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J Mays, Ford Motor Co.'s global design chief and one of the last senior executives remaining from the Jacques Nasser era, is retiring from the company along with two other veteran senior executives.

The festive season often brings with it a boost in car sales in India but a downturn in the market this year has not been relieved by a spike in demand.

Toyota will reveal a handful of next-generation vehicles at the Tokyo motor show later this month.

J Mays, Ford's global design chief, is retiring from the company along with two other veteran senior executives. Moray Callum, 54, design director for Ford in North America, will replace Mays, 59.

It's easy to get the impression that SEMA is all about unattainable and outlandish show cars, ones that will never see the street, but in reality there is plenty of iron (or carbon fiber, really) from all sides of all ponds that we could see people...

The 2013 SEMA show starts today in Las Vegas, Nev. and

Delphi Automotive posted a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit and said although it was still cautious, it believed the European auto market was stabilizing.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to sell a

Electric vehicle technologies continue to advance, and more manufacturers are announcing the imminent arrival of new all-electric models. As the clamour for an all-EV future increases, Matthew Beecham catches up with Dr Colin Herron, managing director at Zero Carbon Futures, to find out if the infrastructure is in place to promote the widespread use of EVs, and if the consumer is ready to step away from the petrol pump.

We like the look of Mazda's current lineup, from the basic 2 to the sleek

-- If you've been on Google today, you may have noticed the tribute to famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy who penned, among countless other icons, the Studebaker Avanti. Loewy was born on Nov. 5, 1893 --

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Skoda Rapid and Rapid Spaceback models emit just 99g/km of CO2 and return 74.3mpg

China's capital Beijing has announced it will impose restrictions on new car purchases next year in an effort to reduce air pollution.

General Motors and its joint ventures sold 282,446 vehicles in China last month, setting a new October record.

The Washington, Wearside, branch of Spain's Gestamp has carried out a GBP150,000 expansion and created new jobs after winning its first deal for work on BMW's redesigned Mini.

Delphi has posted third quarter net income of US$271m, or 87 cents a share, from US$269m, or 84 cents a share, in the same quarter last year. The result was slightly ahead of analyst expectations.

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A close-to-production Toyota FCV concept has been shown at the Tokyo Motor Show

Continental's China chief Ralf Cramer expects the supplier's China sales to jump by more than 15 percent this year, as the company invests heavily in the market.

Tesla Motors has opened its first showroom in China, though it is only taking pre-orders from prospective customers at its Beijing location.

Turkish automotive sales fell 3 percent in October, the Automotive Distributors' Association said.