The European car market may be bouncing along at the bottom, but it won't do that forever. It may be a weak recovery ahead, but cars will eventually be replaced.
-- A set of Ferrari sketches leaked online at jokeforblog.blogspot.it. It looks to be a hard-core, two-seater version of the shooting brake FF.
Scandinavian automotive suppliers association, FKG, says it will take a possible maximum of a year for its members to extricate themselves from the current economic downturn as indicators across Northern Europe look increasingly optimistic.
Scandinavian automotive suppliers association, FKG, says it will take a possible maximum of a year for its members to extricate themselves from the current economic downturn as indicators across Northern Europe look increasingly optimistic.
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The U.S. Treasury said it sold another $570.1 million worth of GM common stock last month as it moved toward exiting its holdings in the company by the end of March 2014.
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New BMW 4 Series Convertible has been unveiled at the LA Motor Show, priced from £35,650 - now with video
I was intrigued to see Toyota's US unit cut the price of its two-version Prius Plug-In model line this week by between by $2,010 to $4,690.
Toyota has won an unintended acceleration case in Superior Court in Los Angeles, as a jury in the first bellwether trial in the Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding (JCCP) rejected claims that a 2006 Camry involved in a fatal accident in 2009 was defective because it lacked a brake override system.
Details are scarce at the moment, but it looks like this might be the first crash of a privately owned C7 Corvette. Here's what we heard from our tipster:
As head of EV and hybrid vehicle programmes for JLR, Pete Richings is the firm's lead engineer for the soon to be launched diesel-electric Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. He recently spoke to just-auto's Glenn Brooks.
Toyota reduced the cost of the fuel cell system in its next hydrogen-powered car by almost $1 million. The mid-sized sedan will launch in 2015 in Europe, the U.S. and Japan, with a price below $100,000.
Chrysler Group chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne has confirmed spending totaling US$1.249bn at two Saltillo, Mexico, factories and the creation of 1,570 jobs during a dedication event at the new van assembly plant.
Analysts at CAP have suggested that the boom in the UK's car market is partly being driven by depressed demand on the European continent and that recovery to markets there would divert supply from the UK and end its manufacturer driven market growth.
In September, General Motors and its joint ventures sold 277,647 vehicles in China. Sales increased 13.7% from September 2012.
Takata will settle antitrust charges with US federal prosecutors by paying US$71.3mn for price fixing seatbelts sold to automakers, Reuters reported.
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11 Oct, 2013
Audi TTS limited edition has been revealed to mark 500,000 global TT sales
VW said group vehicle sales for its brands, which include Audi and Porsche, increased 7 percent in September as strong demand from China outweighed declining deliveries in Europe.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) says it is not ruling out a bid for Saab Parts, to provide the appropriate level of aftermarket service to future customers.