Toyota CEO insists his cars are not ‘boring’
Yesterday, we reported that Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda was beginning to feel the pressure of the group’s declining global profits. Adding to this, Toyoda-san has… Read more →
Toyota president feeling the heat as profits decline
Earlier this year we reported that Toyota had been toppled as the world’s largest automotive manufacturer, making way for Volkswagen AG. According to Toyota Motor… Read more →
AMG models of the future will use EV technology
Mercedes-AMG’s first ever hybrid-electric performance car, the F1-inspired Project One, is well on its way and will arrive alongside a production version of the highly… Read more →
VW to cut Ducati loose after emissions scandal?
Over the past few months, we’ve seen the Volkswagen Group cut back on a number of racing programmes in an attempt to recover costs related to the diesel emissions… Read more →
Volkswagen open to Fiat Chrysler merger talks
Just last week, Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller rejected FCA boss Sergio Marchionne’s idea of merging the two titanic companies. After a the company’s annual… Read more →
General Motors planning to cut more assets loose
General Motors recently sold its Opel brand to PSA but, according to company CEO Mary Barra, revisions to the company’s international operations may see even… Read more →
Audi Q4 and Q6 to ‘fill gaps’ in brand’s SUV line-up
Audi currently makes plenty of crossovers, from the new Q2 all the way through to the soon-to-arrive Q8. But the Ingolstadt brand’s boss reckons there… Read more →
Gazoo Racing boss admits Toyota made ‘dull’ cars
In a recent interview with EVO, Toyota Gazoo Racing chief Tetsuya Tada hinted that a successor to the MR2 was in the pipeline. But he also made some… Read more →
New BP Ultimate diesel now available
British Petroleum is known to South African motorists by its distinctive green of forecourts and the company’s now introduced a new diesel product aimed at… Read more →
XUV – saviour of the SUV?
If you were to ask some older folks what they thought was the so-called “golden age” of the automobile, the majority would say the 1960s… Read more →