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Ford is to assemble its Ranger pick-up model with a local partner in Nigeria starting from the fourth quarter of this year.

News 12 Aug, 2015

Tenth-generation Honda Civic is set to get a dramatic new look – and it’ll still be built in Britain

Borbet is constructing a new production plant for lightweight alloy wheels in the East Saxony town of Kodersdorf, with the first phase of excavation work such as the straightening out of the hall area, already completed.

China's car market has continued its slowdown according to the latest sales data from Chinese trade associations. Figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show that passenger vehicle sales declined by 6.6% in July.

Audi has reworked its three-litre V6 TDI engine for lower power output to produce a more fuel efficient variant of the new Q7.

Geely Automobile has announced that the total sales volume of the group for the month of July was 29,578 units, an increase of approximately 47% over the same period in 2014, but was down approximately 11% from June.

Skoda says the new Skoda Superb has been "transformed into a concert hall on wheels" with the exclusively developed Canton sound system.

Chinese consumers bought the fewest passenger vehicles in 17 months in July, extending a slump in the world's largest auto market as deeper discounts failed to revive demand.

Santander Consumer USA said a U.S. regulatory review of auto loans it helped fund found they may have violated fair-lending laws.

Daihatsu Motor held an opening ceremony for the Daihatsu Group Kyushu Development Centre on 5 August, attended by governor Ogawa of Fukuoka Prefecture and Kurume City mayor Narahara.

Russia's Association of European Businesses (AEB) automotive head is hailing last month's 28% fall in vehicle sales as "almost good news" as the country's economy continues to reel from a plunging oil price and international sanctions.

A former GM sales and marketing executive, Joseph Liu, has joined Ford's China unit -- a move ex-colleagues of the auto industry veteran describe as a big gain for Ford.

Suzuki says that JD Power has named the Suzuki Alto 'the most dependable city car' in the 2015 UK Vehicle Dependability StudySM (VDS).

Camber Ridge is a new tyre testing facility set to open in 2016 in North Carolina, US. It aims to offer tyre manufacturers, vehicle OEMs and Tier 1's the opportunity to measure the dynamic properties of tyres in an environment that blends testing on real road surface with the controlled conditions found in development laboratories. Matthew Beecham spoke to Camber Ridge's CEO, Dr James F Cuttino, about the centre and its plans.

During the April - July 2015 period, passenger vehicles sales in India increased 7.46% year over year to 875,670 units, according to data from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).

Can gamers be a game-changer for Ford? Last week the carmaker announced its Smart Mobility Game Challenge, developed with Cologne Game Lab. It wants to encourage developers to turn the challenge of integrating different transport modes within a city into fun and engaging online games.

Audi, BMW Group and Daimler say they have reached agreement with Nokia Corporation to acquire its mapping and location services business, HERE.

New-car registrations in China fell 2.5 percent in July, the lowest monthly sales level since February 2014 despite deep price cuts. China's near 2 percent devaluation of the yuan today put additional pressure on profits at foreign carmakers.

Leoni has recorded a year-on-year sales increase of more than 13% to EUR1.2bn (US$1.3bn) in the second quarter of 2015.