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Profits at Porsche, which owns a controlling stake in Volkswagen, have plunged in the wake of the diesel emissions scandal at VW. Porsche’s pre-tax profit more than halved to €1.19bn […]

More than half of young drivers do not budget enough money to pay for their insurance in their first year of driving, new RAC research reveals. Fifty-six per cent of […]

New US start-up company Faraday Future plans to start building electric cars by 2017, it has been revealed. Backed by a Chinese billionaire, the firm is set to take on […]

Motorists in the US affected by the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal have been offered a goodwill gesture. VW’s offer will see customers in America receive vouchers and gift cards worth […]

The ADLV (Association for Driving Licence Verification) has reported a surge in online commercial checking from vocational fleets following the abolition of the paper driving licence counterpart in July this […]

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has raised the rating of Ageas Insurance Limited (AIL) to ‘A’ with a stable outlook, confirming confidence in the financial strength of the business. The announcement […]

European safety organisation Euro NCAP is introducing a new test that will check how well vehicles autonomously detect and prevent collisions with pedestrians. With new vehicles offering more autonomous driver […]

IMI, the leading awarding organisation for automotive qualifications, will be delivering new qualifications for DVSA MoT testers and MoT managers and continual assessment process across their network of IMI training […]

The CEO of Volkswagen, Matthias Müller, and the chairman of the Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG, Bernd Osterloh, agreed on the further procedure for investment and capacity planning. A series […]

Toyota announced at a press conference in Tokyo that it will establish a new company, Toyota Research Institute Inc. (TRI), as an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial […]

Zurich today announced proposals to cut up to 440 jobs in its UK general insurance business as part of a programme to reduce costs in the organisation and simplify its […]

Road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist is offering simple tips for drivers to ensure trouble-free journeys this winter. Giving some attention now to batteries, tyres, anti-freeze, wipers, lights and other car […]