Boring was never an option: 60 years of great to drive Mazda family cars
The family car: While it has to be good at practical things like seating capacity and cargo space, style and performance too often end up taking a back seat. For...
BENTLEY’S GREAT EIGHT FINISHES PRODUCTION
The mighty Bentley 6¾-litre V8 engine – the longest serving V8 design in continuous production – has finally reached the end of its...
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE “BACK ON TRACK” PROGRAMME IS UNDERWAY WITH SEROLOGICAL TESTS FOR EMPLOYEES' FAMILIES
The “Back on Track” programme, introduced by Ferrari to protect the health of its people when production resumes, has now entered its second...
Electric drive – captivating looks
The beginning of June sees the start of production of the ABT e-Transporter 6.1. As with its predecessor, ABT e-Line, an official premium partner of Volkswagen...
First pilot for the Google and Apple-based decentralised tracing app
Several thousand people in Switzerland can now download "SwissCovid", the official application for tracing contacts at risk of transmission of...
Lotterer and Jani in the points at virtual home event in Berlin
At the debut appearance for Berlin (DE) in the ABB Formula E “Race at Home Challenge” on the race calendar, André Lotterer (DE) and Neel Jani (CH) scored more...
A rainbow of Bentleys as community support continues
Bentley has defined two versions of the symbol of hope during the Covid-19 crisis – the rainbow – through seven of its own vibrant paint colours available as part...
Mazda Continues to Deliver Exciting E-Sports Experiences
Mazda's new virtual racing car, the Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept, will be available for download in Gran Turismo Sport from 3pm (JST) on May 22, 20201. Jointly...
BENTLEY’S FLYING BEES RETURN TO WORK - WITH EXTRA HELP TO COME BACK STRONGER
The Bentley Bees today return from hibernation to start work with a little extra help from their friends. The company is installing two additional...
Mazda starts production of its first EV, the Mazda MX-30
On the 19th May 2020, Mazda began production of the all-new Mazda MX-30, the company's first all-electric vehicle, at Ujina plant No. 1 in Hiroshima, Japan. A stylish...
Formula E race engineers and their pursuit of perfection
As race engineers in the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Kyle Wilson-Clarke and Fabrice Roussel have a direct line to the two works drivers Neel...
Mazda coupés: 60 years of visionary design and driving joy
The coupé has been the preferred format for attractive and visionary car design over the decades. The makers of such vehicles, which traditionally have two doors and...
Rolls-Royce Young Designer Competition extended to 1 June
Following an overwhelming response from children around the world, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is extending the deadline for entries in its Young Designers Competition to...
BENTLEY MOTORS RESUMES PRODUCTION AND LOOKS TO A STRONGER, SAFER FUTURE
Bentley Motors today resumed production at the company’s headquarters in Crewe, England, with over 1,700 colleagues following the 250 comprehensive and wide-ranging...
Strong performance in Monaco: both Porsche works drivers in the points
The virtual Monaco circuit proved to be a fruitful soil for the drivers of the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team. Neel Jani (CH) and André Lotterer (DE) finished...
STEYR Konzept wins 2020 MUSE Design Award
STEYR Traktoren awarded in the Category Conceptual Design for its STEYR Konzept, a comprehensive project study on what the next tractor generation could be.
Mercedes-Benz Museum reopens
On Saturday, 9 May 2020, the Mercedes-Benz Museum will be opening its doors to the public again. Initially, visits are only possible from Friday to Sunday. The...
Next generation Volvo cars to be powered by Luminar LiDAR technology for safe self-driving
Volvo Cars, a global leader in automotive safety, is setting new safety and technology standards by partnering with tech firm Luminar to provide their...
EPFL researchers put proximity tracing app to the test
Over the past two weeks, EPFL computer scientists have been testing and refining the smartphone-based system developed by the international Decentralized...
Historischer Markteinbruch: Coronakrise gefährdet Auto-Jobs
Die Coronavirus-Pandemie hat dem April 2020 einen Platz in den Geschichtsbüchern der Schweizer Automobilbranche beschert. Gerade einmal 9'382 neue Personenwagen sind...
Volvo Cars accelerates structural transformation for long-term growth
Volvo Cars is today announcing plans to accelerate its transformation to effectively position the company for long term growth. As a result, it is giving notice for a...
BENTLEY MOTORS COMMITS TO ‘COME BACK STRONGER’ – OUTLINES CHANGES TO LUXURY CAR PRODUCTION
Bentley Motors today confirmed it is introducing a set of around 250 comprehensive and wide-ranging new hygiene and social distancing measures under an employee...
New CEO of the Geneva International Motor Show appointed
Sandro Mesquita will take over the management of the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) on 1 May 2020. He succeeds Olivier Rihs, who has left GIMS at the end of...
Daimler Buses converts Mercedes-Benz Citaro for transporting COVID-19 patients
In only three weeks, Daimler Buses converted an inter-city bus into a special vehicle for the transfer of COVID-19 patients at its plant in Neu-Ulm. The Mercedes-Benz...
Striving for the unexpected - Mazda’s record-breaking legacy
Taking the unconventional and often more challenging route to enhance the driving experience is in the DNA of every member of the Mazda team. The evidence can be...
Jenson Button joins McLaren Customer Racing Factory Drivers in world-class 720S GT3 line-up competing in SRO E-Sport GT Series
McLaren Automotive will be represented by a star-studded driver line-up for the 2020 SRO E-Sport GT Series, a new virtual race series that gets underway this Sunday,...
Volvo Cars launches Stay Home Store concept in Europe amidst coronavirus restrictions
Volvo Cars today launches a new online sales concept in several quarantined European markets, allowing customers there to buy or lease a brand new Volvo from the...
Mazda adjusts production due to coronavirus
The Mazda Motor Corporation would like to express its sympathy and concern for all of those who have been suffering from the novel coronavirus outbreak and would like...
Ferrari continues its efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic
Ferrari has started to produce respirator valves and fittings for protective masks at its Maranello plant as one of its initiatives in support of health workers...
Nissan licenses lithium-ion battery technology to APB Corporation
Nissan has licensed an advanced technology to APB Corporation that will allow mass production of lower-cost, safer lithium-ion batteries with increased charging...
PEUGEOT CONCEPT-CARS - Laboratories for ideas
The first real exercise in style assimilated to a concept car was born in 1984: the PEUGEOT Quasar. As a real technological showcase, it was the first time that...
Ferrari and clients raise €1million to fight the Covid-19 pandemic In aid of Modena's healthcare system
Ferrari's efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic continue: the Company has launched a fundraiser to support the health system of the province of Modena and will...
Lotus Evija: first details of the all-electric hypercar buying experience revealed
As the Evija moves ever closer to series production, Lotus has revealed how customers of the all-electric hypercar are choosing their vehicle’s bespoke...
A new app can help detect the coronavirus
EPFL researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based system that can listen to your cough and indicate whether you have COVID-19.
#RaceHome: DTM drivers from Audi in virtual races for a good cause
Audi factory driver Mike Rockenfeller has initiated a virtual racing series under the motto #RaceHome, which will be held on the PlayStation 4 with the fully-electric...
Clean air inside the car with MANN-FILTER
The spread of the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 poses major challenges to the global economy and many questions to society about products for protection....
Mazda3 named as 2020 World Car Design of the Year
Crowning the company's centenary celebrations this year, the Mazda3 has won the 2020 World Car Design of the Year award, one of the special categories of the World...
Exclusive JMS styling kit for the VW Golf 8 from September
Tuning and customizing cars is as popular as ever. Recently, however, the specialists at JMS Fahrzeugteile have come under the impression that the designs of...
Mazda RX-7: Redefining rotary-powered driving fun
The joy of driving, lightweight design and the rotary engine: three elements that define Mazda’s DNA – and continue to fascinate the team at the Hiroshima-based...
Urban Motors, Audi TT RS Roadster
If a vehicle model – such as the BMW M4, the Mercedes -AMG C 63 or the Audi TT RS – is available both as a coupé and a convertible, then performance tuning or...
