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Jun
17th

RESEARCH SNAPSHOT: Review of start-stop engines

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Continuing just-auto's series of research snapshots - pulled from its automotive research platform, QUBE - Matthew Beecham reviews the blossoming market for start-stop applications and some implications for batteries and lubricants.
Jun
17th

Fiat’s new Aegea-based compact will be frugal, brand boss Francois says

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Fiat brand chief Olivier Francois says a new compact model based on the Aegea concept will be a 'frugal, well-built and practical car.
Jun
17th

N.Y. targets dealerships’ sale of credit-repair, identity-theft products

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Paragon Honda and its two sister stores have agreed to a $13.
Jun
16th

Penske shuffles some upper management in accounting

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Penske Automotive Group has a new CFO, J.D. Carlson, formerly senior vice president and corporate controller for the dealership holding company. Carlson replaces David Jones, who resigned to accept a similar position with another company.
Jun
16th

Commentary on Kirk Kerkorian

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Here is a roundup of comments and reaction about Kirk Kerkorian's impact on the U.S. auto industry from a variety of published reports. Kerkorian died Monday at age 98.
Jun
16th

GM uses old Volt batteries to power office building

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General Motors said it is using old batteries from its first-generation Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car for secondary purposes including powering an office building.
Jun
16th

Audi engine chief leaving amid EV push, pressure from Mercedes

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Audi's engine development chief is leaving the company just as the luxury brand is pushing into electric vehicles and faces growing competition from its German peer Mercedes-Benz.
Jun
16th

Toyota recalls 1.37M more vehicles for airbags

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Toyota said it will increase the number of U.S. recalls involving potentially deadly front passenger-side airbags made by Takata by almost 1.37 million vehicles.
Jun
16th

Audi’s engine chief quits, adding pressure amid rising competition from Mercedes

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Audi's engine development chief, Stefan Knirsch, is leaving the company just as the brand is pushing into electric cars and faces growing competition from rival Mercedes.
Jun
16th

Ford ad agency names NASCAR exec as COO

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Ford's ad agency, Global Team Ford, has named Kim Brink as its new COO. Brink had been NASCAR's senior vice president of marketing.
Jun
16th

Daimler to sell Mercedes dealerships to Chinese firm, report says

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Daimler is set to agree a deal to sell some Mercedes dealerships in eastern Germany to China's Lei Shing Hong, a German newspaper reported.
Jun
16th

Jaguar XJ adds tech, trim lines for 2016

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Jaguar, hot on the heels of BMW's redesigned 7-series sedan, is prepping a freshened XJ sport sedan for 2016. The exterior features a larger, more upright grille, new LED head- and taillamps, and a new R-Sport model.
Jun
16th

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015 – Pictures

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Jun
16th

Kirk Kerkorian — investor who changed Chrysler, prodded GM — dies at 98

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Kirk Kerkorian, the billionaire casino mogul who twice attempted takeovers of Chrysler and in 2006 tried to fashion a global alliance between GM and Nissan-Renault, died Monday in Los Angeles.
Jun
16th

The Brit List 2015 – pictures

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Jun
16th

The car that can read your mind: JLR’s new brainwave scanning tech

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Jaguar XJ Autobiography - front
News 17 Jun, 2015

Jaguar Land Rover’s ‘Sixth Sense’ tech project aims to read brainwaves to spot tiredness, while medical seat sensors detect illness

Jun
16th

Baby Jaguar F-Pace to join Jag’s growing SUV family

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Baby Jaguar F-Pace front
News 19 Jun, 2015

Jaguar is planning a new SUV family including a compact models to slot in below the F-Pace

Jun
16th

Baby Jaguar F-Pace to join Jag’s growing SUV family – pictures

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Jun
16th

US: GM and Isuzu confirm collaboration in CVs

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As reported earlier on just-auto General Motors and Isuzu Motors have reached an agreement on a US commercial vehicle collaboration, allowing Isuzu to strengthen its product line-up and GM to expand its commercial vehicle portfolio.
Jun
16th

The Brit List 2015: UK’s top car industry execs named

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Features 17 Jun, 2015

We count down the 50 top British executives in the global car industry

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