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News 27 Jun, 2014

BMW 1 Series is getting a mid-life facelift, shown here on the range-topping M135i, ahead of its debut in autumn

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News 27 Jun, 2014

Bespoke Jeep Wrangler from A. Kahn Design automotive fashion house hits cinemas in Edge of Tomorrow cameo

Ford's global product planning and strategy director, John Stanger, has told a conference on future urban mobility that the company is looking to other industries to learn how fast technological change impacts companies and to ensure that Ford is well-positioned for potentially disruptive change in the automotive sector.

Sunderland - home to Nissan in the UK - has inked a deal to establish a GBP295m (US$502m) International Advanced Manufacturing Park designed to attract automotive and hi-tech industries which could create new 5,200 jobs.

Renault-Nissan has completed a deal to take control of Russia's largest automaker, AvtoVAZ, Renault said today. The alliance now has a 67.1 percent stake in the holding company that controls AvtoVAZ.

Mazda built 99,649 vehicles globally in May, up 5.2% on the same month last year.

News 27 Jun, 2014

Peugeot unveils limited edition 208 at Goodwood Festival of Speed to celebrate 30 years of the GTi badge

Audi plans to launch at least four plug-in hybrid cars as it bets on the technology to counter rival BMW's electric car offensive. The first of these, the A3 Sportback E-tron, will be rolled out this month.

Audi plans to launch at least four plug-in hybrid cars as it bets on the technology to counter rival BMW's electric car offensive. The first of these, the A3 Sportback E-tron, will be rolled out this month.

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News 27 Jun, 2014

Aston Martin has unveiled it’s digital racer, the DP-100, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

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We're back for day two of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and live coverage starts at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time right here on Autoweek.

Porsche expects China deliveries to rise more than 10 percent this year despite a slight drop in May, according to a newspaper report. Last year, the carmaker's sales rose 20 percent in the market.

As heralded earlier this month, Nissan Motor's luxury car unit Infiniti has begun engine assembly at its new Decherd powertrain plant, a collaboration between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler.

A report by the Nikkei claiming Mitsubishi will supply its Attrage sedan to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for sale in certain markets as a Chrysler have been denounced as "speculation" by MMC.

General Motors President Dan Ammann says that GM is performing to plan and that its European operations are on target to achieve profitability by "mid-decade".

News 26 Jun, 2014

Most trusted garages in the UK announced by Motor Codes, with a winner set to be announced from the 20-strong shortlist next month

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