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News 20 Aug, 2013

Range Rover Evoque gets fuel economy improvements and nine-speed automatic gearbox option

News 20 Aug, 2013

Range Rover Evoque gets fuel economy improvements and nine-speed automatic gearbox option

News 20 Aug, 2013

Range Rover Evoque gets fuel economy improvements and nine-speed automatic gearbox option

Volvo Car Corporation has revealed initial details of its new Drive-E four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Originally announced as the 'VEA' family, the arrival of Drive-E powertrains will mean the eventual phasing out of VCC's five- and six-cylinder engines.

Volvo Car Corporation has revealed initial details of its new Drive-E four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Originally announced as the 'VEA' family, the arrival of Drive-E powertrains will mean the eventual phasing out of VCC's five- and six-cylinder engines.

Volvo Car Corporation has revealed initial details of its new Drive-E four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Originally announced as the 'VEA' family, the arrival of Drive-E powertrains will mean the eventual phasing out of VCC's five- and six-cylinder engines.

Continuing our review of the ways in which technologies come to market, Mathew Beecham talked with Mark Gostick, chief executive, Camcon Automotive. Camcon is an independent innovation business with a portfolio of applications for the Binary Actuator Technology invented by one of its founders. In the automotive industry, the system's fast motion control helps vehicle makers improve fuel economy and reduce emissions.

Continuing our review of the ways in which technologies come to market, Mathew Beecham talked with Mark Gostick, chief executive, Camcon Automotive. Camcon is an independent innovation business with a portfolio of applications for the Binary Actuator Technology invented by one of its founders. In the automotive industry, the system's fast motion control helps vehicle makers improve fuel economy and reduce emissions.

We have been looking at the ways in which novel automotive technologies come to market. This is the first of two interviews with automotive engineering businesses setting out their perspectives on how Tier One suppliers evaluate which technologies to back. Here, Matthew Beecham asked John Fuller, technology director, Torotrak for his thoughts on this area and what smaller technology businesses must do in order to tick all the boxes for those suppliers.

We have been looking at the ways in which novel automotive technologies come to market. This is the first of two interviews with automotive engineering businesses setting out their perspectives on how Tier One suppliers evaluate which technologies to back. Here, Matthew Beecham asked John Fuller, technology director, Torotrak for his thoughts on this area and what smaller technology businesses must do in order to tick all the boxes for those suppliers.

Wiesmann, a German manufacturer of retro-style luxury sports cars, has filed for insolvency and said it is seeking strategic partners and investors.

Hoping to reverse its U.S. sales decline, Infiniti has hired Porsche's No. 2 U.S. executive, Michael Bartsch, as its top executive in the Americas.

Wiesmann, a German manufacturer of retro-style luxury sports cars, has filed for insolvency and said it is seeking strategic partners and investors.

Consumer ratings and reviews of dealerships are coming to vehicle-shopping site AutoTrader.com in the next year, said AutoTrader Group President Sandy Schwartz.

Toyota has told dealers that too many of them carry the underperforming Scion franchise, so they're free to walk away from the youth-oriented brand without facing penalties.

As marketing machines and tech blogs hum over the new generation of crash-prevention technologies, a complex question hangs over the whole field: Do they work, in the real world, well enough to trust over a driver's own reflexes? Researchers are...

BMW says it is studying expanding its North American manufacturing footprint with an assembly plant in Mexico after holding preliminary discussions with local authorities in the country.

BMW says it is studying expanding its North American manufacturing footprint with an assembly plant in Mexico after holding preliminary discussions with local authorities in the country.

Hoping to reverse its U.S. sales decline, Infiniti has hired Porsche's No. 2 U.S. executive, Michael Bartsch, as its top executive in the Americas.

Wiesmann, a German manufacturer of retro-style luxury sports cars, has filed for insolvency and said it is seeking strategic partners and investors.