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Aug
10th

New Audi Q7 gets 50mpg V6 diesel engine

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Audi Q7 - front tracking
News 10 Aug, 2015

Audi adds new entry level 215bhp 3.0 TDI engine to 2015 Q7 luxury SUV range. It's on sale now from £47,755

Aug
10th

HUNGARY: Bosch opens Mobility Solutions centre

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Bosch says it has opened its new Mobility Solutions development centre in Budapest, employing nearly 1,300 engineers developing electronics and components for driver assistance and engine control systems.
Aug
10th

CANADA: GM ploughs US$10m into St Catherines site

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GM Canada today announced a C$13m (US$9.9m) investment in its St. Catharines Powertrain facility to enable the plant to produce more variants of the 3.6L V6 engine currently being manufactured there.
Aug
10th

Q&A with Aeristech on a novel alternative to turbocharging

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As powertrain engineers seek constant improvements in engine efficiency, often through downsizing and boosting, they are exposing the limitations of existing turbocharging and supercharging technologies. Matthew Beecham spoke to Bryn Richards, CEO of UK-based Aeristech, about the latest developments in this area and what they could mean for future vehicles.
Aug
10th

Tata Motors shares fall on JLR concerns

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Tata Motors' share price fell in trading on the Mumbai market today on concern that luxury unit Jaguar Land Rover will face more pressure in China.
Aug
10th

IRAN: Nuclear deal sees IKCO set up company for overseas cooperation

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Iran Khodro (IKCO) has established a new company for expanding cooperation between domestic suppliers and their international counterparts.
Aug
10th

China investigates auto industry for consumer rights violations

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China has launched a new investigation into the auto industry to identify possible infringements of consumer rights, dissemination of false or misleading publicity, violation of registered trademarks and bribery in commercial transactions.
Aug
10th

GERMANY: Volkswagen nominates 44 suppliers for collaboration

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Volkswagen Group has nominated the first 44 suppliers who will be collaborating on a new common strategic level under the joint FAST (Future Automotive Supply Tracks) initiative.
Aug
10th

A third of drivers with 12 points escape ban

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Penalty points, police, speeding
News 10 Aug, 2015

FOI request reveals over 7,000 of the 19,848 drivers with 12 or more points on licence in July had dodged disqualification

Aug
10th

Mapmaker’s team of rival automakers may expand

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As they spent $3.1 billion to acquire Here, the auto industry's dominant map supplier, Audi, BMW and Daimler sent a message to rivals: Don't fear us. Join us.
Aug
10th

GM: New ‘no-bid’ strategy catches on with suppliers

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For General Motors' suppliers, no-bid contracts have become the norm rather than the exception, now that GM has rolled out a new parts-buying program that forgoes traditional bidding.
Aug
10th

It takes green to go green at dealership

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It takes money to go green. At Thoroughbred Ford in Kansas City, Mo. around 500 incandescent lights above the lot are being replaced with expensive industry grade LED bulbs at a cost of more than $100,000.
Aug
10th

Galloping toward a big sales finish

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As the industry awaits a wave of new and updated product, July's U.S. sales performance is lifting hopes that 2015 could near the industry's all-time sales record.
Aug
10th

Cadillac works to revise dealer incentives

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Two main elements of Johan de Nysschen's plan to rehabilitate Cadillac's image are to tighten dealers' inventories and quash their sell-at-any-cost mentality. But Cadillac's dealer-incentive programs today are designed to do just the opposite.
Aug
10th

Hyundai, Kia spread their hybrid bets

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Toyota bet on hybrids like the Prius. Nissan bet on electric vehicles like the Leaf. And General Motors bet, initially at least, on plug-in hybrids like the Chevrolet Volt. Hyundai Motor Co., it seems, is betting on everything.
Aug
10th

Lavishing leather, wood to defend ultraluxury

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Bentley Motors hopes to distance the British brand from competitors creeping into its ultra-luxury turn with a strategy of handcraftsmanship vs. machines.
Aug
10th

Lexus: ‘Dealers set the price, and that’s the price’

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Lexus will take on one of the car business's most troublesome traditions next year -- haggling with customers over vehicle prices -- as the brand enlists dealer volunteers and allows them to set their own firm prices.
Aug
10th

Infiniti engine making isn’t a job, it’s a craft

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Workers at Infiniti's east Tennessee powertrain plant take a page from Japan's takumi craftsmen and learn how to build engines by hand.
Aug
10th

Toyota still No. 1 where it counts: Profits

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Toyota Motor Corp. may have lost its title as world's biggest automaker halfway through the year, but it beat its two top rivals by miles in profits in the latest quarter, thanks largely to currency gains.
Aug
10th

Novelis: Automakers test stronger aluminum

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Novelis has developed a new grade of high-strength aluminum for use on doors, bumpers and other safety-critical areas, but steel industry officials say new blends of ultra-high-strength steel are already available.
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