ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: When Honda rolled out the second-generation Pilot, they made it a point to make it look more like a truck.
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Urgent and concerted action needs to be taken to address the contentious issue of automotive over-capacity in Europe, but also in developing markets according to a study by KPMG.
You could have been forgiven for thinking just-auto had become an extension of the Toyota PR machine this week, given the number of stories about the automaker. Just the way it goes, some times.
Porsche has assembled its 500,000th Cayenne at its Leipzig plant which began in 2002 with around 70 units a day. That has since quintupled and over 83,000 for customers in 125 countries were made in the last year.
Strong demand for trucks drove Canadian new vehicle sales overall higher in June though sales of passenger cars slipped compared with a year ago, data compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants showed.
Mazda and its Chinese joint ventures sold 11,108 cars in the country in June, down 31.2% year on year, the said.
Achieving the ambitious target of 95g CO2 emissions will be challenging but is a realistic prospect that could even see yet more reductions, says Federal-Mogul.
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Toyota's Prius hybrid again topped the January-June car sales ranking in Japan, including minivehicles, an auto industry group said.
A total of 12,790 imported cars were sold in South Korea in June, up 20.9% on the same month last year but down 4.6% on May, the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association said.
Fiat's Serbian unit has cut its annual production estimate for the 500L lineup on delays in launching the model range in Russia, the plant's CEO said. Serbia has a free-trade agreement with Russia -- but it currently excludes cars.
Mazda held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday (5 July) at the construction site of its new transmission plant in Thailand's Chonburi province, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT).
When it came time to retire my 1975 El Camino, I was torn. I knew I wanted another GM A-body.
UK sports car maker Caterham is expanding its joint venture with Renault beyond the revival of the Alpine brand with the development of Caterham-branded SUV and subcompact models, Chairman Tony Fernandes said.
UK sports car maker Caterham is expanding its joint venture with Renault beyond the revival of the Alpine brand with the development of Caterham-badged SUV and subcompact models, Chairman Tony Fernandes said.
Schaeffler Group said it "made a solid start to 2013, despite the challenging market environment". Revenue fell "slightly" to approximately EUR2.8bn compared to the "very strong first quarter of 2012 due to market conditions". EBIT margin was 12.9%.
With federal regulators considering rules or incentives to make pedestrian accidents more survivable, Honda and Volvo have led automakers making design changes that bring safety advances to the outside of vehicles.
European automotive executives are optimistic about the future of self-driving cars but at the same time they are realistic that it will take time for government regulations to catch up with advances in technology.