Fisker-to-show-a-Karma-shooting-brake-at-Frankfurt-2011/Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:47:00 GMTNewsBugatti will continue to produce the world's fastest cars - and that's a promise by the new chief executive of Bugatti. Wolfgang Durheimer, who took over as combined boss of Bugatti and Bentley in spring 2011, told CAR that being...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Bugatti-will-continue-to-produce-the-worlds-fastest-car/Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:51:00 GMTNewsBentley will return to top-level motorsport, new chief executive Wolfgang Durheimer has revealed. Bentley pulled out of racing after its 2001-2003 stint at Le Mans, culminating in an outright win in its last year at the 24-hour race. But Durheimer,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Bentley-will-return-to-top-level-motorsport/Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:08:00 GMTNewsFerrari is planning a range of new cars to rejuvenate its sports car family - including a new 458 Scuderia, a replacement 599 GTB and a hypercar to replace the Enzo. A report by respected automotive industry journal Automotive News...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Ferrari-plans-458-Scuderia-new-599-and-Enzo/Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:40:00 GMTNewsInfiniti could develop its own version of Nissan's ballistic GT-R sports car, chief executive Carlos Ghosn has revealed to CAR. In a four-page interview in the new August 2011 issue of CAR Magazine, the CEO told us about his plans for Infinitis,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Infiniti-could-build-a-GT-R-performance-car---Ghosn/Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:52:00 GMTNewsGM chief executive Dan Akerson has overnight dismissed claims that its Vauxhall/Opel European division is for sale. CAR's European editor Georg Kacher, and media outlets in Germany, reported last month that German chancellor Angela Merkel had weighed in to the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Vauxhall-and-Opel-not-for-sale---CEO-Akerson/Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:06:00 GMTNewsInfiniti and Red Bull could go into business together developing go-faster performance cars, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has confirmed to CAR. The new August 2011 issue of CAR Magazine has a four-page interview with Ghosn (click here for a free...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Infiniti-and-Red-Bull-considering-performance-cars/Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:55:00 GMTNewsPeugeot will launch the new 3008 HYbrid4 crossover in autumn 2011 as the world's first diesel-electric hybrid car - and it's the first in a string of hybrid cars coming from Peugeot and Citroen. The 3008 HYbrid4 will be followed...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Peugeot-3008-HYbrid4-first-of-string-of-new-Peugeot-hybrids/Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:56:00 GMTNewsLotus has confirmed details for its new inhouse V8 engine family, which will make its first road car appearance in the 2013 Esprit. Responding to feedback which said the 'New Era' plan to launch five new models was weakened by...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Lotus-V8-the-new-engine-plan-in-full/Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:30:00 GMTNewsInfiniti is planning to announce a new sales target of 10% global luxury market share - quadrupling sales to 700,000 a year - in a new mid-term statement due this summer. Renault Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn told CAR that Infiniti is on...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Infiniti-gunning-for-700000-sales---Ghosn/Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:25:00 GMTNewsSubaru will launch a trio of new models in the next year to shore up flagging UK sales. The new XV and new sports car will expand the UK Subaru range by 50% and put the malnourished brand back on...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Subaru-XV-and-Coupe-to-double-UK-sales/Tue, 31 May 2011 09:46:00 GMTNewsAston Martin is preparing to launch 'two or three' new Lagonda models, CEO Ulrich Bez has confirmed to CAR. In a wide-ranging interview with our European editor Georg Kacher in the new June 2011 issue, Dr Bez revealed numerous details about...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Aston-to-launch-two-or-three-Lagonda-models---Bez/Thu, 19 May 2011 10:34:00 GMTNewsCAR's interviewed Charles Morgan, owner and managing director of the Morgan Motor Company. We asked him how olde-worlde Morgans could remain relevant in the 21st century, heard about future plans and had the latest news on the Morgan Three Wheeler. CAR: How's...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/CAR-interviews-Morgan-boss-Charles-Morgan/Fri, 13 May 2011 08:00:00 GMTNewsJaguar today confirmed it would build the super-fast, clinically-clean C-X75 hybrid supercar – in association with Williams F1. The Jaguar C-X75 hybrid will go on sale in 2013 for around £840,000. Jaguar C-X75 supercar: production confirmed The news means the gorgeous Paris...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Jaguar-to-build-C-X75-supercar-2011-the-plug-in-XJ220-successor/Fri, 06 May 2011 11:30:00 GMTNews>> UPDATED: Jaguar will build the C-X75 supercar. Full story here on the £840k, 200mph and sub-99g/km British stunner.Jaguar is poised to make a major product announcement this morning at 10.30am BST. CAR is reporting live from the Marriott Hotel...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Jaguar-big-2011-product-announcement-news-this-morning/Fri, 06 May 2011 10:00:00 GMTNewsBristol Cars could be sold within days, as the administrators are in exclusive talks with one bidder, CAR has learned. Several parties expressed an interest in the failed car maker, which collapsed into administration on 3 March 2011. Recovery specialist...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Bristol-in-administration-buyer-expected-within-days/Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:03:00 GMTNewsClick here to see all 2011 Saab articlesSaab CEO Jan Åke Jonsson announced his retirement on Friday. It was yet another small but significant news nugget from Saab – the inbox has buzzed with announcements ever since the bankrupt car maker was saved by an...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Change-afoot-at-Saab-as-CEO-retires-where-next/Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:55:00 GMTNewsCAR recently had dinner with the head of Renault’s electric car programme, Thierry Koskas. We grilled him on the finer points of Renault’s ambitious EV plans, asked him how on earth Renault will make money on it and probed him...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/CAR-interviews-Renaults-electric-car-chief-Thierry-Koskas/Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:50:00 GMTNewsBristol Cars has collapsed into administration, it emerged overnight. The curio car maker from Bristol just couldn't make ends meet as sales dried up and the company's directors were forced to call in the administrators when it couldn't afford to...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Bristol-Cars-collapses-into-administration-2011/Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:38:00 GMTNewsThe venerable MG TF is likely to be axed this year after 16 years of production. The new Chinese-owned MG company has manufactured a few hundred TFs in Longbridge as it's taken its first tentative steps towards relaunching the famous...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/MG-TF-likely-to-die-this-year/Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:46:00 GMTNews