just-auto bloggers
Dave Leggett
Autonomous cars
15 May 2012 10:49
Autonomous vehicles that have the ability to drive themselves are a big talking point right now.
Graeme Roberts
The Chinese arrive
19 April 2012 17:30
Two minor firsts for me yesterday. A visit to the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) proving ground in north Warwickshire where a small off-road workout had been laid out for the new Great Wall Steed pickup - the first Chinese vehicle on sale here in the UK.
Simon Warburton
Star carriers
29 March 2012 11:25
I arrived back from Brussels yesterday evening after attending this year's CLEPA Reception and seeing union bodies such as the European Metalworkers Federation.
Glenn Brooks
UNI-CUB: Honda looks beyond bikes, cars, robots & jets
16 May 2012 15:48
Honda thinks it might have found itself another new revenue stream: personal mobility devices.
Chris Wright
The Beijing blog
25 April 2012 11:30
Keep up to date with the relevant, irrelevant and the irreverant delights of Beijing as seen through the eyes of our man on the ground, Chris 'CJ' Wright.
Matthew Beecham
Spare tyres becoming optional extras
1 February 2012 16:37
Next time you get a flat tyre, you may be surprised to find an aerosol can in place of the spare tyre.
Latest just-auto blogs
UNI-CUB: Honda looks beyond bikes, cars, robots & jets
By: Glenn Brooks - 16 May 2012 15:48
Honda thinks it might have found itself another new revenue stream: personal mobility devices.
Autonomous cars
By: Dave Leggett - 15 May 2012 10:49
Autonomous vehicles that have the ability to drive themselves are a big talking point right now.
Opel-Vauxhall's Project Junior gets a model name at last
By: Glenn Brooks - 8 May 2012 11:27
The wait is over and there was truth in the rumour: both Opel and Vauxhall versions of the Junior small car project are to be called 'Adam'.
Labour costs in car manufacturing – just how important are they?
By: Dave Leggett - 2 May 2012 15:55
How do costs compare between a car manufacturing plant in the UK and a plant in Turkey?
Suzuki sidelined
By: Dave Leggett - 30 Apr 2012 15:55
I guess the corporate amalgamation that was DaimlerChrysler is a good example of an auto industry coming together that ultimately failed.
China Infographic
By: Dave Leggett - 27 Apr 2012 16:09
Infographic? As the name suggests, it's the graphic visual representation of information, data or knowledge.
Opel Junior's model name revealed
By: Glenn Brooks - 26 Apr 2012 15:42
Germany's Autobild says it has learned the name of Opel's forthcoming Mini rival: Adam.
The Beijing blog
By: Chris Wright - 25 Apr 2012 11:30
Keep up to date with the relevant, irrelevant and the irreverant delights of Beijing as seen through the eyes of our man on the ground, Chris 'CJ' Wright.
Codenames and platforms of future models for the Chinese market
By: Glenn Brooks - 24 Apr 2012 12:21
The second press day of the Beijing motor show is underway and our round-up of new vehicle premieres now stretches to over 100. But what are their codenames, which ones will be built, and when, not to mention on what platforms, and in which plants?
The Chinese arrive
By: Graeme Roberts - 19 Apr 2012 17:30
Two minor firsts for me yesterday. A visit to the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) proving ground in north Warwickshire where a small off-road workout had been laid out for the new Great Wall Steed pickup - the first Chinese vehicle on sale here in the UK.
Opel-Vauxhall to reveal Mini rival's name
By: Glenn Brooks - 18 Apr 2012 08:56
Its launch at the Paris motor show might be over five months away, but Opel and Vauxhall are set to announce the model name for Project GM4403.
Europe: Nissan overtakes Fiat
By: Glenn Brooks - 17 Apr 2012 10:03
The combination of the ongoing economic downturn and a crippling truckers' strike in its home market saw Fiat outsold across Europe last month by Nissan.
The 'lost decade' is reality
By: Dave Leggett - 13 Apr 2012 15:08
I was talking to Jonathan Poskitt, analyst at LMC Automotive, earlier this week about the latest West European car sales numbers.
Mixed recovery in the auto biz
By: Dave Leggett - 10 Apr 2012 11:59
The auto business, and indeed business generally, hasn't looked too bad lately.
Ducati and Piech's 75th
By: Dave Leggett - 3 Apr 2012 15:24
I see Daimler has denied interest in purchasing Italian motorcycle firm Ducati.
Not cut out to be an assembler
By: Chris Wright - 30 Mar 2012 12:23
I will not be called upon to assemble Nissans any time soon.
Star carriers
By: Simon Warburton - 29 Mar 2012 11:25
I arrived back from Brussels yesterday evening after attending this year's CLEPA Reception and seeing union bodies such as the European Metalworkers Federation.
At home with the new GS 350 F Sport
By: Glenn Brooks - 28 Mar 2012 13:19
A friend's new Lexus GS has proved to be a great car for Sydney's infamously awful roads. But the smooth ride isn't the thing that matters most about this vehicle.
Getting into a Twizy
By: Dave Leggett - 27 Mar 2012 13:58
Some interesting conversations at just-auto Towers today on car companies' EV product strategies.
"Like 'snow globe of cash' "
By: Graeme Roberts - 23 Mar 2012 16:20
Why does this never happen when I'm driving behind an armoured cash carrier?
Over 80m vehicles produced worldwide in 2011
By: Dave Leggett - 20 Mar 2012 17:19
The OICA has just finalised the total for vehicles produced in the world last year. The number is a staggering 80.1m units - a new record and 3% up on 2010.
Earl Grey cappuccino
By: Simon Warburton - 20 Mar 2012 16:42
I know it's something of a cliché but it really is pricey here in Sweden.
Witnessed in Hong Kong: a butt-grab drive by
By: Glenn Brooks - 19 Mar 2012 17:20
There is always something new to see. I have just thrilled to witnessing a cleaner dismount an electric trike and use barbeque tongs to pick up a cigarette butt from the spotlessly polished marble floor here at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport.
Why so few Chinese cars here in Hong Kong?
By: Glenn Brooks - 19 Mar 2012 06:02
A stop over in Hong Kong provides a great opportunity for car spotting. But where are all the Chinese brand models?
Lithium-ion battery costs - what's the rate of progress?
By: Dave Leggett - 16 Mar 2012 17:05
The relatively high cost of electric cars is pretty much bound up in the high costs of the lithium-ion batteries or more particularly, the cells themselves that make up the battery.
Renault stuns with EUR 10,000 pricing for Dacia Lodgy
By: Glenn Brooks - 16 Mar 2012 09:15
Dacia looks set to continue its sales surge across Europe with aggressive pricing for its new Lodgy MPV.
Mind the gap -in Austria
By: Simon Warburton - 13 Mar 2012 13:10
"Eight minutes to land" intoned Herr Kapitan as we approached Vienna airport - perhaps only a Swiss airline could be that precise - it's normally a ten-minute announcement.
The flying car is cleared for take off
By: Glenn Brooks - 12 Mar 2012 11:07
Terrafugia's revolutionary flying car will have its global motor show debut at New York in a few weeks' time.
Geneva reflections (updated with a pic of Volvo's pedestrian airbag)
By: Glenn Brooks - 9 Mar 2012 11:21
The show's most important new car; a sighting of Victor Muller; and a question: if a new Mercedes-Benz has its bonnet held up by a stick, while a new Tata's hood is elevated by gas struts, which is the premium product?
Bad boy advertises Fiat's bad boy
By: Graeme Roberts - 9 Mar 2012 09:41
Great 'house arrest' ad for the Fiat 500 Abarth in the US.
