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Around 100 protesting workers are occupying Goodyear's Amiens Nord factory in France, with pictures showing vast piles of burning tyres outside the facility, which has halted production.

News 14 Jan, 2014

Subaru WRX STi revealed at Detroit Motor Show, on sale here in the summer with prices to start at £28,995

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South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an investigation into alleged price fixing among the country's top five automakers, according to local reports.

Fiat may have its Ba3 rating downgraded by Moody's after the agency said it had placed the carmaker under review following its move to take full control of Chrysler Group.

Western Europe's 12 percent rise in new-car sales last month caused the region's overall 2013 volume to decline 2 percent compared with 2012, beating a previous forecast.

Western Europe's 12 percent rise in new-car sales in December caused the region's overall 2013 volume to decline 2 percent compared with 2012, beating a previous forecast.

News 8 Jan, 2014

More powerful and limited edition V-Spec version of the Rolls-Royce Ghost has been unveiled

Sales of new, imported vehicles in South Korea rose by 19.6% to 156,497 units in 2013, from 130,858 units in the previous year, according to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA).

News 8 Jan, 2014

Bentley's 4x4 will be its first model with hybrid tech, with the rest of the range to follow

News 8 Jan, 2014

New report says car makers and sat-nav firms could be storing your data, leaving you vulnerable to identity theft

Audi wowed the crowd at CES with a new advancement in, of all things, headlights when it announced it would show a version of its

Former Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles marketing head Mark Hopkins has been named as Kia Motors (UK)'s new marketing director based in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

Fiat Group will begin modifying production lines at its Mirafiori plant near Turin very soon, union sources said. The plant is expected to build the Maserati Levante SUV, which will go on sale next year.

Mazda UK said its 2013 sales grew 19% year on year in 2013 to 31,230 units driven by demand for the CX-5 crossover and 6 saloon/estate range. UK passenger car sales were up 10.8%, according to the SMMT.

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you must choose between two horrific-yet-tempting project cars.

Mercedes-Benz brought some interesting and unusual examples of in-car connectivity tech to Las Vegas, partnering with some trendsetters in the electronics game -- namely, Nest Labs, Pebble, and Google.

The Spark-Renault SRT-01E electric single seater race car made its first dynamic public appearance in Las Vegas in front of technology fans at the Consumer Electronics Show.

News 8 Jan, 2014

The new Chevrolet Z06 revealed to have 620bhp after the manufacturer accidentally published the information online