For architects, cars are the stars
If Norman Foster's design for a new London bus to replace the Routemaster really does happen in 2012, it'll be a first. Not the first London bus to ever arrive on time, but the first time an architect has succe...
Renault, JLR, Nissan and Toyota drive car industry towards sustainability
Given its heavy reliance on raw material and legislative duties that place emphasis on the reuse and recycling of end-of-life vehicles, Europe's automotive industry is p
erfectly positioned to accelerate the...
Automobile clubs consider leaving the FIA
The automobile clubs that called for Max Mosley to resign as president of the FIA were last night digesting the governing body's decision to keep the 68-year-old in his post and warned they could ultimately dec...
Hitler’s car exerts grim fascination even if it just gave the Führer a lift to the airport
It’s a warm, dry afternoon in the mountains of Coto de Caza, a gated community located an hour’s drive south-east of Los Angeles, and Major General William Lyon is showing me a used car.
“It’s wonderful to d...
Is a sustainable car industry just a pipe dream?
SUVs get a bad rap. Hulking great gas-guzzlers, they clog up city streets, belch out CO2 and depreciate faster than the spinning price digits on a petrol pump.
Now car manufacturers are wising up. With regul...
Why theatre can’t resist planes, trains and automobiles
In contrast to television, which comes to you, the oldest form of drama demands that audiences go to it. The spread of NT Live and other performance broadcasts means that the venue is now as likely to be a cine...
Adolf Hitler’s Mercedes, the ultimate war trophy for a Russian collector
Showing off his stunning collection of classic automobiles, Dmitry Lomakov explains why Russians love Nazi cars. "They are symbols of Russia's victory,'' he says. "For Russians the second world war isn't a hist...
End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile
Gilles Vesco calls it the “new mobility”. It’s a vision of cities in which residents no longer rely on their cars but on public transport, shared cars and bikes and, above all, on real-time data on their smartp...
Planes, trains and automobiles: what transport has Hollywood forgotten?
Bicycles
Premium Rush is a strange anomaly when it comes to bicycle movies, because it deals with the reality of urban cycling: every journey involves zipping between objects massive enough to immediately kill...
Google, Apple and Microsoft race to bring software to cars
Will buying a car soon involve questioning whether it is compatible with your smartphone? Google has announced a new "Open Automotive Alliance" (OAA), teaming up with carmakers Audi, General Motors, Honda, Hyun...
