Skoda wins in Portugal

Skoda has won the WRC-2 category at the Portugal Rally. Its factory crew, Esapekka Lappi & Janne Ferm (FIN), celebrate their first FIA World Championship victory after leading the rally from to start to finish. Germany's Sepp Wiegand/Frank Christian came third

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Volkswagen Group UK's Alison Jones to become Vice-President of the Institute of Customer Service

Volkswagen Group UK's Customer Quality Director, Alison Jones, has accepted the prestigious role of Vice-President for the Institute of Customer Service. This honorary position is offered to a small number of UK business leaders based on their commitment, skills

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Record breaking Panda makes final journey - to Fiat headquarters

The Fiat Panda which broke the outright world record for driving non-stop from Cape Town to London has been given to Fiat Group Automobiles UK to use in future events and museum exhibitions.

Philip Young, the adventurer who, with co-driver Paul Brace,

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars provides Ghost Extended Wheelbase to FAB1 Million project in support of Breast Cancer Care

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars presents FAB1, a Rolls-Royce Ghost Extended Wheelbase set to support FAB1 Million and Breast Cancer Care.

Headed by Chris Evans, the FAB1 Million project is set to raise £1-million for Breast Cancer Care through making this bespoke

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Aston Martin celebrates double victory at Silverstone

Aston Martin Racing's 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) programme got off to a near perfect start at the Six Hours of Silverstone with a double victory in the GT class.

The #97 V8-powered Vantage GTE, driven by Darren Turner (GB), Stefan Mucke (D) and Bruno

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Jurgen Stackmann to take over as Chairman of Seat S.A.

Jurgen Stackmann (51) is to take over as Chairman of Seat S.A. effective May 1, 2013. In this function he succeeds James Muir (54), who will assume a senior management function within the Volkswagen Group and will report direct to the Board of Management.

Jurgen

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2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport named one of Ward's 10 Best Interiors

The all-new 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport's upscale and highly-functional interior was acknowledged by the editors of WardsAuto, which named it to this year's Ward's 10 Best Interiors list. This recognition follows the 2012 Accent and 2012 Azera being named to the list last year.

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Mercedes-Benz India announces new Heads for Marketing and for Sales

Mercedes-Benz India has announced that Boris Fitz (41 year) will take over as Head of Sales for the company and Santosh Iyer (36 years) is designated as the Head of Marketing at Mercedes-Benz India.

The responsibilities will be effective from May 1, 2013.

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2013 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn named to Ward's 10 Best Interiors list for 2013

The 2013 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn has been named one of Ward's 10 Best Interiors for 2013, compiled by WardsAuto.

"With the 2013 Ram 1500, we integrated new features and technology to an already best-in-class interior and we are honored that WardsAuto

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Ford and GM to jointly develop advanced 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions

Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation have signed an agreement under which both companies will jointly develop an all-new generation of advanced-technology 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for cars, crossovers, SUVs

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Chrysler Group announces management changes

Chrysler Group LLC has announced the following changes to its Leadership Team effective: Reid Bigland is named President and CEO of the Ram Truck Brand. He continues as head of US Sales, and President and CEO of Chrysler Canada. Most recently, he was

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