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Shocking stats reveal mobile use while driving

AS MANY as 13% of drivers are still using hand-held mobile phones while at the wheel, according to a survey. And 4% have admitted to regularly sending or reading text messages while driving, the poll by road safety charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line showed. The number of people owning up to using hand-held mobiles at the wheel has fallen from 36% in 2006 to the current figure of 13%.

Detroit Motor Show preview

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 12 January 2008 22:51 The North American International Auto Show, otherwise known as the Detroit Motor Show, kicks off this weekend. CAR Online has decamped Stateside to report live from the show - and we'll be burning the midnight oil to bring you the unveils the minute the covers slide off the latest arrivals, photographs from the Cobo Arena and unparalleled analysis from our team of reporters, including Gavin Green, Phil McNamara and Ben Oliver. Come back to CAR Online over the next 48 hours for all the latest news and reviews, galleries and gossip.

Alfa Romeo goes rear-drive; eight new cars by 2018 including 4C Cloverleaf

By Damion Smy Motor Industry 06 May 2014 15:51 Alfa Romeo has confirmed the news first broken exclusively by CAR in July 2013: the Italian brand will make a dramatic shift from front-drive hatches like the Mito and Giulietta, and instead develop a new range of rear- and all-wheel sports saloons, SUVs and sports cars. Announced in Detroit at Fiat-Chrysler HQ, Alfa Romeo chief technology officer Harald Wester revealed the mantra for the brand includes pushing volumes up from 74,000 sales in 2013, to around 400,000 by 2018. Alfa Romeo is investing around €5bn in the project, the first fruits of which will be the new Giulia saloon, a 3-series rival that will go on sale in autumn 2015.Read our scoop of Alfa's strategy here That’s right.