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News 1 Sep, 2014

Nissan has opted against the retro design of the IDx Concept and will give its Toyota GT-86 rival a muscular junior GT-R look for 2017.

I submit, yeronner, brain fade, the leap straight from summer holiday to Swedish presser and an exceptionally busy week for the delay in this column arriving in an inbox near you.

The French car market was down 3% on last year with 83,340 sales in August, according to the CCFA.

Car sales in Japan declined by 9.1% year-on-year in August as the market was weighed down by sales tax increases.

Two new model launches by the same automaker the same day is unusual here in Brazil but, in a sluggish and competitive market, it can happen, as it did with Volkswagen's 2015 high-roof Fox hatchback and the double cab Saveiro compact pick-up both revealed recently.

Mazda's UK unit is introducing an aftermarket roadside assistance scheme available to about 325,000 owners whose cars are out of their three-year warranty period and no longer qualify for the service free.

News 3 Sep, 2014

Land Rover marks Discovery Sport reveal by launching ‘Galactic Discovery’ space flight competition with partner Virgin Galactic

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Russia has introduced a US$267m automotive scrappage scheme from today (1 September) in a bid to halt the alarming slide in vehicle sales this year as continued political unrest triggers consumer unease.

With automakers in the US due to start announcing their August 2014 sales this week, three forecasters have predicted sales from just under to just over 1.5m units and SAAR of 16.5m to 16.6m.

News 3 Sep, 2014

We take a passenger ride in a new Land Rover Discovery Sport hot off the production line at Hailwood

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News 1 Sep, 2014

Here's how BMW is using the new UKL1 MINI platform to deliver 6 new front-wheel-drive BMW-badged cars by 2017

Spain's new-car sales rose 14 percent to 45,355 in August, the twelfth straight month of increases, car manufacturers' association Anfac said.

China's Chery Automobile opened its first car assembly plant in Brazil last week, in the city of Jacarei in Sao Paulo state.

South Korea's Renault Samsung has agreed with the Seoul municipal authorities to supply a small fleet electric vehicles for use as local taxis, as part of a pilot project aimed at promoting the use of zero emissions vehicles for public transport.

BMW has launched its updated, locally assembled X3 SUV in India, holding the event at Deutsche Motoren, its dealership in Noida.

News 1 Sep, 2014

Exclusive image shows bolder look for MINI Countryman, with three-cylinder turbo engines planned