Toyota is planning to suspend production for more than a year at one of its production lines in Japan. It will be the first time it has made a long-term suspension at one of its domestic plants and the closure at the plant in Aichi prefecture will re...

Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is recalling almost 690,000 cars made in China because of faulty electrical window switches. The recall affects the company’s Camry, Corolla, Vios and Yaris models made at two joint ventures in China ...

Sweden’s prime minister has ruled out a government bail-out for Saab Automobile and warned that European leaders must not stand in the way of efforts to tackle over capacity in the car industry. Fredrik Reinfeldt said his government would offer credit...

Volkswagen’s new Polo narrowly beat the Toyota iQ to win the 2010 European Car of the Year award for the first time in 18 years when the third generation Golf beat the Opel Astra and Citroen ZX. The Polo scored 347 points against 337 for the iQ city...

Buying a car in today’s seemingly ever-changing and fast paced world is certainly more complicated than it ever has been. The truth is the buyer has far more decisions to make during the buying process and is faced with far more choice than ever...

The Vauxhall Astra is the UK’s favourite used car according to Motorpoint. The perennially-popular small family car, which arrived on our roads in 1980 with the current version (the mark 5) being the clear winner in terms of used car sales between July...

Jaguar Land Rover had seen its sales rise 23% in the second quarter after its new models were well-received. Owner Tata Motors said new products such as the upgraded Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4 had had successful launches. Although...