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Carbon-fibre 600bhp roadster to arrive 2014, BMW inspired by Vision EfficentDynamics car Full story...

Toyota eyes knock-out sales fightback with five-year cover, Kia beats rivals to punch with longer deal, clever brake tech Full story...

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Figures released by the VDA show that car sales in Germany were 34% down on last year, the sixth monthly decline in a row. Full story...

Vauxhall has launched parent General Motors' own-brand dexos2 engine oil for the UK. Full story...

Former General Motors global sales boss Jonathan Browning has joined Volkswagen as global head of the group's national sales companies. Full story...

BMW has revealed the first official details of its second-generation X3 prior to its world debut at the upcoming Paris motor show. Full story...

General Motors has established General Motors Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary designed to help the company identify and develop innovative technologies in the automotive/transportation sector. Full story...

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Former General Motors Co. global sales boss Jonathan Browning has joined Volkswagen AG as global head of the 10-brand group's national sales companies. Browning, 50, who will be based in Wolfsburg, started the new job June 1. Full story...

Former General Motors Co. global sales boss Jonathan Browning has joined Volkswagen AG as global head of the 10-brand group's national sales companies. Browning, who will be based in Wolfsburg, started the new job June 1. Full story...

Honda Motor Co., Japan's second-largest carmaker, reopened a parts plant in China as most workers ended a walkout that shut down all of the company's production in the country. Full story...

The cost of protecting Valeo SA's bonds from default rose on a report the French partsmaker is considering a leveraged buyout, saddling the company with added debt. Full story...

Ford is offering its customers an eco check-up to help them reduce fuel bills by up to 25%. Full story...

Renault has released details of environment measures at its new EUR600m (US$724m) plant in the northern Moroccan city of Tangier. Full story...

Magneti Marelli and Shanghai Automobile Gear Works (SAGW) have inaugurated their new joint venture plant in the industrial automotive district of Jiading, just outside Shanghai. Full story...

Honda said its assembly lines in China resumed full operations today after production was halted over a week ago by a strike at Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing in Foshan. Full story...

It would be fair to say that most entry-level US market cars don't get much praise from visitors from this side of the pond. We fetch up at the AvisHertzDollarBudget counter, bleary-eyed after 8-12 hours crammed into an aluminium tube, eventually get handed a solitary key and find, after a search through a car park the size of some English counties, find we have to actually insert said key in a lock, and, shock, manually crank open the glass to eradicate the stale odour of the previous renter's fried chicken dinner. Whadya mean no remote lock 'plipper' or, at the very least, electric front windows? Full story...

Honda Motor Co. said today it settled a labor dispute at a Chinese car parts plant after almost three weeks of disruption, allowing it to build cars again in the world's fastest-growing market. Full story...

The SMMT has reported that UK new car sales in May were up 13.5% on the same month last year, but the trade body also warned that a decline in car sales is expected in the second half of this year. Full story...