U.S. auto safety officials on Friday told Takata to work harder to meet demand for replacement parts for airbags that could prove defective in millions of U.S. cars.
Joseph Herman, COO of dealership group Kuni Automotive and a 40-year veteran of the auto retailing industry, died the morning of Oct. 29 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Yes folks, there's a ghost in the house and the temptation is to say, it's the ghost of safety. Okay, that's a bit laboured in the week of Halloween, but safety was an underlying theme in some of this week's news.
Hitachi Metals will pay a $1.25 million fine and plead guilty for fixing prices and rigging bids of brake hose installed in cars in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday.
Ally Financial disclosed today that it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange with regard to 'subprime automotive finance and related securitization activities.'
When fully autonomous cars become ready to sell, consumers around the globe -- particularly in Asia -- may be ready to buy, but many of them still have concerns, according to a new survey by the University of Michigan.
Daimler's purchase of a stake in motorbike brand MV Agusta is nothing like Audi's purchase of Ducati.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Ram brand chief says cockpit technology was partly responsible for the brand's ranking in the latest Consumer Report's reliability study.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Ferrari brand has been fined more than $3.5 million for not filing "early warning reports" indicating safety issues with federal safety regulators.
Denso has posted first half net sales totalling JPY2.07bn (US$18.9bn), a 4.2% rise, while consolidated operating income was JPY161.3bn (US$1.5bn), a 16.1% decrease from the previous year.
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31 Oct, 2014
Mercedes-AMG announces it has acquired a 25% stake in motorcycle firm MV Agusta for a long-term partnership
Daimler will buy a 25 percent stake in Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta as part of a long-term cooperation that gives the German car and truck maker access to lightweight three-cylinder engines.
Daimler will buy a 25 percent stake in Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta as part of a long-term cooperation that gives the German car and truck maker access to lightweight three-cylinder engines.
Calum MacRae interviews Han Hendriks, VP Advanced Product Development & Sales for Johnson Controls Automotive Interiors, to hear about the company's business strategy in the area of interiors.
In the light of continued losses in Europe, Ford Europe COO Barb Samardzich has updated just-auto on the company's assessment of the business environment and its strategy to get back to sustainable profitability.
TE Connectivity says full-year net sales were US$13.9bn, up 5% on an actual and organic basis versus the prior year, while fourth quarter net sales increased to US$3.58bn.
Family-owned German headlight maker Hella said today it would raise 278 million euros ($349.4 million) in a stock market flotation to fund international expansion and innovation.
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5 Nov, 2014
Volvo has released details of the all-wheel-drive V60 Cross Country, due for release in early 2015
Skoda says that deliveries of its vehicles so far this year (to the end of September) are up 13% to 774,100 vehicles.
Johnson Matthey says it has entered into an agreement to acquire the battery materials business of Clariant for US$75m.
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