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News 13 Oct, 2016

Michelin opposes a UK minimum tyre tread depth law change, claiming 1.6mm depth is ‘safe’. Others disagree

Poland has attracted a major investment in its auto industry from the U.S, Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference today on Daimler's plans to build a new engine plant in the country

Spanish supplier Gestamp, which supplies components to manufacturers from VW to Renault, is considering listing at least a quarter of the company on the stock market next year.

Daimler has signing a property purchase agreement for the site of a new engine plant in Jawor, Poland.

SsangYong Motor Company has signed a letter of intent to establish its first overseas production plant, in China.

Dana Incorporated is to purchase the assets of Sifco, a Brazilian producer of forged and machined components.

Opinion 13 Oct, 2016

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler is falling in love with electric cars, but laments the lack of charging points

Assembly of the new Fiat Tipo began in September 2015 at parent Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' joint venture plant with Tofas in Bursa, Turkey. Output is expected to peak at more than 170,000 units in 2017, according to IHS Automotive.

Fiat Chrysler's talks with Samsung Electronics over a partnership with its car-parts unit have stalled because the Korean company is focused on resolving the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone crisis, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

The battle for technological supremacy in the premium midsize sedan segment is intensifying, with BMW claiming the redesigned 5-series sedan will become the most advanced on the market.

Automotive-parts supplier JTEKT agreed to pay $62.5 million to settle class-action lawsuits over price-fixing allegations. JTEKT will pay $47.5 million to U.S.

Yark Subaru, in Toledo, Ohio, has been named the No. 1 dealership on the fifth annual Automotive News list of the 100 Best Dealerships To Work For.

News 12 Oct, 2016

Toyota and Suzuki announce plans to merge R&D resources to help challenge rivals from Europe and the US. Toyota admits it is behind

The National Automobile Dealers Association chose Michigan dealer Wes Lutz to be its 2017 vice chairman, putting him in line to be chairman in 2018.

ChargePoint, the world's largest electric vehicle charging network, has asked a U.S. judge to order changes to Volkswagen AG's $2 billion agreement with the Justice Department to boost zero emission vehicle infrastructure.

Forty grand for a Passat. That sounds a lot doesn't it? In fairness, you don't have to pay that much for the plug-in hybrid GTE, with prices starting at close to GBP36,000 before the government grant. The top of the line Advance trim level, though, costs just over GBP40,000, making this the priciest Passat yet.

Tesla said today it will provide strategic and product plans for a combined company of the electric automaker and SolarCity Corp. ahead of a Nov. 17 merger vote by shareholders of both companies.

News 12 Oct, 2016

Lexus revises the CT200h range for 2017, bringing more equipment and rejigged trim levels

Hyundai reached a tentative wage pact with its South Korean labor union today, a union official told Reuters, after the automaker's worst-ever industrial strike disrupted output at its key domestic production base.