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Mar
7th

2014 BMW 640i xDrive Gran Coupe review notes: Good looks come at quite the price in this BMW

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ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: This is my first go-around with a BMW 6-series Gran Coupe of any kind.
Mar
7th

10 Packard concept cars coming to Amelia Island Concours: Largest display of prototypes and styling exercises will have its own class

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The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, taking place this weekend on the Florida island of the same name, will not only host a number of
Mar
7th

THE WEEK THAT WAS: iOS (and Android) in the car

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Perhaps not surprisingly, given our target audience, the most-read news item on just-auto this week was about a Geneva new product roll-out, but it wasn't a new car.
Mar
7th

Ford to move medium-duty pickup line from Mexico to Ohio

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Ford, which plans to cease making the Econoline van later this year, will revive the Ohio factory where the vehicle is made by investing $168 million to move pickup production there from Mexico early in 2015.
Mar
7th

Ford to move medium-duty truck line from Mexico to Ohio

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Ford, which plans to cease making the Econoline van later this year, will revive the Ohio factory where the vehicle is made by investing $168 million to move truck production there from Mexico early in 2015.
Mar
7th

UK: Jaguar recruits footballer Beckham as China brand ambassador

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Former international footballer David Beckham has joined Tata Motors' luxury car unit Jaguar as a 'brand ambassador' to "support significant forthcoming product launches in China".
Mar
7th

RUSSIA: Consumers eye hard assets as rouble plummets

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Political turmoil engulfing Russia and the Ukraine could trigger advanced automotive sales as consumers rush to put finance into hard goods rather than see it devalued by rouble pressure says a Moscow-based analyst.
Mar
7th

GERMANY: Mercedes-Benz car sales up 16.5% in February

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Daimler's Mercedes-Benz Cars unit sold 104,968 vehicles in February, up 16.5% year on year.
Mar
7th

INDIA: Daimler begins construction of new bus plant

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Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has laid the foundation stone for its new bus plant at its existing factory site in Oragadam, near Chennai.
Mar
7th

Black box car insurance to become the norm

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x-ray car
News 8 Mar, 2014

Telematics and pay-as-you-drive car insurance cover are likely to take over from conventional car insurance policies.

Mar
7th

MYANMAR: Toyota, Suzuki to invest in new economic zone

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Toyota, Suzuki and French auto parts manufacturer La Farge separately have bid to set up operations in Myanmar's Thilawa special economic zone, according to the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC).
Mar
7th

FRANCE: Renault targets 750,000 sales in China

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Renault aims to sell an initial 150,000 vehicles per year in China after it completes a first phase of an investment programme in the country in 2016.
Mar
7th

In-car parking cameras to record evidence of accidents

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Parking camera
News 7 Mar, 2014

In-car parking cameras can be repurposed to collect evidence of crashes for insurance claims or, potentially, legal proceedings.

Mar
7th

Mercedes closes gap with Audi by one-third on China sales surge

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Mercedes slashed second-place Audi's luxury-car sales lead by almost one-third in the first two months on surging demand for its models in China.
Mar
7th

US: Ford juggles E- and F-Series production

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Ford is moving production of its redesigned 2016 F-650 and F-750 medium duty trucks from Mexico to its Ohio, US, assembly plant early next year with the trucks going on sale in spring 2015.
Mar
7th

PRODUCT EYE: Kia pro_cee’d GT

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Can a Kia ever be considered against the Golf GTI, Glenn Brooks wonders, as he tries the strangely named pro_cee'd GT.
Mar
7th

CHINA: TI Automotive opens new fuel tank systems factory

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TI Automotive, the global supplier of automotive fluid systems, has officially opened its newest fuel tank systems factory in Guangzhou, China.
Mar
7th

One Lap of the Web: A podcast anniversary and a Facellia: Automotive news and weirdness from all corners of the Internet

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-- Ford's F-350 can tow 35,000 pounds, which is pretty nifty.
Mar
7th

CHINA: Parents eschew child safety seats

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China's Automotive Technology & Research Centre said that nearly 98% of parents in the country do not use child safety seats in their cars.
Mar
7th

Fiat-Chrysler expects new plant to boost Brazil profitability

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles expects a new plant in Brazil to boost its profitability in that market by 2017 after a cut to subsidies and currency effects hit profits there last year.
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