Union unrest has undone BMW South Africa's hopes of winning the assembly contract for a new model.
Ford has introduced its SYNC AppLink in India at the Mobile Developer Summit 2013 in Bangalore, claiming it will "revolutionise the in-car experience for customers in India".
Plastic Omnium has opened a development centre in Lozorno, Slovakia, for its exterior and structural components operations.
Ford is catching its competitors in key Asian markets and is on target to sell more than 1m vehicles there for the first time this year.
Renault Samsung's new sales and marketing chief wants to bring back the good times and reckons his is the only car brand equipped to go head to head with the powerful Hyundai-Kia duo.
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15 Oct, 2013
BMW M5 and M6 get a range of new M Performance styling accessories
Chevrolet has announced additional US market vehicles with MyLink will be available with Siri, Apple's 'intelligent', voice activated assistant.
Fiat will have to wait longer than hoped to settle the price to buy out a minority shareholder of Chrysler after a judge on Monday set a September 2014 trial.
Fiat will have to wait longer than hoped to settle the price to buy out a minority shareholder of Chrysler after a judge set a September 2014 trial.
European automotive suppliers body, CLEPA, says it is sticking to its aims of reducing CO2 emissions for cars to 95g by 2020, despite the Council of Ministers suggesting there could be "limited flexibility" concerning the tough new targets.
reports the German government has succeeded in postponing the deadline.
Hankook Tire has announced plans for its eighth global manufacturing plant - in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Ford reportedly plans to boost the production of vehicles that are manufactured in North America and exported to China, by up to 40,000 per year as the Chinese appetite for SUVs grows.
Toyota Australia has announced it would cut up to 100 jobs - from a workforce of 2,500 - at its Altona plant from November.
New vehicle sales in the Philippines rose by 14.8% to 14,764 units in September, from 12,857 units a year earlier, according to data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association, Inc.
New vehicle sales in mainland China expanded strongly in September, by 17.4% to 1,935,800 units, from a weak 1,617,400 units a year earlier, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
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15 Oct, 2013
Sports car maker Morgan announces that former MD Charles Morgan is to stand down
Bridgestone Corporation has announced that its subsidiary in Vietnam, Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam Limited Liability Company(BTMV) has decided to increase production capacity at the company's new passenger car radial tyres (PSR) plant currently under construction in Hai Phong City, Vietnam.
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15 Oct, 2013
The Lamborghini Gallardo is subject to a recall of 143 cars in the UK due to a brake disc problem
Yes, Toyota has been accused of making boring cars. Critics have cruelly compared the Camry to a Kitchen Magician, only less exciting, they've said.
European Union environment ministers agreed to German demands to scrap an agreement to cap average EU new-car emissions at 95 grams per kilometer in 2020 from about 130/g/km now after Berlin argued the target would cost jobs and damage its premium...