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Oct
6th

MALAYSIA: Falling ringgit forces Toyota to raise prices

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As the Malyasian ringgit continued to depreciate, UMW Toyota announced it would increase the price of Toyota and Lexus vehicles effective January 2016. The increase varies between 4% to 16% across all models.
Oct
6th

SLOVENIA: Renault’s Revoz plant to lay off 150 in November

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Renault's Revoz plant in Slovenia plans to lay off 150 employees in November due to a lower than expected rise in demand.
Oct
6th

Drag race: Mitsubishi L200 vs VW Amarok vs Toyota HiLux on and off-road!

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Pick-up drag race
Videos 6 Oct, 2015

We put three of the UK's top pick-up trucks through a speed test on tarmac then go flat out in two of them off-road

Oct
6th

GERMANY: SMP opens new bumper factory in Schierling

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SMP has opened a new bumper factory in Schierling, Germany.
Oct
6th

US/CANADA: Japanese OEMs welcome TPP

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A trade organisation representing many Japanese OEMs in North America has welcomed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal that is designed to reduce trade barriers between country signatories.
Oct
6th

FRANCE: Renault board to discuss alliance with Nissan – reports

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Media reports in Paris say that Renault plans to hold a board meeting to discuss its alliance with Nissan.
Oct
6th

EXCLUSIVE: UK: Fiat will return to C segment in 2016

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'Egea' has been revealed as the model name for the sedan variant of TOFAS and FCA's Aegea Project cars. A Fiat five-door hatchback and an estate will follow, with the UK importer telling just-auto the latter two cars will be sold here in 2016. Both models will be imports from TOFAS-FCA's Bursa plant in Turkey.
Oct
6th

VW CEO Mueller warns staff of ‘painful’ cutbacks

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VW Group CEO Matthias Mueller said the automaker will delay or cancel non-essential projects as pressure mounts to slash spending in the wake of its diesel-emissions crisis.
Oct
6th

ANALYSIS: Thailand looks to end first-time buyer overhang

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Thailand's military government is desperate to draw a line under the first-time car buyer programme, a populist scheme which ran between October 2011 and December 2012 and which still has a significant indirect influence on the local vehicle market, writes Tony Pugliese
Oct
6th

Mercedes sales jump 16% in September on China demand

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Mercedes brand's global sales increased 16 percent in September, buoyed by a 53 percent jump in China deliveries.
Oct
6th

Porsche to debut race-spec Cayman GT4 Clubsport at LA show

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Porsche Cayman GT4 - front cornering
News 6 Oct, 2015

Porsche Motorsport will unveil a track-only GT4 Clubsport at the Los Angeles show next month, adding a dual-clutch gearbox

Oct
6th

GERMANY: Daimler tests autonomous truck on public road

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Daimler is claiming a world first after testing a series production Mercedes-Benz Actros truck equipped with the company's intelligent Highway Pilot system on a public road in Germany. The company said the premiere is a 'further important step towards the market maturity of autonomously driving trucks - and towards the safe, sustainable road freight transport of the future'.
Oct
6th

VW sued by West Virginia over clean diesel claims

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West Virginia is suing Volkswagen AG for deceiving car buyers after the EPA said last month that the company had installed software to hide that its diesel engines exceeded pollution standards.
Oct
6th

UK: 65 plate takes new car registrations to September record

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New car registrations in the UK set a record for September last month, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 462,517 cars were registered in as buyers took advantage of a range of competitive deals on the latest '65' plate, during the 43rd consecutive month of growth.
Oct
6th

UK: FCA announces top executive changes

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has named Mike Manley head of the Ram trucks brand on top of his current roles as APAC (Asia-Pacific) chief operating officer and head of Jeep. It's one of a number of changes "in the composition of and assignment of responsibilities within [FCA's] group executive council, designed to ensure proper representation of all of the group's major brands", the automaker said in a statement.
Oct
6th

New car sales up again in September 2015

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Volkswagen Polo front cornering
News 6 Oct, 2015

A total of over 460,000 new cars were registered in the best September on record for new car sales

Oct
6th

JAPAN: Toyota wants highly autonomous cars by 2020 and adds ITS package this year

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Toyota is aiming to bring to market cars with a high degree of autonomous control by 2020, a timescale that chimes with other OEMs' plans.
Oct
6th

UK car sales rise 9% on strong demand for diesel

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UK car sales rose by nearly 9 percent in September as demand for diesels and VW Group vehicles remained strong despite the automaker's emissions scandal.
Oct
6th

Lexus RC coupe: UK pricing and spec announced

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Lexus RC
News 6 Oct, 2015

Lexus' BMW 4 Series-rivalling RC coupe is on sale now priced from £34,995, with January deliveries expected

Oct
6th

VW says 8 million cars in EU are affected by cheat software

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VW has told lawmakers that 8 million diesel vehicles in the EU were fitted with software capable of cheating vehicle emissions tests. Vehicles with 1.2-, 1.-6 and 2.0-liter diesel engines of the type EA 189 are affected.
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