The Hertz rental car group has added the BYD E6 to its fleet.
Canada's monthly new motor vehicle sales rose 10.8% in June to 141,882 units, more than offsetting losses in the preceding two months and reflecting increases in all provinces, Statistics Canada said.
Hyundai Motor's new plant in Russia has ended its summer break by starting production of Rio models for subsidiary Kia.
China exported 73,300 vehicles in July, nbd.com.cn reported, via Gasgoo.com, citing the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
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Shell has today (16 August) opened its first Chinese Lubricants Technical Service Centre (TSC) in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.
Soft-top version of flagship XK spotted testing at the Nurburgring

Long-serving Volkswagen executive Alison Jones is the new head of operations for Audi in the UK.
Korean Fiesta rival gets an eco makeover resulting in tiny CO2 emissions of 98g/km

The next year is huge for Honda and it begins with a do-over--the fall relaunch of the redesigned
Mercedes-Benz has revealed a heavily revised version of the
Robert Bosch plans to increase investment in its new drivetrain components plant in Vietnam to US$133m by 2015 from the current $73m.
Lightly modified Octavia vRS joins the legendary 200mph club at Bonneville salt flats

We've got pictures from this year's Bonneville Speed Week, which includes an entry driven by our sister magazine, EVO

Chinese owners gave the Audi brand top grades for its handling of the car-buying experience at the dealership -- significantly ahead of Mercedes-Benz and BMW, according to an annual survey by J.D. Power.
General Motors Co.'s Cadillac brand and Toyota Motor Corp.'s namesake division and luxury Lexus line topped the American Customer Satisfaction Index's annual ranking of automakers.
U.S. customer satisfaction with vehicles industrywide has increased slightly, according to an annual report released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. There were mixed results for European automakers however as BMW fell 3.
The German government plans to make 200 million euros ($281.7 million) in subsidies available for "showcase" projects to promote electric vehicles, a German newspaper reported.
U.S. customer satisfaction with vehicles industrywide has increased slightly, fueled by gains among Asian and European automakers, according to an annual report released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index today.
GM will be presenting its concept cars Miray and Colorado Rally in Europe for the first time at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, showcasing the new design language that may be the inspiration for several Chevy products in the near future.