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General Motors is laying off 510 workers at two Michigan auto plants. according to reports.

News 12 Nov, 2014

Head of Jaguar Land Rover special operations division hints at extreme off-road derivatives to go with high-performance and luxury spin-offs

Two former Honda Motor chiefs have called on CEO Takanobu Ito this year, urging him to focus more on quality issues, increasing the pressure he's already under from federal regulators and politicians over mass airbag recalls.

A new policy at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga would let organized labor groups hold regular meetings at the plant and engage with plant executives but stops short of extending collective bargaining rights to any particular labor union.

Russian car sales fell 10 percent last month, slowing from a 20 percent drop a month earlier, as the weak ruble and a government subsidy started to provide benefits.

Russian car sales fell 10 percent last month, slowing from 20 percent drop a month earlier as the weak ruble and government subsidies helped slow falling sales in a slumping economy dragged lower by Western sanctions over Ukraine.

News 12 Nov, 2014

Prices and specs have been released for the 2015 Hyundai i20, and the supermini will cost more than rivals from Vauxhall and Skoda

Opinion 12 Nov, 2014

The opening of Hyundai's Rockar showroom could signal a shift in the way we buy cars to a new online model

News 12 Nov, 2014

Hotly-anticipated Mazda RX-8 successor expected to be powered by Wankel rotary engine and electric motor

News 12 Nov, 2014

Concern that offenders are being let off too lightly has led to call in Commons for stiffer penalties

Shares in German automotive lighting supplier Hella rose 4 percent during their stock market debut in Frankfurt.

Volkswagen has named multiple technological developments at its 2014 Innovation Workshop symposium. Among them will be a DSG transmission with ten speeds and a 200kW (272PS) 2.0 TDI.

News 12 Nov, 2014

Road Safety Foundation wants A-roads to achieve at least three-star rating

GKN says it has produced the industry's first two-speed eAxle, with the technology entering production on the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car.

News 12 Nov, 2014

Exclusive images show bold new look for Jaguar XF, promising less weight and improved agility

The new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class which will soon have its global debut at the LA and Guangzhou motor shows is to be available in three versions, Daimler has revealed.

Renault's debt was raised to investment grade by Fitch Ratings, which said the carmaker's Dacia brand and its expanding sales outside Europe are improving profitability. The agency also increased Renault's credit rating by one level.

New vehicle sales in Vietnam jumped by close to 53% to 13,305 units in October, from 8,720 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association.