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Jaguar Land Rover has hired Havas Formula as its agency of record for automotive and lifestyle public relations in the U.S., following a competitive review.

New vehicle registrations in Japan fell by 2.2% to 415,606 units in July, from 425,093 units in the same month of last year, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA).

Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea continued to fall sharply in July, by 24% year-on-year to 15,730 units from 20,707 units a year earlier, according to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA).

Apollo Tyres has posted first quarter (to 30 June) profit of RsCrores315 (US$47m), while Indian Operations recorded revenue growth of 6%.

Panasonic Corporation and Opensynergy have announced that Panasonic has acquired all the outstanding shares of the German software company to make it a subsidiary on 22 July. Opensynergy is a high-tech company specialising in embedded automotive software for cockpit solutions.

BorgWarner says it is providing its latest variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbocharging technology for a wide range of Euro 6 diesel engines used for Hyundai and Kia models worldwide.

Kandi Technologies Group says its Kandi Electric Vehicles (Hainan) subsidiary, has reached an agreement with the Hainan Provincial Government for Kandi Hainan to receive a US$45.1m subsidy to support research and development expenditures on a new model of electric vehicle

PSA has increased prices for its new cars in the UK after the pound plunged following the country's decision to leave the EU. Other automakers including Fiat and Nissan have also warned that car prices will have to rise to counter sterling's fall.

A German court will adopt a rarely used class-action style procedure to more efficiently process up to 170 claims by investors seeking damages from VW Group over the automaker's emissions scandal.

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MG has struggled for years to convince UK buyers to take a chance on the Chinese-owned brand. Now it has a new problem: Britain's exit from the EU could hit its long-delayed plan to expand sales into mainland Europe.

Ford executive Will Periam is the new chief financial officer of the automaker's European subsidiary. Periam, a UK national, moves to the role from his previous job as No. 2 at Ford's Turkish joint venture.

Porsche hopes to win reluctant sports car buyers in China with cheaper and less powerful versions of its latest Boxster and Cayman models.

MG has struggled for years to convince UK buyers to take a chance on the Chinese-owned brand. Now it has a new problem: Britain's exit from the EU could hit its long-delayed plan to expand sales into mainland Europe.

BorgWarner predicts low- to mid-single-digit growth for the powertrain specialist in 2016, despite having to overcome challenges such as the fallout from Volkswagen's emissions-cheating scandal and China's slowdown, the supplier's CEO, James...