Are you more likely to buy a car from the world’s largest carmaker? This appears to be the thought process of Toyota and GM – who have been battling for the top spot for many years – but also Volkswagen, who currently has much to say on the matter.

Since the financial crisis of 2008 [more]

The UK government has launched a new initiative designed to make hydrogen powered cars a viable alternative to combustion engine vehicles and green,range-restricted battery powered vehicles. The group behind the initiative – called UKH2Mobility– is comprised of 13 companies together with 3 government departments.

Business Minister Mark Prisk commented: “Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles are [more]

Khazanah, Malaysia’s state-owned investment firm, has sold its stake in car manufacturer Proton for 1.29bn ringgit (GBP 269 million), in what is one of the largest automotive deals ever seen in the country.

The 42.7% stake has been sold to DRB-Hicom, a firm owned by billionaire Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary. He must make a mandatory offer [more]

Even the very best five star annual breakdown cover would not have been able to assist the clapped out cars chosen by Clarkson and co in the recent Top Gear Christmas Special – filmed in India. And such a policy would certainly not cover the Top Gear team and the BBC against the fallout now [more]

Unlike Startrescue.co.uk’s breakdown cover customers, huge multi nationals such as Toyota are not able to take out any kind of insurance policy against the kind of losses it saw over 2011. Not only did the company’s Japanese manufacturing base break down in the face of the March tsunami, it had to deal with extensive floods [more]

Most motorists understandably give little thought to where their cars are built, or the politics behind the decision as to which plant is used. But the decision by Fiat to build its new Panda in Italy, instead of one of its other, cheaper plants outside their homeland could arguably affect how successful the new car [more]

Coming in at under 1000 square miles, Luxembourg might not seem like the most obvious choice for a road trip. But as many motorists have discovered, this tiny country – the second smallest in the European Union – offers a great deal to those who love the open road, history and countryside.

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For those who love motorbikes, the Honda Fireblade has long been synonymous with the very best in motorbike development. 20 years after the Fireblade changed what the word ‘superbike’ actually meant, many motorbike fans would be expecting the new Fireblade to offer even more, beating off stiff competition from European rivals with ease.

But has [more]

Good driver training, taking out a good quality annual breakdown cover policy and good old fashioned careful driving are three ways to ensure that our roads are as safe to use as possible. But of course, no matter how careful you are yourself, you may come into contact with motorists who are not quite as [more]

The DC100 is a prototype from Land Rover, designed with a view to replacing the current Defender model. But the new-look potential Defender appears to be a significant departure from its predecessor, both in terms of styling and what’s under the bonnet. Not everyone is convinced by the new approach to this famous off-road vehicle, [more]