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17 Jul, 2015
Alfa Romeo's Giulietta hatch now has a sub-100g/km diesel, while rest of the range gets Euro 6 efficiency tweaks
One of Google's self-driving cars was involved in an accident early in July, in which three people were injured when a vehicle equipped with Google technology was rear-ended by another vehicle, the company said.
Luxury supercar maker Ferrari is recalling 814 vehicles, costing from $200,000 to more than $1.4 million, to fix driver-side airbags that were installed at an improper angle.
Volkswagen Group of America will spend $6.8 million to open a new parts distribution center in Sacramento, Calif., to serve dealers in the Pacific northwest and northern California, the company said today.
Nissan may follow alliance partner Renault by purchasing batteries for its future electric cars instead of exclusively building its own, CEO Carlos Ghosn said in a Wall Street Journal interview published today.
It's been glacially slow in evolving, but could one of the longest-running sanctions sagas in modern times be about to draw to a close?
Not a model familiar to NAFTA markets or most of Europe, but Toyota's redesigned Fortuner is a big deal in Asia-Pacific and many emerging markets and the seven seat 'family' SUV now will be sold in Australia.
Starter for 10 - what new car headed for launch at Frankfurt next September is a vehicle the chief designer swore he'd never do?
U.S. customers are happiest with vehicles from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Volkswagen and General Motors, according to a survey of new car and light-truck buyers.
Just as in Europe, India or the USA, looking at China as one market doesn't give you the full picture. Differences across geographical areas are one reason why some models are suddenly hugely popular, while others are fading rapidly.
The Sorento must surely be one of Kia Motors' most profitable vehicles, especially in Europe. British market prices now stretch beyond the GBP40,000 mark, which arguably makes the latest model a premium brand vehicle.
Swedish auto safety products supplier Autoliv agreed to purchase the automotive unit of semiconductor provider M/A COM Technology Solutions for a base price of $100 million plus incentives and fees.
BMW will unveil a new 7-series sedan, an upgraded version of the 3 series and cheaper versions of the X5 and X6 SUVs in China this year.
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17 Jul, 2015
BMW’s new 320d EfficientDynamics gets Sport trim with upgrades inside and out, and 104g/km CO2 emissions
BorgWarner says it is supplying its wet friction technology for ZF's new 8- and 9-speed automatic transmissions.
On Semiconductor is expanding its 1/3-inch 1 megapixel (MP) image sensor portfolio with early sampling of the company's first backside illuminated (BSI) sensor technology for the automotive imaging market.
Toyota is recalling 625,000 hybrid vehicles globally due to a software flaw that can bring the vehicles to a sudden stop.
Nissan Motor plans to continue to increase production in Japan to take advantage of the extremely favourable yen:dollar exchange rate.
US automaker General Motors is cutting 500 jobs at its Thai subsidiary, GM (Thailand), as part of a regional restructuring plan announced in February.
Europe's automotive association says the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations taking place in Brussels could boost the car business by 20% or more.