How to mess with your technicians, Mercedes-style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkbBu2wUp9w A former WRC champion, a Mercedes AMG station wagon, and an icy carpark. What could be more fun.
Five stars for new Mercedes and Jaguar
The new Mercedes Benz and Jaguar XE have both claimed 5-star results in the latest round of safety testing.
GM launches ‘personal mobility’ brand; Announces record sales
General Motors has will brand its ‘personal mobility’ services under the one name, Maven, including a new car-sharing service. Maven team already includes 40 dedicated employees from the connected car technology industry as well as ride and car-sharing professionals from Google, Zipcar and Sidecar.
For sale: One Fiat, excellent hat room
The Fiat 500 used by Pope Francis on his visit to the United States last year is being put up for auction. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015, are auctioning the car at a function later this month for charity.
Driverless testing to begin on Autobahn
A new research project in Germany is set to take autonomous car testing to a new speed, on the famous Autobahn network.
China holds spot as to market
China has continues to hold the number one spot in world car sales in 2015. A total of 24.6 million vehicles were sold in the growing market in 2015, compared to 17.2 million in the United states. The market grew 4.7%, ahead of expectations of just 3% growth.
F1 hits the slopes
The Red Bull brand is no stranger to snow sports - but in a new video they have mixed their sports up a little.
Tom Tom signs BMW
BMW cars sold here will soon have a new supplier of traffic information. TomTom has announced they have won a deal to supply traffic information to cars made by the German make in New Zealand, Australia and Russia.
Ranger tops Corolla in record New Zealand market
This story is from our sister-site AutoTalk.co.nz The market for new vehicles in New Zealand was the highest on record in 2015 – breaking the 130,000 mark for the first time. The overall market tallied 134,041 registrations, up 5.4%.
Kia launches brand for assistance tech
Kia has launched a sub-brand to cover its drive assistance technology - Drive Wise. The name will cover its ‘Advanced Driver Assistance Systems’, as it moves forwards on its recently announced plans to manufacturer partially-autonomous cars by 2020, and its first fully-autonomous vehicle by 2030.