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Over 5,600 Audi Q5 models have been recalled in the US to check on faulty sensors in the power steering. Investigations have shown that power assistance could unexpectedly fail in models made between May 2013 and April 2015 but the 3.0TFSI affected is not sold in Britain. A four-day open-air motor show in Turin, the Parco Valentino, has won recognition for promoting the industry. But the … [Read more...]

More car camkers face being dragged into recalling models which could be hacked and controlled from outside the vehicle, it has been learned. Cybersecurity issues led Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to recall 1.4 million vehicles last month but safety analysts now believe this could spread to other car makers who used the same supplier software in their communications systems and Mark Rosekind, who … [Read more...]

GM and Ford in Spain have been hit with multi-million Euro penalties for anti-competitive actions. Spain's competition authority fined 21 automakers and two consultancy firms 171 million euros for anti-competitive practices. The biggest individual fines were 22.8 million euros for General Motors and 20.2 million euros for Ford Motor. French carmakers received the next highest penalties with … [Read more...]

Cheaper bus fares for young people are being rolled out across Wales from 1 September. The scheme was successfully trialled in North Wales and is now being gradually extended to help young people get to college and work and encourage the use of public not private transport. Cardiff Bus Station will close on Sunday for over two years. Local services will be relocated to surrounding streets in … [Read more...]

Average hourly labour rates for car repairs vary by as much as 220 per cent across Britain. Using data supplied by used car warranty provider Warrantywise, leading weekly car magazine Auto Express has revealed average rates reach a peak of £141 per hour in Twickenham, south-west London, compared to the cheapest average rate of £44 per hour in Kirkwall, Orkney. This results in a massive … [Read more...]

Major motoring organisations and experts are backing a petition urging the Government to include driving on the school curriculum. The petition has been launched in a bid to help cut the high number of accidents involving newly qualified drivers on the UK’s roads. Five years after their strategic cooperation was established, Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have significantly expanded … [Read more...]

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles agreed to pay a $70 million fine, accept three years of additional oversight by an independent monitor and buy back more than 500,000 vehicles as part of a consent agreement to settle a U.S. government probe into 23 recalls since 2009. The $70 million cash fine is part of a potential $105 million civil penalty, the largest ever imposed by the National Highway Traffic … [Read more...]