Today Petroplus, one of Britain’s biggest fuel refineries, went bust. The Swiss firm, who took over the  UK Coryton refinery from the government in 2007 for $1.4bn (£900m), had been in trouble for a while, but talks with the UK government and other funding sources regarding lifelines and monetary injections have as of yet fallen …

Feeling a little bored this afternoon? I spent a little time creating fun car names for my friend’s and family’s beloved automobiles using this nifty little Confused.com generator. It’s good fun, and just what was needed for a stressed out brain!

Car naming Widget created by Confused.com/car-name-generator
What’s your car’s name?

Press access is over for the much talked-about Detroit Motor Show, so we thought we’d share some of our favourite highlights…
The scrumptious NSX
Honda (or Acura for the Detroit Motor Show) has confirmed that the NSX Supercar is going to be reborn, with a launch date planned for three years time. It’s because of …

After Saab’s administration news the other week, this is the story that we’ve all been expecting to happen. It just seemed inevitable. However, it’s one of those stories that impacts directly on the UK automotive market, and upon all the dealers and suppliers in the UK who happen to have …

There are some bits of auto news that just aren’t exciting to report about. The Fiesta being a popular car, for instance, or wheels being round. They just ain’t gonna shock anyone.
Such is the news with Saab. The company have been mired in financial difficulties for nigh on a year, and in reality for probably even longer. They haven’t …

This is the start of a new short series on this writer’s view of how to make the best Sports/Saloon/City/Hot Hatch/Green/GT Car. They are recipes, open to personalisation to suit different tastes – but without these basic elements the end result will be like watery packet gravy, looking about right …

Fuel is a big problem at the minute, and it’s led to a lot of media coverage lately. Survey results are not only showing figures representing the 20% price increase on last year and the forecasted 4p increase for the next according to the AA, but they are now also …

The first official pictures for the Subaru BRZ are out, and although Subaru still maintain this is just a concept, I can’t see many changes needed for a production model to be formed; with a production model to go on show in Tokyo in December!
Subaru BRZ
The new Subaru will use …

With government plans to carry out a switch over in 2015, similar to that of digital TV, Car manufacturers have voiced there worries as to the likely success of the plan at it’s current rate.
Auto Express carried out a survey further validating this point; with the findings that many car …

Now we know the Nissan GT-R is an outright beastly sports car, and the Nissan Juke, a mini-crossover with a desire to look sporty, but what kind of mischief will emerge should someone try to combine the pair?
Nissan Juke-R Concept
Well who needs speculation; Nissan have unveiled their Juke-R concept, with …