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Mitsubishi Motors is recalling 82,436 vehicles from the 2015 and 2016 model years because a transmission problem could delay acceleration.

News 23 Aug, 2016

The final Renault Megane RS 275 is destined for a UK buyer, with the Cup-S model on sale at a Dundee dealer

Hyundai Motor America is recalling 64,500 Elantra sedans from the 2013 model year because the brake pedal stopper pads can deteriorate over time.

Is Opel/Vauxhall's announcement of production cuts in Germany affecting UK-bound cars the General Motors Europe's unit's way of warning us the sole remaining GM car plant in England is at risk? Or is this simply, as a Vauxhall spokesman told just-auto, a prudent automaker looking ahead, foreseeing an inevitable sales decline and making a measured plant output adjustment in full cooperation with all affected parties? I'll go with the latter. For now.

Daimler is fighting a $45 million compensation claim from the supplier Prevent Group, which is also seeking damages from Volkswagen Group.

Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile Co. is to sell part of its stake in a JV with Toyota in order to fund new product development and restructuring, reports say.

News 22 Aug, 2016

Ford has cut the Studio and Style variants from the Fiesta range to clear space for cheaper Ka+

Mercedes says sales in China may slow in the second half of 2016 while the company ramps up production of its new E-class long-wheelbase model.

General Motors' European unit Opel/Vauxhall is scaling back working hours at two German plants due to lower demand for the Corsa and Insignia models, citing Britain's recent 'Brexit' vote to leave the European Union.

News 22 Aug, 2016

Production lines for best selling Golf stopped as suppliers refuse to send parts to VW

Volkswagen Group has provided more detail on the impact of halted parts supplies on production at several of its plants. The company is in dispute with some suppliers after it terminated contracts last week.

Various lightweighting measures have enabled Lotus to shave 42kg off the weight of its Evora 400 model, the automaker said.

Features 22 Aug, 2016

Many people aspire to be car designers, but few make it. We visit the Royal College of Arts to find out what it takes to get into car design

News 22 Aug, 2016

Okuyama, the designer behind the Ferrari Enzo and Maserati Quattroporte, turns his hand to something a bit different

America's Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), in partnership with DuPont Performance Materials, Fibrtec and Purdue University, has unveiled a project with a dual focus on decreasing the cost of manufacture and increasing design flexibility for automotive composites.

Carlos Ghosn's powers of persuasion are very hard to resist, Nissan Brazil's current boss learned on Dec. 26. 2011. Francois Dossa remembers the exact day of the meeting because it changed his life.

Toyota Tsusho has signed a distribution agreement with Ballard Power Systems, a leading global developer and manufacturer of hydrogen and oxygen fuel cells, to sell Ballard's fuel cell products in the Japanese market.

New vehicle sales in Malaysia fell - by close to 28% to 42,471 units -  in July, compared with 58,646 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).