Mercedes-Benz USA is the first regional division to announce the end of Maybach vehicle sales.
What is claimed to be the first integrated wind-powered electric vehicle recharging station has been installed at the global headquarters of environmental services company Cespa near Barcelona.
Renault Samsung may have to downsize in an effort to overcome its financial difficulties caused by slow sales in Korea.
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17 Aug, 2012
The UK's fastest roads have been named, and 70 per cent of them are A-roads not motorways
Porsche says it sold 12,391 vehicles in July, 16 percent more than a year earlier on strong demand from Germany and China. Since the start of the year, sales at the German sports-car maker have risen 14 percent to 81,562.
Indian sources indicate work could restart at the arson-hit Maruti-Suzuki Manesar plant by next Wednesday (22 August) to coincide with a visit from the chairman of the Japanese automaker to Delhi.
General Motors South Africa (GMSA) has announced a low-cost version of its locally-built Chevrolet Spark. The new derivative should help the division towards an annual production target of 50,000 vehicles.
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14 Aug, 2012
We've spotted the new Kia Soul ahead of its Detroit Motor Show debut in January
ContiTech, Continental's none-tyre rubber and plastic technology division, has acquired the automotive air conditioning business of the Tennessee-based Mobile Climate Systems division of Parker Hannifin for an undisclosed sum.
Record car shipments to China and a rebound in cargoes from Japanese automotive companies will mean the most profit ever for Wilh. Wilhelmsen, the world's largest vehicle transporter.
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14 Aug, 2012
Well equipped editions of the Volvo S60, V60 and V70 aim to offer better value for business users
Tata Motors' luxury car unit Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is now running its Halewood plant around the clock to meet strong demand for the Range Rover Evoque.
Auto parts supplier Parker Hannifin said it agreed to sell its automotive air conditioning business to ContiTech AG, the rubber and plastics unit of Germany's Continental AG.
Continental has bought the automotive air-conditioning business of U.S.-based Parker Hannifin to expand its overseas automotive operations.
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14 Aug, 2012
All-new MINI rival will be available to order from September
Manganese Bronze, the maker of London's iconic cabs, said on Tuesday that it had found a 3.9 million pound ($6.1 million) black hole in its accounts, causing it to delay the release of its half-year results for more than a month.
The day when self-driven cars dominate the road, a longtime science-fiction fantasy, may not be far off, a new report says.
With Volkmar Denner as its new chief executive, German supplier giant Robert Bosch appears determined to be a key player in the unpredictable realm of automotive infotainment. It won't be easy.