Declan Colley reports on Peugeot 208 taking the 2020 Car of the Year prize in Geneva, along with news updates on Skoda, Cupra, Audi and Renault

With the annual Geneva car show cancelled for the first time since the Second World War era, carmakers are going virtual in a bid to wow the hordes who would otherwise descend on the Swiss city to get a closer look at the latest models.

Celebrity Cannonballers at the wheel or riding shotgun included Love Island's Tom Walker, Corrie actor Ryan Thomas, and a slew of superheroes from Wonder Woman to Spiderman.

Chris Bryant How is that the most outstanding corporate leaders are so frequently the most flawed?

Prosecutors in Stuttgart are set to fine Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler between €800m and €1bn for diesel- related violations, German magazine Der Spiegel has reported.

German prosecutors have filed charges against former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler, who is being investigated over his alleged role in Volkswagen’s emissions test cheating scandal.

Des Bishop got to grips with a Lamborghini Huracan today, along with five-year-old Harrison Clark, five-year-old Belle Walshe and Cannonball founder Alan Bannon to announce that the Irish Cancer Society will be the official charity partner for Cannonball 2019.

There’s a lot of good news for Huawei lately and now existing users of their phones going to get a major update to EMUI 9.1, Huawei’s latest custom operating system based on Android Pie.

Sales of higher-margin sports utility vehicles and cost cuts helped Volkswagen shrug off a €1bn legal charge to meet first-quarter operating profit forecasts, sending its shares 4% higher.

A former homeless man who set fires in wheelie bins to heat his sleeping bag has been sentenced to three years in prison for arson at two Dublin locations.

The Cartell.ie International Rally of the Lakes in Killarney has appointed star actor Michael Fassbender as an ambassador

Chevrolet, Alfa Romeo, Renault, and Fiat performed badly

BMW has a long history of making great roadsters. Tom Wiltshire heads out on the road to see if the latest Z4 can deliver the goods.

As the curtain falls on the already decided Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship in tomorrow’s McKelvey Asbestos Bushwhacker Rally in Omagh, the outcome of the McGrady Insurance Northern Ireland Rally Championship could also draw to a close should series leader Derek McGarrity (Ford Focus WRC) secure a top four finish.

Volkswagen warned that it will take a huge effort to meet delivery targets this year, as the world’s largest automaker battles trade tensions and stricter emissions rules, while preparing to amp up digital investments.

There was neither a needle nor an anchor on offer but just about everything else was up for grabs yesterday at the start of a strangely wonderful auction which included a stuffed grizzly bear sporting boxing gloves, 35 antique carousel horses and an aluminium caravan that shimmered like a space probe.

Where would our top chefs eat if they had the pick of world’s restaurants? And who would they dine with? Four of the biggest names in Irish food reveal their dream 24 hours of dining to Joe McNamee.

Former American Formula One driver Dan Gurney has died following complications with pneumonia.

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.

The newest version of the four-seat GTC4Lusso T has a smaller engine and a lower price point, but it’s a surprisingly thrilling drive that will get you hooked. And fast, says Hannah Elliott

SsangYong’s new Rexton has arrived. Tom Wiltshire gets behind the wheel

Volkswagen has added provisions of around €2.5bn to the mounting total from its diesel emissions scandal, which has already cost the company around €23bn.

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

Darren Cassey gives his thoughts on the new Lexus LC.

The eye-catching Ford Mustang still makes people go weak at the knees, writes Declan Colley.

The deadlines are set, the clock is ticking — but can motoring manufacturers keep apace with the growing calls to phase out petrol and diesel models completely and convert wholly to electric and hybrid vehicles?

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German authorities have found what they consider an illegal "defeat device" in a Porsche diesel model that manipulates emissions levels, leading to the recall of some 22,000 cars.

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Shares in the three biggest German car makers have fallen after a report claimed they colluded for years over diesel emissions technology.

German prosecutors have opened an investigation into employees of Porsche, which is a unit of Volkswagen AG, and an American subsidiary over the possible manipulation of diesel emissions.

Porsche has pulled the covers off the most powerful 911 Turbo S ever — the new Exclusive Series Limited to a production run of 500 units, the new model gains 27bhp over the regular Turbo S, taking its power output up to 599bhp. Torque from the 3.8-litre flat-six engine remains unchanged at 750Nm.

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.

Kya deLongchamps takes a front seat to celebrate two models of the many thousands of cars made in Ford, Cork, over 67 years of manufacturing

A crash involving two high performance sports cars has caused traffic chaos on a motorway in England on the eve of the bank holiday.

Not much fazes Roberta Vinci after 16 years on Tour, but the maelstrom swirling around her opening match in Stuttgart, Germany, against Maria Sharapova today will test the Italian’s vast experience.

Cork racing driver Matt Griffin and his Clearwater Racing team-mates Mok Weng Sun and Keita Sawa claimed victory in the LMGTE Am category of ‘The 6 Hours of Silverstone’, the opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Silverstone yesterday.

The 2017 World Car Awards winners have been announced, and in a decision that reflects the increasing dominance and popularity of the SUV market sector, the Jaguar F-Pace has been named World Car of the Year for 2017 at the New York Motor Show.