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Toyota Motor widened a recall of its vehicles linked to defective airbags to include some of the same models in Japan and China, after one of the devices ruptured in a car at a scrapyard in its home country.

Honda signaled a growing rift in its more than 50-year relationship with airbag maker Takata, as the automaker struggles to contain a crisis that has killed five motorists in its cars.

Honda signaled a growing rift in its more than 50-year relationship with airbag maker Takata, as the automaker struggles to contain a crisis that's killed five motorists in its cars.

Autoliv announced it would supply replacement airbag inflators for Honda Motor to use in the United States airbag recall.

Chrysler said it will expand its recall of about 149,000 pickup trucks to include passenger-side airbag inflators made by supplier Takata, but hours after the company made the announcement, the nation's top vehicle safety agency called the expansion...

News 4 Dec, 2014

Predicted sales for 2014 make it best year of registrations since 2004

Ford Sollers, a joint venture between Ford and JSC Sollers in Russia, has started production of the EcoSport compact SUV at its modernised plant at Naberezhnie Chelny in the Republic of Tatarstan.

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New Volvo XC90 is the safest Volvo ever but how does it cope with being crashed into a ditch?

UK car registrations rose 8 percent last month, driven by cheap credit deals and an economic recovery. The result takes sales in 2014 to just over 2.3 million, the highest level for any year since 2007.

News 4 Dec, 2014

Ultra-rare 250 GTO, worth tens of millions of pounds, was crashed and has been brought back to life by Ferrari Classiche

New car registrations in the United Kingdom grew for the 33rd consecutive month in November, up 8% year on year to 172,327 units.

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007 is getting some new wheels but what will the next James Bond car be? Watch the live video stream to find out.

VW named Thomas Schmall as the new core brand board member responsible for components #8211; a key post that carries with it the potential for political friction with the carmaker's powerful German unions over a shakeup of parts production.

VW Group will give more power to brand managers and regional bosses, its labor leader said, as the company looks to address poor performance in markets such as the United States and Brazil.

VW Group will give more power to brand managers and regional bosses, its labor leader said, as the company looks to address poor performance in markets such as the U.S. and Brazil.

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn expects growth in Europe, China and the U.S. next year and is bullish about plans to diversify beyond electric cars into plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles.

Tesla Motors drivers were more likely than Porsche owners -- or anyone else -- to say they would buy their cars again in this year's edition of the closely watched Consumer Reports buyer survey.

Lincoln will bring concert-quality sound to its vehicles through a new collaboration announced today with Revel, a manufacturer of audiophile speaker systems.

Ford will build the Fiesta subcompact in Russia next year as it scrambles to replace sales lost by collapsing demand for its Focus compact. The Fiesta will be produced alongside the EcoSport small SUV at Ford's third joint venture plant in Russia.

From press release

Force India Formula 1 team announce Thursday that it will use the wind tunnel facilities of Toyota Motorsport GmbH in Cologne, Germany, as the nominated site for all aerodynamic testing in 2015 and beyond.

Force India's wind tunnel facilities in Brackley, United Kingdom, will remain operational and available for external customers.

“The decision to use Toyota's facility in Cologne is indicative of our ambitions to continue as a competitive force in Formula 1,” said Dr Vijay Mallya, Team Principal and Managing Director.

“It's one of the most significant decisions in our history and gives us access to what is regarded as one of the finest wind tunnels in the world. We have used the facility previously on an ad hoc basis and we are aware of the advantages of basing all our aerodynamic research in Cologne. It will strengthen our approach and give us a solid base to build upon for the years to come.”