The small robot is designed to provide companionship for a Japanese astronaut at the International Space Station

Former Sauber driver does his quest for a return no favours at all when he wrote off the Ferrari on the streets of Moscow

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'The ideal family car if you want peace and quiet'

Some 150,000 Japanese cars owned by UK motorists have been recalled after a fault was discovered with their front passenger seat airbags.

American car manufacturers drew hordes of customers during March, with Chrysler and Ford reporting their strongest monthly sales performance since the US economy began a long period of contraction in 2007.

Car sales in Europe skidded to a fresh low last month, falling 8.5 per cent below the number driven off forecourts in January 2012. The Association of European Automakers said registrations fell to 918,280 new cars last month.

The Paralympic athlete's girlfriend was pronounced dead yesterday after being shot repeatedly at Pistorius' home

Has Toyota made its previously unmemorable Auris desirable at last?

If the "wide brown land" of Australia is a Hob Nob then the Great Ocean Road is where it has been dunked into the roiling tea cup of the Southern Ocean. The road – perennial candidate for the title of World's Most Scenic Drive – runs westward for 242km along the crumbling coast of south-west Victoria from the town of Torquay, just west of Melbourne; keep on going around the coast and you hit Adelaide, 800km later.

Batman puts R4E back in the black

Japan's Toyota has recaptured the top slot as the world's biggest car maker, overtaking America's General Motors again.

A father died when his car skidded into a river just before his wife's vehicle also plunged into the icy water.