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News 31 Aug, 2016

New Hyundai i10 gets updated grille and more in-car tech to keep pace with city car rivals

Volkswagen insists it has a "fundamental interest in maintaining long-term and stable relations with suppliers," following resumption this week of components to the automaker after a dispute which threatened to disrupt work at six German plants.

Features 29 Aug, 2016

Jaguar Land Rover is making a huge investment rebranding itself. We learn about its grand plans

We are off on Monday, 29th August.

Quarterly profit at Tata Motors and its Jaguar Land Rover unit decreased as demand fell for Range Rover SUVs. Foreign exchange losses after Britain's decision to leave the EU also hit results.

Volkswagen's major row with two of its suppliers for the past week or so concerned a relatively small dispute with component manufacturers, but was still deemed sufficiently serious to attract the attention of the Economics Ministry in Berlin.

Takata has shortlisted six or seven companies, including a competitor and private-equity funds, as potential financial investors to bail out the Japanese supplier, people involved in the process told Reuters.

Two of the world's largest automakers - Volkswagen and General Motors - have been in the news again this week, neither for entirely good reasons. Let's start with VW and its supplier row.

Features 26 Aug, 2016

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Volkswagen Group should consider taking stakes in key suppliers, VW's labor boss said. His comments came after two parts makers caused production stoppages at six of the automaker's German factories by refusing to deliver components.

News 29 Aug, 2016

Dramatic Citroen CXPERIENCE hybrid concept shows look of future large family car

News 26 Aug, 2016

Volkswagen's second-generation four-door CC coupe snapped for the first time in disguise before 2017 release

Mobileye and Delphi stepped forward this week to announce their plans to jointly develop a complete SAE Level 4/5 automated driving solution production ready for 2019. This latest technology partnership is just one of a string of others announced this year alone in the race to offer fully autonomous cars.

Audi opened a transmission plant in Tianjin, China, to produce seven-speed dual-clutch transmissions for the Audi A4 sedan.

Opinion 27 Aug, 2016

Armed with data from the SMMT and CAP, Mike Rutherford's been looking into our car-buying habits

Volkswagen's US unit has agreed to settle - "in principle" - claims from dealers related to the diesel emissions testing rigging scandal but the automaker did not detail the amounts to be paid out or the total cost to the company.

Volkswagen has opened its new Group Consolidation Centre (KCC) at Malacky near Bratislava, Slovakia, home to a large assembly plant that makes multiple group models.