EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: Not often you drive a car with nearly $44,000 worth of options, but my, what options they are. This
The Volkswagen group and works councils have signed a charter covering the hire of temporary workers that specifies pay, training, rights to move on to permanent work and other details.
General Motors' Cadillac plans to add one new model each year to its Chinese model line to the end of 2016, starting with the XTS in early 2013.
Aston Martin has been put under review by Moody's for a possible credit downgrade as it runs through its cash reserves.
Intriguing observation from the Los Angeles motor show this week. No one from British HQ on the Aston Martin stand, which was run instead by the local dealer, so perhaps they were all back in Blighty readying for a much-rumoured sale?
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30 Nov, 2012
Tax officials could be made exempt from speed limits under new proposals
Output in October by Japanese carmakers fell 48.9% year on year to 150,386 units as they suffered the fallout from the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea.
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5 Dec, 2012
Our reader took out an aftermarket warranty but when the garage ceased trading, his cover was null and void...
The new head of Ford in India, Jogindar Singh, is expecting a significant jump in the company's 3% market share as it rolls out eight new models by mid-decade.
Organizers of next year's Amsterdam auto show have cancelled the event because of a lack of interest from automakers.
Mazda, already building a new plant in Mexico, could start assembling vehicles in Brazil to sidestep import restrictions due from 2015.
Car sales deferred and created by Hurricane Sandy helped to get the US auto industry back on track in November, according to Edmunds.com, which forecast that 1,107,378 new cars and trucks will be sold for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 15m, a strong increase over October's SAAR of 14.3m.
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30 Nov, 2012
We ask the residents of LA what they think of the new Range Rover...
Ford reckons November will be its best hybrid sales month ever with over 6,000 units sold.
Mazda's CX-5 compact crossover has claimed the 2012-13 Car of the Year Japan (JCOTY) title. The award, first given in 1980, is decided by a panel of 60 automotive journalists. Last year's winner was the Nissan Leaf and this is the fourth time Mazda has won; the MX-5 (or Roadster as it is known in Japan) won in 2005.
Valeo says it has agreed to sell its unit which makes locks, handles and similar car components to Japan's U-Shin for 223 million euros ($289.42 million).
Magna International has secured EU regulatory approval for its 308 million euro ($397.61 million) purchase of German car hydraulic pump manufacturer Ixetic Verwaltungs GmbH.
Renault and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen were both hit by strikes on Thursday as the two carmakers struggle to cut costs and boost productivity amid slumping European sales.
French supplier body, FIEV, is cautioning competitiveness is becoming a "real issue" for the country as the debate surrounding the so-called 'delocalisation' process heats up.
Scandinavian supplier body, FKG, is urging the Swedish government to look to the British model for its domestic automotive industry as the country struggles with the overall European downturn.