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Back in June, I took a break from my duties as Chief Justice of the

Nissan Motor has told the transport ministry it will recall 256,519 Nissan Serena and Suzuki Landy minivans for free repairs due to defective fuel pumps.

Ford wants to maintain record earnings in North America next year as analysts project that a transition to new F-series pickups might trim production, the automaker's president for the region said.

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Bridgestone plans to expand its factory in Wuxi city, east China's Jiangsu province, to accommodate rising domestic demand, according to auto.gasgoo.com.

Fuji Heavy Industries on Thursday raised its 2013 sales forecast for Subaru cars in the United States to a record high 420,000 vehicles from 365,000 vehicles.

Scania Commercial Vehicles has set up an assembly plant in India to manufacture about 2,500 heavy haulage trucks and 1,000 inter-city buses and coaches annually at a factory near Bangalore.

There won't be a shortage of custom-built Ford Mustangs at the

Operating profit at Volkswagen unit Skoda Auto fell 34.5% to EUR371m in the January-September period, the VW group said.

The 2015 Ford Mustang is nearing production. The proof is on Detroit's Woodward Avenue, where one of our readers spotted this mule in full camouflage.

The global transmissions market has changed rapidly in the recent past. The requirement for greater fuel efficiency in particular has brought a great deal of dynamism to the global transmission market. In this month's management briefing we bring you selected extracts from just-auto QUBE's research service, Global light vehicle transmissions and clutches market. This third instalment looks at market forecasts by transmission type.

News 1 Nov, 2013

A new usability report has revealed the top car retail websites in the UK

DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: I'm old enough to remember when pickup trucks were work vehicles. They still are, but the modern crop of half-ton machines from

Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne acknowledged mistakes in the way the company developed and launched the

Toyota's SEMA show plans this year are egalitarian: they include cars involved with two separate contests on which you, the custom car enthusiast, can vote online to your heart's content.

Every year, hundreds of new cars and trucks pass through our fleet for evaluation, and we're always on the lookout for those dazzling few deserving more careful scrutiny for our top honors: The

Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne says he is working "diligently" to prepare a possible share sale by Chrysler Group within the year.

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia hopes the government will introduce a fuel efficiency or low carbon emission-based tax in the upcoming National Automotive Policy (NAP).

Fiat worldwide shipments for its mass market car brands totaled nearly 1m units in the third quarter of 2013, in line with the prior year, but with a significant increase in Asia Pacific markets (APAC) (+73%), a reversal in trend in Europe (EMEA), up 4%, and stable volumes in NAFTA.

BorgWarner has posted third quarter net sales of US$1.8bn, up around 6% compared to the same period last year.