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Mar
4th

Nine things we learned at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show – pictures

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Mar
4th

BYD sells battery buses to Canadian city

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The City of St. Albert in Alberta province said it would become the first municipality in Canada to order long-range all-electric buses to deploy on city streets for public transit use. BYD, the world's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, will provide the all-electric buses, which will be delivered to the city in late summer or early autumn this year.
Mar
4th

UK van buyers living a little larger

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The UK new van market achieved a steady performance in February, with registrations at the same level as this time last year, when the sector recorded a seven-year high.
Mar
4th

South Korea domestic sales rebound in February

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Domestic sales among South Korea's five main automakers rebounded by 7.2% year-on-year to 110,616 units in February after declining by 4.8% in the previous month, according to data released individually by the vehicle manufacturers.
Mar
4th

Western Europe car sales rose 14% in February

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Western European car sales rose 14 percent in February as key regional markets reported double-digit growth. A 27 percent increase in Italy was the main driver of the gain.
Mar
4th

Nine things we learned at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show

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Kia Niro Geneva 2016
Features 4 Mar, 2016

The dust has settled on the Geneva Motor Show press days so here’s what we learned at the world’s best car show in 2016

Mar
4th

Daimler enjoys a record February

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Mercedes-Benz sold 133,752 vehicles to customers in February, up 11.2% year on year and a record for the month.
Mar
4th

VW will report earnings on April 28 after emissions scandal leads to delay

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Volkswagen Group set new dates for its annual earnings press conference and shareholders meeting, indicating the scandal-hit company has made progress in sorting through the financial issues that caused the company to postpone the events.
Mar
4th

Alfa delayed Giulia launch to make sure the car is ‘perfect,’ Marchionne says

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Alfa Romeo delayed launching its new Giulia sedan to make sure it would be a true rival to competitors such as the BMW 3 series, said Sergio Marchionne, CEO of the brand's parent, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
Mar
4th

Mazda Europe customer service/logistics chief retires

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Mazda Motor Europe (MME) said Jorgen Olesen, vice president of customer service and logistics, will retire on 31 March, 2016 after almost 18 years of service with Mazda.
Mar
4th

Heated seat fitment on the rise in North America – QUBE

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The volume of heated front seats fitted to light vehicles annually in North America is forecast to rise from around 14.5m units in 2015, to 16.2m units by 2020, according to just-auto's research unit, QUBE.
Mar
4th

BMW sees radical new future in world of driverless cars

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BMW development chief Klaus Froehlich described plans for a completely overhauled company, where half the randd staff will be computer programmers, competing with the likes of Google parent Alphabet to build the brains for self-driving cars.
Mar
4th

Hybrid Volvo S90 Polestar and V90 Polestar on the way

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News 4 Mar, 2016

Boss reveals new Volvo S90 and V90 are most likely candidates for electrified Polestar makeover

Mar
4th

UK ‘slow month’ February sales best since 2004

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UK new car registrations continued the positive start to 2016 in February, growing 8.4% year on year to 83,395 units, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data.
Mar
4th

Delphi says striking China employees return to work

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Delphi Automotive said striking employees who protested the company's plan to move a factory to another site in southern China have returned to work.
Mar
4th

VW says UK car sales will fall in Q1, but signs of recovery ahead

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Sales of Volkswagen-branded cars in the UK will fall in the first quarter, hit by the diesel-emissions scandal, but strong orders mean there are signs the automaker is bouncing back, its UK chief said.
Mar
3rd

Former DealerTrack president O’Neil named Cox Automotive COO

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Cox Automotive taps Mark O'Neil for a newly created COO position. The former president of DealerTrack will be in charge of Cox Automotive's software, media, inventory and financial services groups.
Mar
3rd

Conway MacKenzie files countersuit against founder

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Conway MacKenzie, a Michigan turnaround specialists, filed a countersuit against co-founder and former Chairman and CEO Van Conway.
Mar
3rd

Average mpg of new cars, trucks holds steady at 25.2 in February

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The average fuel economy of new light vehicles sold in the U.S. in February held steady from the month earlier at 25.2 mpg, a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute report said.
Mar
3rd

VW to pay staff bonuses for 2015, Audi workers’ payouts fall

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Volkswagen will pay employees a bonus for 2015, despite the scandal over defeat devices used to rig emissions tests in the United States, the company's works council head said.
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