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A video of a Tesla Model S spontaneously catching fire in a Shanghai parking garage has started doing the rounds online, prompting the company to investigate. The video recorded at 8.15pm Sunday night (local time) was, according to Weibo users, shot in a car park in Shanghai. A follow-up video reportedly shows three vehicles destroyed. It's not apparent from the video why the Model S began smoking and caught fire.

Volkswagen has recalled the 2006-2016 Crafter van in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, to have a combination of driver and passenger Takata airbag inflators replaced. As with all Takata recalls, vehicles in the campaign are fitted with airbag inflator propellant that, when exposed to a combination of heat and humidity, can degrade.

Jim Glickenhaus, founder and owner of Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, has told CarAdvice the car maker is interested in selling vehicles in the Middle East, China and Australia. "We'd love to sell cars into Australia, and we believe we could easily meet the requirements with ... our NHTSA [National Highway Transport Safety Authority] approved [SCG 003], and we could easily make the car right-hand drive," Glickenhaus said at the New York motor show.

Cadillac has this week released technical details and additional photos of its upcoming CT5 sedan to coincide with its debut at the New York motor show. Initial photos of the sedan were released last month, but this is our first good look at its cabin, and the first concrete details we've seen about its size and technology.

MG Motor insists it’s “working on” a production sorts car to tap into its heritage, but the reality seems to be nothing is due any time soon, as SUVs and electric cars remain the priority during its global rollout. It was two years ago at the previous Shanghai motor show – an event that makes the vaunted Geneva or Paris shows look piddly – MG teased everyone with the E-Motion concept coupe, penned by designer Shao Jingfeng’s team.