Kia Motors will launch the Hyundai Motor Group's first plug-in car in late 2011.
GKN has been cleared by the European Commission (EC) under the EU Merger Regulation for the proposed acquisition of the all-wheel-drive (AWD) components business of German automotive group Getrag.
Our spies catch bigger, better luxury SUV on test – it will be lighter and greener, with an array of technology

Ministers call for more motorway toll in a bid to raise funds

US-based North Street Capital has agreed terms to buy Spyker Cars.
Swedish Automobile, owner of Saab, said it would sell its Spyker business to U.S. private equity firm North Street Capital, led by racing car enthusiast Alex Mascioli.
Swedish Automobile, owner of Saab, said it would sell its Spyker business to U.S. private equity firm North Street Capital, led by racing car enthusiast Alex Mascioli, for about 32 million euros ($44 million).
Volkswagen brand expects to be profitable in the United States this year, Jonathan Browning, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, said. "Audi brand achieved profitability in the U.S. Last year," he said outside a conference in suburban Detroit.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's sliding share price has left the French carmaker trading at a record discount to Volkswagen on investor expectations it will be the worst automotive casualty of the region's sovereign debt crisis.
Hyundai Motor Group, the umbrella company of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, is developing 10-speed automatic transmissions for future luxury vehicles.
For the first time since the 1959 revolution, Cuba has given its citizens the green light to buy and sell cars in one of most eagerly awaited economic reforms under President Raul Castro.
U.S.-based private equity firm North Street Capital has agreed to buy Dutch luxury car maker Spyker from its parent company Swedish Automobile, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
U.S.-based private equity firm North Street Capital has agreed to buy Dutch luxury car maker Spyker from its parent company Swedish Automobile, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Recently, I took my teenage son, Austin, and two of his friends to Whistler for a bout of late-season mountain biking. The sun was shining over BC's largest ski resort upon our arrival on an unusually warm September day.
French web site Autosource claims on Thursday that Citroen rally driver Sebastien Ogier will leave the team to join Ford next season.
French car manufacturer Peugeot put his two 908 turbo diesel cars on top of the timing charts Thursday in the first practice session of the American Le Mans Series's round of Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
Thrustmaster releases a hot, removable full-size replica of the steering wheel of the Ferrari 150 Italia Formula 1 car.
Indian race car driver Armaan Ebrahim is expected to graduate to the U.S.-based Firestone Indy Lights Champion next season.
Red Bull has no plans to scale back its involvement in formula one, owner Dietrich Mateschitz insists.
While the launch of the new Cadillac ATS is drawing ever closer, we learned today that the automaker has decided to drop the convertible variant.