Car News

Soul’ster brings sunshine to wintry Detroit

Kia Motors is bringing a sunny beach feeling to the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) on a cold Detroit winter day with the arrival of the Kia Soul’ster open-air concept, a variation of the highly anticipated Kia Soul urban crossover.

Bright spark to light up Geneva show

It’s called the Spark, and it’s set to light up the Geneva Motor Show when it debuts there in March this year.

A1 Team Germany delays season four debut

A1 Team Germany will have to postpone its A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Season Four debut, and this means the team will now plan for being on track for the first time in A1GP Gauteng, South Africa on 20-22 February.

Audi records sales of over one million cars in 2008

AUDI AG has achieved its stated objective of selling one million cars in 2008 for the first time in its history. With about 1,003,400 cars sold worldwide, Audi increased its unit sales volume by 4.1 percent over the prior year (2007: 964,151).

Green Flag record rescue day

Green Flag, the motor rescue organisation, has seen the number of call outs over the last eight weeks average 5,000 calls a day.

Eberspächer focuses on tailored strips

The lighter the vehicle, the lower is its level of CO2 emissions. On the subject of light-weight design, the exhaust specialist Eberspächer focuses on tailored strips (tailor-made steel strips) – they are now being used in the rear silencer of the new BMW 730d (diesel version), thereby contributing to the environmental soundness of this premium model.

Brits battle to pay pennies for Mini

Penny auction supersite MadBid.com is auctioning off a brand new Mini on Wednesday and expect it to be bought for less than £10.

Desperate motorists resort to using shoes as ice scrapers

As the big chill tightens its grip on the UK, with even colder weather forecast for the rest of the week, motorists are facing hefty repair bills by using boiling water, CD cases, credit cards and even shoes in a desperate attempt to remove thickening ice from windscreens.

Raw performance, raw power

The Hand Built British Sports Car Pavilion at the PistonHeads Show is a great place to see the cream of UK engineering and design talent. With fears of a ‘winter of discontent’ for the manufacturing and engineering industries, the good news is that many small sports car manufacturers are weathering the storm.

Roary the Racing Car keeps kids on track at Autosport Show

Popular pre-school character, Roary the Racing Car, and his mechanic, Big Chris (voiced by comedian Peter Kay) will once again be entertaining young visitors at the Autosport International Show, which takes place from 8-11 January 2009 at the Birmingham NEC and provides a fun day out for all the family.

Wise aims for Jack Frost hat trick

In just over a week's time, no less than ninety crews will be lining up for the Cartersport Jack Frost Stages Rally to be held at Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire and as well as quantity comes plenty of quality headed by last year's winners, Chris Wise and Tracey Taylor-West.