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Features 10 Aug, 2016

New study reveals the UK cars most likely to exceed the speed limit and the ones that wouldn't dare

News 11 Aug, 2016

New report claims statistical evidence of an 'ethnic minority penalty' which sees car insurance costs rise in ethnic minority areas

News 10 Aug, 2016

A 'wiring harness fault' prompts ZF automatic gearbox recall. It's also fitted to some Land Rover and Honda models

News 11 Aug, 2016

Mercedes' luxury sub-brand Maybach is set to reveal 6m long mega-coupe concept next week, we'll see the production version next year

Saipa says its recent agreement to establish a 50:50 joint venture with Citroen, will see a major push on value-added localisation to achieve a 70% domestic component supply within two years.

Opinion 10 Aug, 2016

After speaking to a police officer at the sharp end of government cutbacks, Graham Hope is worried that lives could be at risk

Hyundai has taken a fresh design direction with the new i30 compact car, one of the brand's key models in Europe.

Honda Vehicle engineering leader Jason Bilotta talks about new technology applications and the design principles for the new Honda NSX

The auto industry's self-driving revolution has spurred the biggest two years of automotive supplier takeovers in a decade. The total value of automotive supplier deals in 2015 and 2016 was $74.

It might have raised suspension and wheelarches bedecked with chunks of grey plastic, but Volkswagen isn't calling its new Beetle Dune a crossover. Instead, it's meant to remind us of the 'Baja Bugs' associated with west coast America and off road racing. Can this new derivative give the now five year old third generation Beetle a sales boost?

Online used-car startup Carvana, known for delivering vehicles through vending machines, said today it closed a $160 million funding round that brought the total raised to nearly half a billion dollars.

A former governor of Mexico's northern Nuevo Leon state will be tried for alleged improprieties linked to tax incentives his administration gave to South Korean carmaker Kia Motors to build a plant, a local government source said on Tuesday.

Overseas companies should be wary of establishing "cultural imperialism" in China says one prominent ex-auto CEO, as the drive to consolidating the plethora of automotive OEMs in the country looks to gather momentum.

Tesla marked the opening of its largest North American sales, service and delivery center in San Francisco, a key market from which the EV maker will introduce its Model 3 sedan late next year.

Mahle Group is to sell its industrial filtration activities to the Filtration Group Corporation, headquartered in Chicago.

Wabco has reported details of its new multi-year supply agreement with Geely, one of China's largest automobile manufacturers and owner of Volvo passenger cars. Extending new business with this existing customer, Wabco will supply the vast majority of vacuum pumps for Geely cars and sport-utility vehicles in the Chinese market, starting in 2019.

Renault's sevenfold surge in vehicle sales fueled growth in India's auto market in July, extending the industry's streak of gains to 13th consecutive months.

Mahindra Intertrade, a part of the Mahindra Partners Division of the US$17.8bn Mahindra Group, and MSTC (a Government of India enterprise), has signed a formal joint venture agreement to set up India's first-of-its-kind Greenfield auto shredding and recycling capability.