In the news this week are news stories from JD Power with their Initial Quality Survey that measures the first 90 days of ownership of a car. There are other news stories from GM, Ford, Lotus, AMG and Mercedes plus Lada and Toyota.
The motor sports results are from Jarama in Spain (Formula Superleague and the FIA GT3s), Zolder in Belgium (Formula 2), Portugal (World Touring Car Championship), Iowa (Indy), Sonoma (NASCAR), Croft in the UK (the British Touring Car Championship) and Darwin (the V8s).
The history article is about Standard - the British manufacturer that absorbed Triumph before being bought by Leyland.