Audi will invest 104 million euros in its factory in Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told the country's national news agency. The investment will boost jobs at the plant, which builds the A3 and the TT.
Volkswagen says it expects to keep gaining market share in China despite a diesel-emissions scandal that has rocked the automaker. VW's sales in China fell 0.8 percent last month.
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19 Oct, 2015
Datsun is looking to expand into the city car crossover segment with a new concept car bound for the Tokyo Motor Show
In a move clearly made to counter Renault's (Dacia) Duster Oroch four-door compact pick-up truck introduction two weeks ago, FCA Latin America released the first official photo of Fiat's first ever, medium-size, four-door, crew cab pick-up named Toro. Launch has been delayed and it is now due late in the first quarter of 2016.
New vehicle sales in Thailand fell by 10.5% to 61,863 units in September, from already depressed 68,843 sales in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Federation of Thai Industries.
GKN Driveline is developing a new manufacturing facility in Villagran, Mexico, to introduce premium propshaft production in the country for a range of automaker customers. It says the facility will accommodate Mexico's burgeoning automotive sector and the broader growth in demand for all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicles in the Americas.
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19 Oct, 2015
A new government website is live that lets users find the entire MoT history of any vehicle plus other details
The Ferrari-Maserati dealership inside the Wynn Las Vegas casino and hotel, which charges tourists and others $10 each just to look at the cars, closed Wednesday after 10 years in operation.
Toyota popped the hood of its next-generation Prius, detailing a litany of impressive high-tech upgrades to the flagship hybrid in everything from fuel economy to safety.
As part of a customer-satisfaction push, Jaguar Land Rover of Fort Myers delivers new-car tutorials at owners' homes or businesses. And when it's time for repairs or maintenance, it can deliver loaners to owners.
Headlights and taillights have morphed from low-tech and low-profit commodity parts into some of the most premium components on today's new vehicles. Varroc Lighting Systems in Plymouth, Mich.
With the Bechtel family's majority purchase of Morrie's Automotive Group in Minneapolis, a new kind of buyer steps up in the dealership acquisition market: family offices -- firms set up to invest wealthy families' money.
After years of incubation in the laboratory, supercapacitors finally are emerging as a mass-market alternative to conventional batteries to power stop-start systems.
Francoise Colpron, a Canadian by birth, has led French supplier Valeo to steady growth in North America in its four primary business areas: comfort and driving assistance, powertrain components, thermal systems and driver visibility systems.
Flush with cash, Visteon Corp. and its new CEO are interested in moving the fast-growing market for collision avoidance technologies, and is looking for possible acquisitions in night vision and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technologies.
Toyota has spelled out its bold plan to virtually wipe out deployment of traditional gasoline engines by 2050 in a bid to slash its corporate carbon footprint.
The technologies -- ranging from advanced mirrors to charging technology for electric vehicles to a new approach to all-wheel drive -- underscore the auto industry's advance toward lightweight, fuel-efficient and electrified vehicles.
When he is not running Barberino Nissan, Managing Partner John Mocadlo visits local high schools and junior high schools to tell students that -- in so many words -- being in the car business is cool.
Connectivity, autonomous driving and alternative powertrains will be on display as Japanese automakers seek to rekindle the Tokyo Motor Show's reputation for futuristic themes. Expect sporty, green and avant-garde concepts.
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