New York:  cars Formerly identified by its codename AM-RB 003, Aston Martin’s latest mid-engined hypercar collaboration with Red Bull Advanced Technologies and Adrian Newey has been officially named the Aston Martin Valhalla.Named after the warrior’s paradise celebrated in ancient Norse mythology, Valhalla follows Valkyrie on Aston Martin’s journey into the highest echelons of road car performance. Employing lightweight construction methods and radical aerodynamics pioneered in Valkyrie, Valhalla will be propelled by a combination of high-efficiency, high-output turbocharged V6 petrol engine

Dubai : Car. For the first time in almost 55 years Aston Martin is once again building one of the most iconic sports cars in the world as engineering development continues on the forthcoming Goldfinger DB5 continuation cars.Aston Martin and EON Productions, the company that produces the James Bond films, are working on the 25 new cars that – aside from being remarkable as new-build DB5’s – will also feature an exciting array of working gadgets first seen on screen in

WASHINGTON (Reuters) . A federal judge allowed most claims against Daimler AG to move forward in a 2016 lawsuit by vehicle owners that claims the German automaker’s Mercedes diesel vehicles used illegal software to emit excess emissions. In a ruling late on Friday, Judge Jose Linares of U.S. District Court in New Jersey also said that claims against auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH can proceed, rejecting a bid by the German companies to throw

TOKYO, Oct 25 (Reuters) .A concept car equipped with external airbags to protect against fender benders is raising eyebrows at the Tokyo Motor Show.The body panels of the Flesby II ultra-compact vehicle are covered by a soft, next-generation rubber that can absorb the impact of a collision. " We put airbags, which are mainly employed inside the car, on its exterior, such as its hood or fender, to protect the entire body, " Takashi Ishikawa, managing officer of Toyoda Gosei Co, said on

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) .U.S. and California regulators have approved a fix for about 38,000 Volkswagen AG 3.0-liter diesel sport utility vehicles with potential excess emissions, a decision that could save the automaker more than $1 billion, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters.The approval, disclosed in a letter dated Friday, means the German automaker will avoid having to buy back luxury 2013-2016 model-year diesel Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg and 2013-2015 Audi Q7 SUVs. Under a settlement approved by U.S.

 Reuters :  The U.S. agency in charge of enforcing labor law on Thursday filed a complaint against electric carmaker Tesla Inc, saying it found merit to workers' complaints about unfair labor practices.According to the National Labor Relations Board complaint, Tesla violated workers' rights by requiring them to sign a confidentiality agreement that could bar them from talking about their working conditions and safety issues at the company's facility in Fremont, California.The agency also investigated charges by the workers that Tesla

NUERBURGRING, Germany, July 18 (Reuters .Porsche's latest generation of diesel engines could be its last, Chief Executive Oliver Blume told Reuters, as Volkswagen's cheating on diesel emissions tests starts to cast a shadow over its Porsche sports-car division.Porsche is spending a billion euros ($1.16 billion) to overhaul its main Stuttgart plant and build the brand's first battery-only model, the four-door Mission E saloon which is due on the market in 2019.It is the first German carmaker to say in public

 TOKYO, July 10 .Reuters .toyota Motor Corp on Monday said it was committed to the ailing U.S. sedan market and that it expected a new model of its Camry, the top-selling passenger car in the United States for decades, to help boost the company's sales in the segment.The automaker said it was " inconceivable " that mid-size sedans would disappear from the market, and that any move by its rivals to stop selling what was once among the most popular vehicles would