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Cheer up! It's fashionable to smile

12.10.09
When Anna Wintour and Posh Spice are both caught on camera showing teeth, you know something's afoot. Happiness isn't just infectious, says Jasmine Gardner - it's fashionable, too... more

Cops nick Jaime Winstone on night out with Lily Allen

24.09.09
Actress Jaime Winstone was left red-faced early today after being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving... more

Dave disappoints at Blenheim Palace

21.09.09
Some of the biggest names in corporate life were at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire on Friday night for the closing black-tie banquet at the annual Oxford Analytica conference, a big pow-wow on global politics and business... more

Now Fiat revs up for a bid tilt at Vauxhall and Opel

26.08.09
The future ownership of General Motors’ Vauxhall/Opel operations took a further twist today as fellow European operator Fiat readied itself for a bid ... more

Magna deal problems reopen Vauxhall race

30.06.09
General Motors was weighing up fresh interest in its UK car business Vauxhall as talks with preferred bidder Magna International wobbled... more

Futurism imperfect at Tate Modern

18.06.09
It was a revolutionary movement that boasted of creating a new beauty — but the Futurism exhibition at the Tate misses many of its big moments.... more

Could Chrysler marriage to Fiat be third time lucky?

15.06.09
Chrysler has in the past decade been the weakest partner in, not one, but two of the most disastrous merger failures in automotive history... more

Hope for Chrysler as Fiat pulls it out of bankruptcy

10.06.09
Chrysler has pulled out of bankruptcy under the control of Italy’s Fiat in the hope that it will undergo a phoenix-from-the-ashes-style transformation... more

Chrysler sale cleared as GM to file for bankruptcy

01.06.09
Chrysler has today won court approval to sell most of its business to a group led by Italy’s Fiat, as US motoring giant General Motors was expected to file for bankruptcy ... more

General Motors collapses into $90bn bankruptcy

01.06.09
General Motors, the world's largest carmaker until last year, this afternoon filed for bankruptcy protection... more

Ron Arad - My London

29.05.09
Ron Arad's heroes are Bob Dylan and Marcel Duchamp, and he's inspired by The London Library... more

Opel talks stall after bidders are told to do homework

28.05.09
Talks to rescue General Motors’ European unit Opel lasted all night but had come to no resolution when they broke up this morning ... more

Vauxhall staff facing uncertain future as takeover talks stall

28.05.09
Thousands of job under threat at Vauxhall after meeting over the car manufacturer's future broke up without a rescue deal... more

China may wheel out bid for Opel, Vauxhall

22.05.09
General Motors may get a fourth offer for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in Europe from a Chinese carmaker.... more

‘Cash for bangers’ under threat as firms pull out over VAT row

18.05.09
The Government’s “cash for bangers” car scrappage plan suffered a blow when three big manufacturers suspended the scheme... more

Watchdog delay that’s unfair on Resolution

06.05.09
It is now two months since Resolution shook even the most jaundiced City investors with its announcement that the Financial Services Authority had decided to look again at the year-old deal that saw its previous business of closed life assurance funds being acquired (after a prolonged battle) by Hugh Osmond’s Pearl Group ... more

Fiat boss ‘warns UK plants will close in Vauxhall takeover’

05.05.09
Thousands of British carmaking jobs are under severe threat as it emerged a Fiat takeover of Vauxhall could lead to the closure of either or both of its Luton and Merseyside factories... more

Questions raised over Chrysler

01.05.09
Fresh doubts were cast over the future of Chrysler despite Presidential hopes that it can recover from bankruptcy... more

Shock waves as Chrysler heads into bankruptcy

30.04.09
Chrysler sent shock waves through the world’s car industry as sources said it would file for bankruptcy following the collapse of rescue talks. ... more

This cars idea might be fit for the scrap heap

24.04.09
Just how brilliant is the car “scrappage” scheme in the Budget? It’s designed to stimulate the car industry but only £1000 of the £2000 paid to the owner of an old banger trading it in against a brand-new model, comes from the taxpayer; the rest is provided by the car industry... more

European car sales slump

16.04.09
European car sales continued their year-long slide in March, with only government handouts avoiding a steeper fall - while plunging industrial output and record-low inflation figures show the economy is still shrinking... more

Johnny Depp laps it up

14.04.09
Johnny Depp looks like he's been caught in a rather compromising position.... more

Slump runs London Motor Show off road

19.03.09
The 2010 International Motor Show in Docklands was cancelled as the recession claimed its latest high-profile victim... more

Sorry but I still travel Posh, David

10.03.09
The Beckhams had dinner with AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini... but it was a lifestyle of two halves at the end of the evening.... more

Join the coolest car club

10.02.09
Bankers might be rubbish when it comes to saying the "s" word but it's good to know they are feeling some guilt, even if only about the car they are driving. The City's finest are either selling or mothballing their Ferraris and Porches for something a lot smaller. ... more

Credit crunch puts the squeeze on F1

02.10.08
Formula One looked in fine fettle at the stunning night-time grand prix in Singapore but the worry lines are always more apparent in the cold light of day... more

Cinquecento is a miracle in Archway

27.08.08
Two Italians have opened a great-value restaurant in what was a gastronomic desert. Cinquecento is a neighbourhood dream.... more

Who do you think you are ... Schumacher?

31.07.08
A pedestrian has told how he was run over by Michael Schumacher as the former F1 champion drove a van through the Kent countryside... more

Go-ahead for £25 C-Charge

12.02.08
Ken Livingstone has announced a tripling of the congestion charge for Chelsea tractors to to £25 a day - the equivalent of £6,500 a year... more

Artist transforms old Fiat into pile of cash

12.10.06
Scottish artist Simon Starling won last year's Turner Prize for a ramshackle shed which he turned into a boat. Then he tried the same trick on a battered old motor car.... more

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