Volvo first with an app for keyless cars

Volvo, Swedish Auto manufacturer has started testing a smartphone app that would replace physically keys making it the first car to offer vehicles without keys. The app would feature Bluetooth enabled digital key technology and even offer drivers the ability to receive multiple digital key on the app which would allow access to different Volvo…

Aston Martin to build DBX in Wales and create 750 jobs

Aston Martin is to build the DBX concept car at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales, creating 750 highly skilled jobs. It will include a skills academy, the works on the factors will start in 2017 and production will start three years later. Aston Martin in its 103-year history, has sold 70,000…

Ferrari 335 S Spider fetches £24.64m €32m in Paris auction

 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider which set both a lap record at the Le Mans 24-hours race before dropping down to fifth with mechanical troubles, has set another record for the highest price to be paid for an automobile in the Artcurial auction where two bidders battled for more than 10 minutes for  £24.64m €32m.…

Robo Car taken for a test ride in UK

Renault-Nissan has a research centre in Silicon Valley and have “autonomous” cars which are used in real traffic conditions.  A Nissan Leaf which is a heavily modified all-electric car was tested with a journalist present.  It has cameras, sensors and other radar systems, as well as computing power in the trunk. This car can apparently help…

Nissan Rogue Warrior to tackle Canadian winter

Motorsports in Action from Quebec Canada, fitted the Nissan Rogue Warrior with a dominator track system with components that are 76cm high and 122cm long. They also adjusted the suspension system by widening the fenders and gave the crossover 60cm of ground clearance. The Rogue Warrior can reach 62 miles per hour and climb even…

New Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Mercedes-Benz revealed its fifth-generation E-Class saloon at this week’s Detroit Motor Show. At the launch, the company showed the most intelligent soon in the business class with the smart executive cruiser, which includes wireless mobile phone charging, voice control and touch sensitive buttons on the steering wheel.  The models launched include the E200 with a…

Toyota to adopt SDL system

Toyota has opted to use the latest in-dash touch screen interface originally developed by Ford to connect smartphone apps to its cars dashboards, ignoring both Google’s Android and Apple’s CarPlay. On the eve of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Toyota said, it looks to Ford for Dashboard software phone and app connectivity.…

Aston Martin posts £72m loss

Aston Martin, the Warwickshire high-end sports car manufacturer posted a pre-tax loss of  £72m in 2014 and £25m deficit the year before, as losses triple as sales declined but Andy Palmer CEO of the sports car maker insisted its attempt to revive its luxury brand still on track ” We are pursuing a strategy targeted at building…

BMW launches M badge X5 and X6 in India

BMW Group India launched its high performance M range in India, including the X5 price £155,000  Indian Rs 15, 500,000  and X6 £160,000 Rs 16,000,000 with M Badge and Twin power turbocharged V8 petrol engine with an output of 575hp and a maximum torque of 750Nm at 2200-5000rpm. The car can accelerate from 0-60 miles…

Google and Apple corner the future self driving car market

There is power struggle for the future market of driverless cars between Tech giants and Automobile manufacturers. The new 2015 Chevrolet Malibu will  feature  both Apple’s CarPlay and Google’ Android auto systems  that make the connection between your car and the your phone seamless.  If we let silicon valley dominate our cars the automobile manufacturers…