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Honda Motor has begun vehicle production at its new Yorii assembly plant on the Saitama complex in Japan.

UK union, Unite, says no immediate action is planned at Jaguar Land Rover logistics operator, DHL Supply Chain, despite an initial vote for industrial action concerning pay levels.

Fiat and PSA will invest more than $900 million to replace aging van models that the two automakers build together at their SevelSud plant in Italy.

Fiat and PSA will invest about $900 million to replace aging van models that the two automakers build together at their SevelSud plant in Italy.

News 9 Jul, 2013

The fifth-generation Porsche GT3 will make its debut at Goodwood this weekend

China's JAC Motors on Tuesday (9 July) said it had exported around 57,000 cars to Brazil since launching there (through local distributor Grupo SHC) two years ago.

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The EU is filing a dispute with Russia at the World Trade Organization over fees for imported used cars. The EU says Russia is illegally protecting its automakers. The issue matters because Russia offers a lucrative export market for EU carmakers.

Opel/Vauxhall released details of the Monza concept that showcases a new styling direction for General Motors' struggling European division. The Monza will debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September.

News 9 Jul, 2013

Land-speed record setters Bluebird to build 50 electric-powered sportscars

General Motors' is to start sales and service of its top brand Chevrolet in Myanmar (once Burma) through a newly appointed local distributor.

Volkswagen Group said global deliveries of its core brand edged up 0.5 percent in June to 501,000 cars, spurred by deliveries of the new Golf hatchback and continued sales growth in China.

News 10 Jul, 2013

Our image shows how the long-awaited Jaguar compact executive could look

News 10 Jul, 2013

Our exclusive pictures show how the 2015 Jaguar SUV could look

Toyota Australia will launch a new Lexus 'Enform' telematics system in the redesigned IS model line from the fourth quarter of 2013.

PSA Peugeot Citroen has posted first-half sales of assembled vehicles down 1.1% to 1.46m units, with southern Europe and German difficulties contributing to the fall.

'Steering feel' has been discussed in automotive industry circles for decades and much has been written about it by road testers. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Prodrive's chief dynamics engineer, Matt Taylor about what steering feel means and how electrically powered steering systems are opening opportunities for manufacturers to satisfy the individual requirements of different customers, or brands that share a common platform, with nothing more than software or calibration changes.

Amsterdam-based Cruden designs and manufactures racing and driving simulators. It recently supplied Jaguar Land Rover with a 6-DOF (six degrees of freedom) simulator that is used as a virtual engineering tool by design teams at its Gaydon, UK design and engineering facility. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Cruden's commercial director, Frank Kalff about the simulator for JLR, its benefits and the appetite amongst other OEMs to fine-tune a simulator's motion behaviour to suit their brands.

Western brands including Chevrolet, Ford, Volkswagen and Renault were hit as Russia car sales fell 11 percent in June, the fourth straight month of declining volume.

The new Mini is expected to become slightly longer. The car moves to a front-wheel-drive platform that will be shared with the BMW 1 series. The Mini is also expected to get all-new 1.5-liter three-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines.