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Ford's huge success with its EcoBoost V-6 engine on its pickups is well-documented.

The McLaren MP4-12C supercar will get a bevy of updates for 2013, and current 12C owners will have access to most of them at no charge.

TI Automotive, which specialises in fluid storage, carrying and delivery technology, has opened its newest factory in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Fiat CEO, Sergio Marchionne, has rejected out of hand any chance the automaker will negotiate with renegade Italian union, FIOM, following the labour body's rejection of the automaker's more flexible productivity plan.

European automotive supplier body, CLEPA, said lending to smaller enterprises down the chain by major financial institutions, is a key part of fulfilling an ambitious set of targets set out yesterday (6 June) at the high-level CARS 21 meeting in Brussels.

More power, a revised gearbox and a louder engine note for upgraded Ferrari 458 Italia fighter

Chrysler Group and Ford Motor are testing the limits of truck buyers' appetite for pickups loaded with leather, chrome and heated seats at price tags that can top $50,000.

It's more than seven years since Opel last had more than a 10% share of its home market and it wants to get back there, sales chief Imelda Labbe said in an interview this week.

Honda Prospect Motor, the sole local distributor and assembler for the Japanese automaker in Indonesia, has begun building its second factory as part of its effort to expand into the low-cost car market here.

Ford is discussing launching a new low-cost brand for the Chinese domestic car market, David Schoch, chairman and CEO of Ford China confirmed in an interview.

Harman, a leading provider of automotive acoustic products, is using its acoustic research to help OEMs develop electric vehicle (EV) sounds that satisfy not only legislation, but also the expectations a consumer has about a brand or vehicle. With the initial rulemaking slated for the beginning of July, Matthew Beecham talked with Michael Mauser, Executive VP and Co-President Infotainment and Lifestyle about the research and how the legislative move may open as yet untapped opportunities for the marketers to use the vehicle's sound.

Isuzu Motors plans to establish a wholly owned subsidiary in Chennai, India, in August to market pickup trucks produced at its main assembly base in Thailand but will eventually produce them in India, possibly by 2016.

A Chinese-controlled consortium has completed a deal to buy the assets of bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab, media reports said. National Electric Vehicle Sweden will pay 1.5 billion to 1.

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European Commission-backed automotive grouping, CARS 21, says it wants any vehicle produced globally to have the possibility of being marketed in every part of the world.

The first two Nissan Leaf electric taxis licensed in Brazil started service this week in São Paulo city.

European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) president, Sergio Marchionne, says he is far more confident the latest CARS 21 initiative will succeed following his disappointment and scepticism at its predecessor five years ago.

New official images released of upcoming Golf-sized family car, which goes on sale later this year

New official images have been released of the upcoming Golf-sized family car, which goes on sale later this year

Nissan North America has built the first 2013 (fifth generation) Altima at its Canton, Mississippi assembly plant.