News
14 May, 2015
SEAT Leon ST Cupra sets 7 min 58 second lap record for an estate around the Nurburgring
The normally secretive Quandt family, which controls a majority stake in BMW, praised the company's seamless appointment of CEO Harald Krueger as rival VW Group inspects the damage from a bitter leadership crisis.
Honda today said it will recall 4.89 million cars globally to replace potentially fatal airbag inflators made by Japan's Takata. The recall comes a day after Toyota and Nissan said they were taking back 6.
The Takata airbag recall expanded by millions more vehicles for the second time in as many days, with Honda and Daihatsu calling back more inflators. The latest recalls affect some 4.
News
14 May, 2015
Hyundai's innovative virtual showroom records 100,000 people through its doors, with 1,000 sales predicted for 2015
Hyundai, Volvo and Mercedes are experimenting more boldly with online sales, but they are careful to avoid straining their relations with dealers as they create and deploy tools that make it possible for the bulk of the transaction to take place...
The average shareholder value of Europe's listed automakers improved by 41 percent, outpacing European and U.S.
Volkswagen brand vehicle sales fell 4.8 percent in April as lower volumes in China, Russia and South America outweighed gains in Europe.
Don't let the vanilla styling make you overlook the importance of the Celerio hatchback for Suzuki in Europe. The days of this brand being a body-on-frame SUV specialist are over, and multiple additional cars and crossovers are in the product pipeline.
AvtoVAZ is no longer the Russian market's number one, the combined sales of Hyundai and Kia having exceeded those of Lada for the first time.
First details have emerged surrounding Toyota and Mazda's agreement, which the automakers say will build a "mutually beneficial long term partnership."
General Motors said it will unveil plans for the future of its Technical Center in suburban Detroit on Thursday.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles says deliveries increased 5% in April, while Western Europe grew 5.5%.
Russia has posted yet more calamitous falls in new passenger car and LCV sales, with figures showing the market had its worst ever April for ten years.
What's on the minds of some of the top marketing gurus in the automotive industry? Sports and diversity.
Porsche SE, the controlling shareholder of Volkswagen Group, plans to use its cash to invest in car-connectivity technology as part of a push to expand its portfolio beyond the automaker.
Russian new-car sales fell 42 percent in April, the lowest level for the month in a decade, as the country's economy continued to be hit by Western sanctions, low oil prices and a weak currency.
Opinion
13 May, 2015
Audi chairman Rupert Stadler hints at a future where autonomous driving and in-car tech takes priority over driving dynamics
FCA US is expanding by an estimated 62,148 vehicles its recall of US-market SUVs to upgrade airbag software.
Apollo Tyres says its consolidated annual revenues for the fiscal year ended 31 March, 2015, across operations were INR127bn (US$1.97bn).