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News 7 Aug, 2013

Production-ready BMW i3 2014 revealed. Price starts at £25,680, November release date

News 7 Aug, 2013

Production-ready BMW i3 2014 revealed. Price starts at £25,680, November release date

News 7 Aug, 2013

Production-ready BMW i3 2014 revealed. Price starts at £25,680, November release date

News 7 Aug, 2013

Production-ready BMW i3 2014 revealed. Price starts at £25,680, November release date

News 7 Aug, 2013

Production-ready BMW i3 2014 revealed. Price starts at £25,680, November release date

News 22 Jul, 2013

Full pricing and specifications revealed for Audi A4-rivalling Infiniti Q50

New vehicle sales in Indonesia increased by just under 2% to 103,520 units in June, from 101,746 units a year earlier, according to industry association Gaikindo.

News 22 Jul, 2013

BMW M4 Concept debuts at Pebble Beach, plus new details on M235i Coupe

Daihatsu's incoming president Masanori Mitsui, who took up his post in late June, wants the company to be much quicker in developing new models and learn lessons from the clothing industry.

UK Royal Academy of Engineering president, Sir John Parker, says his organisation has launched a campaign to put the sector at the heart of the economy as the country slowly recovers from its long recession.

Despite the continual innovation in the shocks market, price pressure from OEMs remains intense, effectively dampening revenue growth. Here, Matthew Beecham talks with Andrew Tress, sales manager for Meyle UK about the need to educate the motorist about the dangers of using worn out shock absorbers in an effort to lift sales in an increasingly competitive aftermarket. Meyle UK was established in 2009 to supply the British market with quality replacement parts.

Honda's redesigned Fit - sold as the Jazz is some markets - which goes on sale in Japan in September is expected to account for around 25% of global sales by the time the company reaches its target of 6m annual sales in 2017. Fit sales last year were 760,000 and Honda's global sales are some 4m.

PSA is in preliminary talks with Banco Santander to sell part of its financing arm or merge it with the Spanish bank's assets, an international newspaper reported.

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Delphi is a leading supplier of vehicle connectivity. Its expertise ranges from infotainment systems through Advanced Driver Assistance (ADAS) systems to semi-autonomous driving technologies. Vanessa Scholfield, editor of just-auto's QUBE Connected Vehicles service spoke to Glen W DeVos, Delphi's Vice President Engineering, Delphi Electronics and Safety and Global Director of Engineering, Infotainment and Driver Interface PBU, to discuss the latest trends and developments in the market and Delphi's involvement in this rapidly expanding sector.

BMW says it is looking to the Web and even house calls by sales personnel to boost future turnover in Germany, but added that dealerships would still remain the backbone of its sales network.

BMW dealers in Germany are opposed to the automaker's plans to expand Web-based sales to include all its models.

The BMW i3 will cost 34,950 euros in Germany and $41,350 in the United States. The i3's price has been keenly awaited because the high price of electric vehicles is deterring potential customers.

BMW will sell the battery-powered i3 city car at a lower-than-expected base price to encourage demand for its first electric vehicle as the automaker aims to keep rivals Audi and Mercedes-Benz at bay.

Honeywell, which manufactures the air-conditioning refrigerant R1234yf together with Dupont, has dismissed Daimler's fears over the product.