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16 Nov, 2015
Kia rolls out new semi-autonomous driving tech for new Sportage, Optima and Sorento, and self-driving Kia will arrive by 2030
Data released by LMC Automotive suggests that the summer slowdown in global light vehicle sales appears to be over for now with the selling rate picking up in October to an estimated 92m units a year, one of the best readings on record.
News
16 Nov, 2015
Optima plug-in hybrid to join UK range next year and Kia reveals plans to rival Toyota Mirai with bespoke FCEV
KYB Corporation is to merge its wholly-owned subsidiaries in China and envisages restructuring its divisions in Japan in the Hydraulic Components Operations.
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16 Nov, 2015
Lotus brings back ‘Sport’ badge to Elise range for 2016, with new lightweight parts and a reduced price
A leading German asset fund that is a major investor in Volkswagen has suggested that recently appointed CEO Matthias Müller should stand down so that the company can be led out of its crisis by an outsider.
Opel is claiming that an innovation on the new Astra model helps to make the cabin "a warm and welcoming personal wellness oasis".
Hitachi is stepping up its activity in autonomous drive technologies and targeting small and mid-size automakers who might want to buy in the technology rather than develop systems themselves.
MG says it has upgraded the MG3 model's 1.5-litre gasoline powertrain for the 2016 model year to boost its efficiency. The revised model also comes with an updated personalisation range and a new chrome grille.
AllianceBernstein analyst Max Warburton has lively, unorthodox notions on such matters as the Volkswagen diesel turmoil. For one thing, VW could cut the MQB platform.
Automakers and dealers started November with lean stocks after booming October auto sales. U.S. inventories normally jump between Oct. 1 and Nov. 1 as automakers stock up for the brisk year-end selling season.
The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro's available specialty interior lighting makes you say, "Wow."
Mercedes is planning a big sales and marketing push for the redesigned GLC crossover, which goes on sale in December.
Done with shopping, a mom and dad toss their bags in the back seat, their daughter in the trunk and drive off. A watchful bystander takes notice and alerts the police.
The auto industry's push toward electrification is driving changes that increasingly go beyond the powertrain and are transforming other parts of the modern vehicle.
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Honda has turned to a massive marketing effort that uses music to attract the fleeting attention of millennial car-buyers.
Determined to maintain a lead role in electric vehicles, Nissan is working on new technologies to make the next Leaf more appealing.
Mercedes-Benz will increase its marketing budget for 2016 as it plans to launch nine new, redesigned or freshened products next year. But brand chief Steve Cannon says Mercedes will skip the Super Bowl.
Nissan hopes for a small but respectable piece of the full-size truck market as it prepares to launch a long-delayed second generation of its Titan.