Russia's severe economic crisis may be bad news for car companies selling there, but Datsun - Nissan's value brand for emerging markets - sees an export opportunity arising from the weak Russian currency.
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3 Mar, 2016
Hot new Audi SQ7 Range Rover Sport rival features electric compressor and 48v power for sub five second 0-62mph time
Volkswagen Group's Audi unit gave an early indication of the costs of the diesel scandal to its parent company, reporting that operating profit last year fell 6 percent to 4.84 billion euros on expenses related to illicit emissions-control devices.
Audi said operating profit fell 6 percent to 4.84 billion euros last year on costs related to its diesel-emissions scandal and provisions for recalls of vehicles equipped with Takata airbags.
Volkswagen Group's Audi unit gave an early indication of the costs of the diesel scandal to its parent company today, reporting that operating profit last year fell 6 percent to 4.
Volkswagen Group said its top management did not violate market disclosure rules and is taking legal action to fend off lawsuits claiming it had been too slow to inform investors about its rigging of diesel-emissions tests.
Volkswagen Group said its top management did not violate market disclosure rules and is taking legal action to fend off lawsuits claiming it had been too slow to inform investors about its rigging of diesel-emissions tests.
Kandi Technologies Group has held a groundbreaking ceremony at the Haikou production facility at Haikou Mei'An Hi-tech Zone in China.
VW says its former CEO Martin Winterkorn was alerted to problems with U.S. diesel-emissions tests in May 2014, but the issue "did not initially receive particular attention at the management levels."
Mazda is yet to comment on recent reports which claim the company will stop producing its three minivans/MPVs. Looking at the future product pipeline, it does seem as though people carriers will be left to rival OEMs, and yet more crossovers and SUVs from Mazda will be the effective replacements at plants in Japan and China.
The top U.S. auto safety regulator said an expanded recall of Takata airbag inflators proposed by a key senator would not enhance public safety and complicate the process of replacing the equipment, the lawmaker revealed on Wednesday.
Volkswagen of America has named a new U.S. sales chief amid the brand's continued struggles to reverse four years of dwindling U.S. deliveries and grapple with its ongoing diesel emissions cheating scandal.
Hollywood presidents Martin Sheen and Bill Pullman are back for another set of Chrysler ads in the middle of a wild primary election season.
Carmakers are devising new ways to keep pace with fast-moving trends and innovation in the consumer electronics that have become increasingly important to car buyers.
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2 Mar, 2016
The new TVR production line will be based just miles from the new Aston Martin factory in Wales
Toyota said today it is expanding its recall of cars with Takata airbags by 198,000 in the U.S. The recall will include 2008 model year Corolla and Corolla Matrix as well as 2008 to 2010 model years Lexus SC430 vehicles.
Carmakers are devising new ways to keep pace with fast-moving trends and innovation in the consumer electronics that have become increasingly important to car buyers, executives at the Geneva motor show said.
Google is betting that seniors will embrace self-driving cars. With more than 43 million people in the U.S. now 65 and older, and 10,000 more hitting that mark every day, aging Americans are a natural target market for self-driving vehicles.
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