Chevrolet, Alfa Romeo, Renault, and Fiat performed badly

Belgium’s Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20 WRC) edged out champion, Sebastien Ogier (Ford Fiesta WRC), on the final stage to win round seven of the World Rally Championship, Rally Italia Sardegna, by just seven-tenths of a second.

It was a full day of Irish for around half the 55,000 Junior Certificate students taking the subject at higher level yesterday.

Germany’s Audi has abandoned plans to sell its Italian motorcycle brand Ducati, its chief executive has said, in a sign of confidence that the carmaker expects to be able to carry the costs of its transformation.

As the saying goes, drive for show, putt to drive another showy car into your garage.

Everything that is making news in the world of cars and motors.

The Frankfurt Motor Show gives carmarkers the opportunity to show the heights and depths of their ingenuity. Relatively speaking, of course.

Ferrari is introducing a new “entry-level” supercar, while Mercedes-Benz is testing the segment’s upper price limit as the rivals vie for the world’s most lucrative customers.

It has been pretty obvious for some time now — to me anyway — that the VW ‘dieselgate’ scandal was going to have a massive and very positive effect on two companies within the Volkswagen Group.

We don’t dole out five-star reviews here at Examiner Motoring willy-nilly. In fact, I can only remember a handful of these terribly prestigious gongs being awarded during my tenure, writes Declan Colley.

Aston Martin has achieved its objective of making the most beautiful car in the world with the DB11, says Hannah Elliot.

Police in England have seized three supercars after they were seen racing on the M1.

Two friends are to be sentenced next month for lying about crashing a Lamborghini Gallardo into shops and causing more than £100k (€114k) of damage.

It’s the show that affords carmakers the opportunity to pull out all the stops.

Lamborghini has updated the Aventador with more power and new tech. Jack Evans went to see how it stacks up

Ferrari’s new 488 GTB has replaced the 458 Italia in the middle of the lineup, but is it a better car? Jack Evans finds out.

It’s the fastest, most powerful production Bentley ever: the 2017 Continental Supersports. This is the third iteration of the Supersports model that Bentley first produced in the 1920s and reintroduced in 2009. Everything on this latest model has been lightened, tightened, and sculpted.

Lamborghini Huracán’s rear wheel-drive system is  likely to poach new customers more than an all wheel-drive car, writes Hannah Elliott

Where to eat, sleep and drive Ferraris in Italy’s of-the-moment culinary capital, Modena. Nikki Elstein has the insie tips you need to know before you travel.

Volkswagen is to cut 30,000 jobs in a restructuring plan as it tries to recover from a scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests.

A US federal judge has approved a 15 billion dollar (€13.4bn) court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen over its emissions-cheating scandal.

Some of the bigger marques stayed away but there was plenty to see in Paris, says Hannah Elliot

FORGET what you know about raging bulls. Lamborghini wants to show you a softer side of Italian supercars.

It’s weird to call a €300,000 supercar humble, but that’s how I’d describe the 2017 Audi R8 V10.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

A cameraman narrowly avoided being run over by a Lamborghini during a race.

John O’Mahony spends 48 hours at the world’s 24-hour race

Eamonn Long shows us around his 1966 MK 1 Cortina Estate

Premier League-winning footballer Danny Simpson will miss part of his team's historic title-winning celebrations and end of season bash after a judge ordered he must serve a curfew immediately for throttling his ex-girlfriend.

This is the new fastest F-Type in the world. It’s going Lamborghini-hunting with 650bhp, a 200mph-plus top speed and the only name worthy of it: Predator.

We all know that exclusivity and excellence comes at a price, whatever commodity it is you would like to purchase, writes Declan Colley.

Often the greatest feats of engineering are the ones that seem easy, even imperceptible.

YOU can’t have everything in a car, right? Power, precision, poise, prestige, practicality — pick two or three and be happy.

The names Peter Schreyer and Luc Donckerwolke might not mean much to the average Joe or Josie, but in the world of automotive design, they are hallowed legends.

It’s a showcase for supercars to flaunt their curves, and a stage for manufacturers to let the imagination run wild.

As he prepares for his Irish visit, Giorgio Moroder talks Flashdance, Donna Summer and Daft Punk with Ed Power

Luxury brands like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Bentley are just some of the cars which have been issued a refund under the VRT export repayment scheme.

Do you know what vanity capital is? It’s an industry based on selling us things that we don’t need, but which make us feel better — and its worth €3.4 trillion says Suzanne Harrington

John O’Brien shows the Irish Examiner around his 1951 Bentley mk 6.