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The Range Rover Evoque Job One has come off the line at Tata Motors-owned Land Rover's Halewood manufacturing plant in Liverpool where the Freelander is also built. In a commendable continuation of an old British Leyland/Rover Group/MG Rover tradition, the first production car will be donated to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust for display at its Heritage Motor Centre museum, next door to LR HQ in Gaydon.

Edscha, the German-based automotive supplier, has appointed Torsten Greiner, 45, as its new CEO.

Saab says its potential Chinese investors are aware of Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov's sustained interest in the automaker and have no objection to his involvement.

Government grant means that prices for the Chevrolet Volt will start at £28,545 when it goes on sale early next year

After a poor showing in May, overall light duty vehicle sales in Canada for June rebounded to 164,796 units, up 6.6% year on year, resulting in first half sales 2.7% above 2010 first half sales.

General Motors will sell the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid in Europe with an eight-year or 160,000 kilometre (100,000 miles) warranty on specific hybrid components. This is on top of the standard European bumper-to-bumper warranty coverage of three years or 100,000km (60,000 miles). This warranty is for vehicles officially imported to Europe, registered in Europe - and operated in Europe and there is also free three-year roadside assistance.

Toyota began its weekend operation of factories on Sunday as part of energy-saving efforts in the wake of the suspension in May of a nuclear power plant that serves central Japan.

The Belgian company Solvay says it plans to build a plant in Changshu in the eastern province of Jiangsu to produce specialty plastics for automakers.

General Motors stocked Jim Ellis Chevrolet in Atlanta with plenty of Silverado full-size pickups in early 2011, part of a wager on a strong economic recovery. The strategy is backfiring.

UAW officials meet next week to map out a final bargaining strategy for the first round of contract negotiations with Detroit automakers since 2007.

Nissan's Leaf, the first mass-produced electric car sold in the U.S., took an early lead in the budding market for rechargeable autos by pulling ahead of General Motors' plug-in Chevy Volt in 2011's first half.

In CEO Carlos Ghosn's last big business plan for Nissan, quality had a major role. In the new plan announced last week, it has a smaller role -- even though the brand's quality problems are far from solved. Two major studies by J.D.

The future of e-mobility is at risk without global harmonization of standards, a top Ford of Europe executive said.

We're trying to figure out what Ford peeps had going through their minds when they came up with the idea for this ad.

If the rumors come true at tomorrow's announcement of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, race fans will have a lot more on-track action during the 2012 Brickyard 400 weekend.

As Auto123.com had revealed yesterday, the IZOD IndyCar Series will feature a return at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana California in 2012.

Renault would have lost its long-time chief designer Tim Densham, which, at 56, decided to step down for personal reasons and intends to retire, according to Greek website gocar.gr.

To some, they're a bunch of complicated metal bits that live in the dark under your hood, and do something with oil and gasoline to make the car go. To others, engines have a character, a soul, a personality, and even a voice.

It would appear as though Honda is hard at work developing a follow-up to the beloved S2000. Just for the hell of it, we'll write S2000 one more time. OK, last one: S2000.

Light vehicle sales were up 6.6% in June 2011 compared to June 2010, and the domestic automakers are pursuing their sales lead. In 2011, Ford is still the bestselling brand, followed by a battle for second place between General Motors and Chrysler.