The 2008 British International Motor Show (London Motor Show)

LONDON SHOW: New products will get Renault through crunch – UK MD

The weakening of the pound against the euro has made life tougher for European automakers in the UK, according to…

LONDON SHOW: Nicely does it as Chinese cars make a quiet debut

The first Chinese cars have quietly – very quietly – sneaked into the London show which opened earlier this week.…

LONDON SHOW: Toyota, Nissan differ on green

Nissan and Toyota are pouring resources into eco-friendly car programmes in a bid to become the ‘green’ brands of choice…

LONDON SHOW: Mexican Mastretta targets UK with Lotus rival

Mexico has a massive automotive sector – but there have been few indigenous brands. Brothers Daniel and Carlos Mastretta mean…

LONDON SHOW: EVs are our future – Nissan exec

Nissan Europe’s sales and marketing chief has told just-auto that he believes electric vehicles (EVs) represent the future for Nissan…

GERMANY: Daimler blames Chrysler for Q2 earnings drop

Though revenue rose 6% to EUR25.4bn and unit sales were up 10% to 566,500 cars and commercial vehicles, Daimler net profit…

LONDON SHOW: GM’s E-Flex cars will come with €40,000 tag

As GM forges ahead with developing its electric vehicle technology GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster has told just-auto that its…

LONDON SHOW: Lay off executive car makers – government minister

The UK government has been warned in the rush to 'greener' motoring not to target Britain’s executive car manufacturers –…

LONDON SHOW: Interview with Bob Lutz

GM’s head of product development Bob Lutz was at the London Motor Show this week to participate in the launch…

LONDON SHOW: Bob Lutz cool on US diesels

As a number of European vehicle manufacturers push ahead with plans to market more diesel cars in the US market,…