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UK engine production rose 2.3% to 2,553,316 units in 2013 - the best tally since 2008.

Renault could re-enter Iran once trade sanctions against the country are eliminated as the auto market is poised to grow by at least 50 percent, CEO Carlos Ghosn said.

Tesla plans to sell its battery-powered Model S sedan in China from 734,000 yuan ($121,280), as billionaire founder Elon Musk prepares to test demand for electric vehicles in the world's largest auto market.

BorgWarner has begun manufacturing its advanced engine timing systems in El Salto, Mexico, providing localised production for Volkswagen's third-generation 2.0- and 1.8-litre DOHC I4 engines built at Volkswagen's new engine plant in Silao, Mexico.

In contrast to the 3.1% rise in passenger car production, UK commercial vehicle output fell 21.7% year on year in 2013, to 87,671 units as "weak demand in Europe produced a difficult environment for CV manufacturers", the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

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Revealing images of the Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake show how close to production it really is

The EU has started legal proceedings against Germany over Daimler's refusal to remove a banned refrigerant from new Mercedes cars.

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Volkswagen plans to spend more than 500 million euros to build a new plant in Poznan, Poland to produce large delivery vans, according to a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.

Germany's ContiTech has completed its acquisition of Taizhou Fuju Rubber Belt Manufacture, continuing expansion of its drive belt business in China.

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Best pictures yet of the Mercedes C-Class Estate ahead of debut at the Geneva Motor Show

Nissan says the introduction of its Infiniti Q30 next year could see it take on up to 300 more staff at its Sunderland plant in north east England.

Oerlikon Segment Drive Systems, with its brands Oerlikon Graziano and Oerlikon Fairfield, develops complete drive systems, gearing solutions and transmission components, with a product portfolio providing transmissions for high performance cars, solutions for all-wheel-drive vehicles and agricultural tractors, as well as Torque Hub planetary drive for industrial machinery and off-highway mobile equipment. In this interview, Matthew Beecham spoke to Paolo Mantelli, Head of Performance Automotive, Oerlikon Drive Systems about some of its latest innovations and technology partnerships with Continental and Vocis.

Germany's ADAC car club is likely to scrap its annual car award after admitting it had falsified this year's results.

Although its output - of Juke, Note, Qashqai and Leaf models - dipped 1.7% year on year in 2013, Nissan's Sunderland plant in north east England once again dominated UK car production, building 501,756 of the 1,509,762 cars (up 3.1%) made here. That was the highest volume since 2007, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

We've heard a lot about Datsun in the past few months. The defunct-but-returning brand was part of the inspiration for the Nissan IDx concepts seen at the

Mercedes' crystal ball is named Alexander Mankowsky.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently tested a total of 11 minicars in its relatively new small-overlap crash test, and the

As the first car to warrant U.S. Heritage Documentation, Shelby's first-ever Daytona Coupe now merits the same significance as the Chrysler Building, the Apollo capsule, and the USS Iowa.

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