The global recall of 7.4m Toyota vehicles to check the master power window switch has also affected a Pontiac variant produced and sold in North America.
Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrid vehicles passed the 1m mark at the end of September 2012, the automaker announced this week.
Renault and Nissan plan to step up cooperation and double annual savings to 4 billion euros ($5.2 billion), sources said. The companies are also reviewing the crossed shareholdings underpinning their 13-year-old alliance.
Renault and Nissan plan to step up cooperation and double annual savings to 4 billion euros ($5.2 billion), sources said. The companies are also reviewing the crossed shareholdings underpinning their 13-year-old alliance.
The 10 millionth vehicle produced in the 41-year history of the two Fiat industrial sites in Poland, the former FSM (Fabryka Samochodów Malolitrazowych) factory in Bielsko-Biala (1971) and the Fiat Auto Poland factory in Tychy (1975), has come off the assembly line. The vehicle, a red, 1.2-litre petrol Fiat 500C Lounge will be sold in Germany.
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15 Oct, 2012
Next year’s Rolls-Royce Ghost Coupe has been spied testing at the Nurburgring
A senior executive at China's Geely Automobile said he was unaware of talks on a possible cash infusion into struggling UK taxi manufacturer Manganese Bronze, the manufacturer of the iconic London black cab.
General Motors Europe's Opel/Vauxhall Corsa is now offered with an updated diesel 95PS 1.3CDTI ecoFLEX start/stop engine which now achieves 85.6mpg while emitting just 88g/km of CO2, a 2.4mpg and a 6g/km improvement over the 2011 model.
Jaguar Land Rover sales fell 4 percent in September, the first monthly drop for the luxury brands since July 2011. In August, sales of the brands were up 13 percent, down from annual increases of about 40 percent in the preceding three months.
Land Rover will bring the redesigned Defender SUV to the United States as its entry-level vehicle, said Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover.
A switch to a Chinese supplier aimed at saving money could end up costing London taxi cab manufacturer Manganese Bronze millions after it had to recall 400 cabs because of a steering box fault.
General Motors, which took a 7% stake in PSA Peugeot-Citroën in February to form a strategic alliance, could extend that to more than 30% as the two struggling companies look to form a joint venture, according to French media reports.
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18 Oct, 2012
Leaked images reveal the stunning new Mazda 3 in full, ahead of its official debut next summer
Volvo says it will temporarily stop production in its Torslanda plant in Sweden during week 44, from 29 October to 2 November as European woes continue to take their toll.
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15 Oct, 2012
Updated Corsa ecoFLEX is the lowest emitting Vauxhall diesel ever
Volkswagen plans to expand its lineup of SUVs with two new models in the coming years as part of a goal of overtaking GM and Toyota in deliveries. One of the new models will be bigger than the Tiguan SUV to appeal to U.S.
Volkswagen plans to expand its lineup of SUVs with two new models in the coming years as part of a goal of overtaking GM and Toyota in deliveries. One of the new models will be bigger than the Tiguan SUV to appeal to U.S.
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18 Oct, 2012
Nissan boss spills the beans on the replacement for the 370Z, and it will be lighter and more efficient