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Dave Leggett
Latest Lotus proActive is off the presses
9 May 2013 11:13
The latest edition of Lotus Engineering's proActive e-magazine is now out.
Graeme Roberts
Cabin colours go round and round
18 April 2013 12:01
To Dudenhofen to look at, and try, some new Opel (aka Vauxhall) engines and gearboxes. So up rolls a new Adam - my first look at one - with an automated manual (yuck) and a purple interior....
Simon Warburton
Respected passenger comrades
11 April 2013 09:21
First day proper of the Russian Automotive Forum (RAF) in Moscow and we started bright-eyed and bushy-tailed first thing with a series of presentations by Russian government officials from Kaluga, Sverdlovsk and the Duma Parliament in Moscow.
Glenn Brooks
Why the Mazda6 wagon is smaller than the sedan
20 May 2013 19:58
I've been wondering about this since Mazda launched the different body styles months apart last year: is the latest sedan a rebodying of the old car, while the wagon has the latest platform as introduced by the CX-5? If so, why?
Chris Wright
The Detroit blog
15 January 2013 12:07
Find out what goes on behind the scenes of just-auto's comprehensive motor show coverage. Discover all the relevant, irrelevant and the irreverant delights of Detroit as seen through the eyes of our man on the ground, Chris [aka '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
Why the Mazda6 wagon is smaller than the sedan
By: Glenn Brooks - 20 May 2013 19:58
I've been wondering about this since Mazda launched the different body styles months apart last year: is the latest sedan a rebodying of the old car, while the wagon has the latest platform as introduced by the CX-5? If so, why?
What Shanghai Volkswagen's new Changsha plant will build
By: Glenn Brooks - 17 May 2013 09:19
The SVW joint venture has just announced its new 300,000/annum plant for Changsha in Hunan province. But what models will be made there?
BMW 2 Series is revealed at last
By: Glenn Brooks - 16 May 2013 17:03
The US-based enthusiast magazine Motor Trend has just published the first pics of F22, the forthcoming 2 Series coupe. And not just any version either - the especially tasty M235i.
Kia's new Horki brand plugs in
By: Glenn Brooks - 15 May 2013 09:25
Some pics have emerged of a fleet of experimental Horki sedans being delivered to government officials in the Chinese city where the DYK joint venture is based.
W222 Merc-Benz S-Class to be revealed tomorrow
By: Glenn Brooks - 14 May 2013 15:03
Daimler is set to pull the covers off the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg on 15 May.
Latest Lotus proActive is off the presses
By: Dave Leggett - 9 May 2013 11:13
The latest edition of Lotus Engineering's proActive e-magazine is now out.
Has the BTCC returned to its glory days?
By: Glenn Brooks - 7 May 2013 14:29
For me, at least, the best years of the British Touring Car Championship was the era of the Volvo 850 estate. But after spectating at this past weekend's Thruxton round I reckon 2013 is turning out to be classic year.
The RR Sport at high speed and then, a McLaren 12C Spider
By: Glenn Brooks - 3 May 2013 12:08
Had thought until yesterday that driving the new Range Rover Sport at high speed around JLR's test track was the most memorable thing I would do this week. I was wrong.
Royal Navy delivers Land Rover's 65th birthday cake
By: Glenn Brooks - 1 May 2013 06:51
It must be a special occasion when the Navy's Black Cats display team drops off your cake from a Lynx helicopter.
Fiat 500XL papped inside its plant
By: Glenn Brooks - 29 Apr 2013 10:35
Pics of what is claimed to be the forthcoming 500XL, a rival for the VW Touran, have appeared on the web.
Bad taste ad from Hyundai withdrawn
By: Dave Leggett - 26 Apr 2013 16:14
Another car manufacturer has found itself in a spot of hot water after an ad that has caused some upset.
LMC Seminar – London and Frankfurt, May 15/16
By: Dave Leggett - 23 Apr 2013 07:57
There's an opportunity to hear from analysts at LMC Automotive on developments in the global automotive market coming up in London and Frankfurt.
Visteon's e-Bee - future interiors
By: Dave Leggett - 18 Apr 2013 16:39
I have just read a press release from Visteon about its 'e-Bee' concept on future interiors that will make its Asia debut at the Shanghai Show.
Cabin colours go round and round
By: Graeme Roberts - 18 Apr 2013 12:01
To Dudenhofen to look at, and try, some new Opel (aka Vauxhall) engines and gearboxes. So up rolls a new Adam - my first look at one - with an automated manual (yuck) and a purple interior....
Volvo creates a high-priced model especially for....nope, not China
By: Glenn Brooks - 17 Apr 2013 13:22
We're used to hearing about cars such as the four-cylinder Jaguar XJ that is sold only in China. But this is a surprise: a high-priced model for a far smaller market, but one that has tellingly now had 22 years of uninterrupted expansion. Ka ching!
Car sales in China: Great Wall & Geely push Chery out of top 20
By: Glenn Brooks - 11 Apr 2013 09:38
Forget the 50,000+ monthly sales for the Wuling Hongguang if you can (more or less its usual total), the big news in last month's vehicle sales numbers for China is the continued rise of two Great Wall and Geely models.
Respected passenger comrades
By: Simon Warburton - 11 Apr 2013 09:21
First day proper of the Russian Automotive Forum (RAF) in Moscow and we started bright-eyed and bushy-tailed first thing with a series of presentations by Russian government officials from Kaluga, Sverdlovsk and the Duma Parliament in Moscow.
Mad bluster in Korea
By: Dave Leggett - 10 Apr 2013 11:33
The situation on the Korean peninsula is odd, to say the least.
Russia springs back
By: Simon Warburton - 9 Apr 2013 11:24
Moscow's long dark winter finally appears to be inching towards an end - evidence of which can be seen - and heard - by the audible cracking of the ice in the mighty Moskva River as Russia emerges from its deep freeze into spring.
Blame government, not oil industry, for high fuel prices
By: Graeme Roberts - 4 Apr 2013 11:21
An interesting take on the high price of fuel here in Europe.
The inexorable rise of automatic transmission?
By: Dave Leggett - 3 Apr 2013 10:06
The rise of conventional automatic transmissions and, more recently, dual clutch transmissions (DCT) is well documented.
What were they thinking?
By: Dave Leggett - 27 Mar 2013 13:28
It happens every now and then doesn't it? You see or hear something and are taken aback by what looks like a staggering lapse of good judgement.
Four-door Corvette shooting brake?
By: Glenn Brooks - 22 Mar 2013 13:52
The answers to any questions you could possibly have concerning the 2014 Callaway Corvette estate have dropped into my inbox: I signed up for emailed updates concerning the AeroWagon, so I now pass on some sample FAQs.
Are small cars safe in rollovers?
By: Graeme Roberts - 22 Mar 2013 12:52
Driver rolls Honda Fit (Jazz) seven times and...
Fiat 127 reimagined, using the Punto platform
By: Glenn Brooks - 22 Mar 2013 08:55
Designer David Obendorfer, whose previous work includes a new R4 for Renault, has turned his attentions to recreating the Fiat 127.
F-150 Raptor Vs Nurburgring
By: Glenn Brooks - 21 Mar 2013 19:10
Tanner Foust, the Global RallyCross champion of 2012, took a 400+hp 6.2-litre Ford Raptor pick-up to the Nurburgring.
National automotive stereotypes
By: Dave Leggett - 19 Mar 2013 19:49
I have just come across something that raised a smile.
LaFerrari: the unseen previous concepts
By: Glenn Brooks - 19 Mar 2013 12:30
A new exhibition at Museo Ferrari contains prototypes of Progetto F150, the codename for the new LaFerrari.
Callaway Corvette shooting brake breaks cover
By: Glenn Brooks - 18 Mar 2013 10:30
Is there a market for a Corvette Stingway wagon? When it looks as good as the forthcoming Callaway C21 AeroWagon there could well be.
Mercedes reveals 6x6 drive for the G-Class
By: Glenn Brooks - 15 Mar 2013 10:02
'Taking the desert by storm' is the subtle headline which accompanies today's press release announcing what Mercedes-Benz is calling the G 63 AMG 6x6 show vehicle.
