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Nissan North America has won naming rights for its hometown NFL stadium in Nashville where the Tennessee Titans play.

Google said it had started testing the latest prototypes of its self-driving cars on Mountain View, Calif., roads, with safety drivers aboard.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is launching a voluntary recall of about 164,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs globally to install shields that protect the power liftgate control components from moisture.

General Motors said it will incur a $600 million charge on its second-quarter net profits because of a change in the way it values Venezuelan currency.

News 26 Jun, 2015

Kia's Cee'd and Pro-Cee'd hatch receive updates for October release, including 1.0-litre turbo engine, dual-clutch auto and new infotainment

Opinion 25 Jun, 2015

Two recent manufacturing milestones got deputy editor Graham Hope thinking about the most memorable motors

Features 25 Jun, 2015

We pick the best cars at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed, from new production models to insane hypercars and classic racers

Lectra, a fabric and soft materials integrated solutions and software specialist, says that Bertrandt SAS has chosen its 'DesignConcept' solution to optimise its design, development and prototyping processes for car seat covers designed for French automobile manufacturers.

Driver assistance systems use a combination of warnings and some degree of active intervention to help steer the driver away from trouble. Although the accent is on giving assistance to the driver rather than take control away, motorists are still wary about cars that supposedly drive themselves. While active intervention clearly holds many possibilities, it is also fraught with difficulty. Matthew Beecham considers the stage we have reached with three advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), rearview cameras, autonomous emergency braking (AEB) systems and head-up displays (HUDs) in cars. This second instalment considers AEB and HUDs.

Subaru is recalling 72,000 newer-model vehicles in the U.S. because the automatic pre-collision braking part of the driver-assist system could fail, increasing the risk of a crash, according to documents posted online by federal safety regulators.

News 25 Jun, 2015

Lotus provides sneak peak of new track-prepared '3-Eleven' at Festival of Speed, ahead of full reveal tomorrow

Awards 30 Jun, 2015

The Skoda Citigo is the 2015 Auto Express City Car of the Year, with the Hyundai i10 and Renault Twingo commended

ZF Friedrichshafen has opened its extended R&D Centre in Plzen.

ZF TRW has produced its 60 millionth EPB (electric park brake) motor on calliper unit. The technology was first developed in Koblenz, Germany and the company also now produces it in North America and China.

New data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveal a steady growth in UK car manufacturing in May, with 119,338 cars built - a rise of 2.3%. The strong domestic market once again played a significant part with a 13.3% increase outweighing a small dip in production for export.

Russian producer, GAZ Group says it has "supplier visibility" down to Tier 3 level and even further as it looks to leverage the possibly short-lived advantage of a rouble under pressure.

The gearheads have mostly figured out how to build driverless vehicles. Now comes the hard part: deciding whether these machines should have power over who lives or dies in an accident.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is a long way from making any offer to GM shareholders, FCA chief executive Sergio Marchionne has said.