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Auto giants rally as China says it will consider exemptions for Nexperia chip exports

In this photo illustration, the logo of semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia is displayed on a screen. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Shares of Europe’s biggest carmakers rose Monday as fears over an industry shortage of semiconductors appeared to recede. China on Saturday said it would consider some exemptions for Nexperia chip exports. It… Continue reading Auto giants rally as China says it will consider exemptions for Nexperia chip exports

German FAZ: “We won’t get away from cars”010168

It will take some time before Boris Rhein can accelerate on the open road. He drives his Mercedes 380 SLC through Nieder-Eschbach on the outskirts of Frankfurt. On the narrow streets, Rhein repeatedly raises his hand and smiles. Here they know him and his car, Rhein lives with his family a few streets away. He… Continue reading German FAZ: “We won’t get away from cars”010168

Why debase a satisfying source of interaction like a car door handle?

This is a dismayingly experimental period when it comes to one particular aspect of car design that impacts upon absolutely all of us: door handles. My god. I feel like I used to understand them. Now I’m just utterly bemused. It’s the exterior kind that we will concern ourselves with. Door handles are important. Chassis… Continue reading Why debase a satisfying source of interaction like a car door handle?

L322 Range Rover: why owners love them, warts and all

A couple of years back, a rather strange event occurred at a secondhand car dealer visited by your reporter.  It was somewhere near Derby, I think, and the garage specialised in big four-wheel-drives of the Mercedes ML, Porsche Cayenne and Range Rover variety. Particularly Range Rovers, and it was one of these that my wife… Continue reading L322 Range Rover: why owners love them, warts and all

L322 Range Rover: why owners love them, warts and all

A couple of years back, a rather strange event occurred at a secondhand car dealer visited by your reporter.  It was somewhere near Derby, I think, and the garage specialised in big four-wheel-drives of the Mercedes ML, Porsche Cayenne and Range Rover variety. Particularly Range Rovers, and it was one of these that my wife… Continue reading L322 Range Rover: why owners love them, warts and all

Autocar at 130: revisiting the 9 issues from our debut year

A week later, we learned from one Harry Lawson that a firm was being formed for British car making on “a very large scale”, using patents licensed from Germany’s Daimler – the inventor of the car in 1885 – and American newcomer Edward Pennington. We were excited about his engine, since by using a ‘water… Continue reading Autocar at 130: revisiting the 9 issues from our debut year

Where the Nexperia auto chip crisis stands now as the U.S., China and EU race to contain fallout

The logo of Chinese-owned semiconductor company Nexperia is displayed at the chipmaker’s German facility, after the Dutch government seized control and auto industry bodies sounded the alarm over the possible impact on car production, in Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 23, 2025. Jonas Walzberg | Reuters Netherlands-based chipmaker Nexperia is at the heart of a standoff between… Continue reading Where the Nexperia auto chip crisis stands now as the U.S., China and EU race to contain fallout