Steve Davies

There's an interesting story coming out of Audi Motorsport this morning confirming that their newly-crowned DTM champion, Martin Tomczyk, has left the Ingolstadt brand by mutual agreement. Tomczyk has been a factory driver for Audi since the 2001 season and at 19-years old was the youngest ever DTM driver at the time.

There is no word (as yet) where Tomczyk will next appear, BMW are evaluating drivers for its 3-car entry in the 2012 DTM season and have so far confirmed just 3 of their 6 drivers (Augusto Farfus, Andy Priaulx and Bruno Spengler).

Jaguar's C-X16 concept made its North American debut this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, finished in a new colour called Neutron White.

When TomTom first came on the scene in the early 1990's, I suspect being the purveyor of silly voices never featured in their business plan.

20 years later and what was once primarily a consumer electronics company is moving ever closer to becoming a pure-play software and services provider, as the market for navigation systems moves away from its proprietary roots.

It feels so wrong... and yet you know you want to try it. Just once. While nobody is looking. The Juke-R is one of those cars that no enthusiast can deny wanting to drive, to sample the absurdity of its near-500 bhp powerplant shoe-horned into a conventional(ish) family crossover.

Infiniti has announced this afternoon that a new range-extending electric sports car concept is under development, and is set to emerge from the drawing room in time for the Geneva Motor Show in March 2012.

If you were following us on Twitter yesterday, then you might have noticed the invitation I posted inviting anyone who's visited McLaren's award-winning Technology Centre (MTC) to contact me.

The reason for my request was to provide some background to the BBC's coverage of McLaren's new £50m Production Centre (MPC), which is being opened by British Prime Minister, David Cameron, this afternoon.

As a young driver, you know how frustrating an experience it can be finding affordable insurance for your car. You've followed all the advice, chosen a cheap car, with a small engine, that stands about as much chance of winning the traffic light grand prix as Ed Miliband being our next Prime Minster.

The Beetle R Concept has made its American debut today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, following its unveiling in Frankfurt earlier this year.

While the familiar outline of the latest Beetle is still clear, the R Concept adds the kind of muscled enhancements that seem entirely appropriate in image-conscious California.