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Police want drivers who saw Sir Ranulph Fiennes Jaguar crash

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:30:35 GMT

Police appeal for witnesses to a three-car crash in which adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes apparently swerved into the opposite carriageway

Nissan makes profit to beat predictions

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:17:28 GMT

Nissan returns to profit and raises its annual forecast for the second time this financial year, boosted by brisk sales globally

Former City worker's children found in car boot were 'asphyxiated'

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:53:37 GMT

Police hope to start questioning a mother suspected of murdering her two young children before hiding their bodies in holdalls in the back of her car

Miners continue down the chute on lack of demand

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:08:13 GMT

Commodity stocks were once again nursing their wounds from the decline in global demand today with shares in Antofagasta and Tullow Oil tumbling on plunging profits

Nissan set to create more jobs

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:56:46 GMT

Japanese car giant Nissan has announced plans to create hundreds of new jobs in a �200 million investment to build batteries for electric cars

Smiles amid moody minimalism in Lake Tahoe

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Lake Tahoe is funny as well as melancholy and assisted by cinematography from Alexis Zabe that is astonishingly beautiful and precise.

Nissan drive to build green cars in Europe

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:49:14 GMT

Nissan Motor, whose British home is in Sunderland, is looking at where to construct a new plant in Europe to produce its planned electric cars

Electric car trials launched

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:25:59 GMT

Labour ministers drove electric cars on to the forecourt of London's historic Guildhall today to launch trials of low-carbon vehicles

Car giants gear up for green motoring

Tue, 19 May 2009 07:46:30 GMT

The green automotive sector took big steps forward around the world, highlighting the seismic shift in emphasis by carmakers away from gas guzzlers

Driver cut free after smash

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:05:40 GMT

A man is recovering in hospital after his car was involved in a head-on collision with a bus

Oil explorer Bowleven hit by fears of new cash call

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:28:14 GMT

Shareholders in Edinburgh-based oil and gas explorer Bowleven may be forced to digest yet more bad news

Japan's US car sales confound analysts

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:48:52 GMT

Shares in Japanese carmakers Nissan, Honda and Toyota surged after it was revealed that their US sales decline last month was less than analysts feared

Car sales crash 59 per cent but Mandelson says industry can survive

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:08:47 GMT

The number of new cars produced last month in the UK crashed 59% according to new figures, but manufacturers can still survive, Lord Mandelson has said

Slump runs London Motor Show off road

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:13:54 GMT

The 2010 International Motor Show in Docklands was cancelled as the recession claimed its latest high-profile victim

House prices and new car sales both slump

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:45:08 GMT

The economy was hit by two sets of bad news as house prices and car sales slumped

Japan's record trade gap as exports dive

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:23:38 GMT

Economics: The recession in Japan is deepening rapidly with exports to the US halving in January

UK jobs under threat as Saab seeks bankruptcy protection

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:06:06 GMT

The future of car maker Saab is in doubt putting thousands of British jobs at risk

Cash key as Nissan faces a dive into red

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:21:44 GMT

Engineering: Nissan plans to tap capital markets, seek government loans and sell property to conserve cash as it faces its first loss in nine years

UK fears as Nissan cuts another 20,000 jobs

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:45:40 GMT

Engineering: Japanese carmaker Nissan is to axe 20,000 jobs, raising fears of more losses at its giant Sunderland plant

Administrator in at car dealer Camden

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:24:48 GMT

Transport: One of Britain�s biggest car businesses has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, putting 800 jobs at risk

Mandelson set to unveil help for car industry

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:36:26 GMT

Transport: Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is set to outline a package of measures to help Britain's struggling car industry

Nissan to axe 1,200 factory staff

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:16:03 GMT

Carmaker Nissan has announced it is to axe 1,200 workers at its plant in Sunderland

Nissan in warning of a profits dive to zero

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:56:45 GMT

Engineering Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has warned that the company's second-half profit will probably fall to "zero" as the global motor industry crisis intensifies

Cameraman died in Batman crash

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:01:04 GMT

A special effects technician was killed filming a stunt for the latest Batman film as he leaned out of a moving vehicle which struck a tree, an inquest heard

Recession fears grow in Japan

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:21:23 GMT

Economy: Japan's industrial production fell at the fastest pace in at least five years in August, its unemployment rate rose and household spending crashed as the economy continued to slow

Overseas carmakers motor ahead in US

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:31:30 GMT

Engineering: In another grim milestone for the US automotive industry, Japanese carmaker Honda has overhauled Chrysler to grab fourth place in the sales league tables

Car firm unveils green 4x4 with a unique celling point

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:10:44 GMT

This is the 4x4 of the future: fuelled by hydrogen and emitting just a few drops of water for every 300 miles travelled

Video: One way to catch a bus

Wed, 28 May 2008 09:16:30 GMT

If running 20 yards to catch a bus leaves you red-faced and out of breath, then look away now

Preparing for the future

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

The Science of Survival at the Science Museum is a refreshingly upbeat take on the planet for children, with interactive games and prototype designs.

I won't buy Japanese as long as this cruelty lasts

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:37:19 GMT

Concern for the natural world may seem an irrelevance to the sophisticated and unnatural work of the art critic, but it nevertheless conditions my responses to people, places and the artefacts, both cultural and commercial, that stem from them. In this context Japan is very much on my mind again