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Audi has revealed its Audi prologue show car at the LA Motor Show. It hints at a new design direction for A6, A7 and A8.

Cars breed rivalry, friendly rivalry, mostly, and there’s a raft of social clubs springing up devoted to car fans and coffee – enter cars and coffee.

Imagine having to double-declutch your car’s manual gearbox every single time you changed gear … we’ve sent Robert Pepper off to become a truckie.

Following on from the release of the Renault EOLAB and Citroen C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L, Peugeot has released details of its Quartz concept SUV ahead of its Paris Motor Show debut.

Renault has released details of its EOLAB concept which features 100 technical innovations to return fuel consumption of just 1.0L/100km, saying a production version will be ready in 10 years.

A recent report, by Reuters, claims Ford is working on a dedicated Toyota Prius fighter to be released in 2018. A variety of spin-offs are planned, including a plug-in hybrid.

New Chevrolet Volt teased on social media ahead of its official reveal at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2015 – GM says it will no longer be a mainstream model.

Lexus has begun production of its NX SUV and crowed about the green credentials of its NX 300h model – deliveries begin in October.

Australian new car sales for June 2014 are up, which has the FCAI suggesting car sales in this country have bounced back from recent declines.

The Tata Xenon 4×2, a recent arrival on the Australian market, has been awarded a two-star ANCAP crash safety rating due, ANCAP says, to the lack of electronic stability control.

We bought a record 1.14 million new vehicles in 2013, Now the manufacturers are hoping we’ll buy even more in 2014. Paul Murrell lists what new cars are on the way.

The Audi S3 Sportback will find its way onto shopping lists of European buyers, but the real surprise is that it is also competitive with the Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi Evo X.

This week we look at the practicality of our Hyundai i30 SR, and also wonder why its headlights don’t see far enough ahead… Tony Bosworth reports.

Last weekend our long-term Hyundai i30SR went in for its free 1500km service – the next is due at 15,000km – though the dealer would like to see us again by 7500km, reports Tony Bosworth.

Proton’s target of becoming a “globally recognised player” in the automotive world is ambitious and the Prevé probably isn’t the car to get them there. But it may be a good start.