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Nissan, Ford, FCA and Honda, riding strong truck demand, posted solid sales gains in June as the U.S. auto industry rebounded from a May slump. But the SAAR came in at 16.68 million, well below May's 17.

As I very much expected, cooler heads started to bubble to the top after last week's shock 'Brexit' vote by over half of the citizenry of this United Kingdom to reign in excessive control of our country by unelected Europeans - minor details like capping immigration to sustainable levels, letting our judges make court rulings that can't be overruled in Brussels, fish what we want out of our own seas, that sort of thing. Despite the doomsayers, the sun still rose and set, the country continued to make components and cars and the 'summer' continued to be rubbish. Meanwhile, the FTSE recovered what it lost, if not the pound, Obama's threat to put us in the back of a queue for a US trade deal was largely quietly countermanded by officials with more sense and even certain EU voices were heard to utter that access to the single market (which the auto industry wants, of course) might even be possible with concessions on immigration and other matters that led to the majority Brexit vote.

Awards 6 Jul, 2016

The Jaguar F-Pace is the 2016 Auto Express Compact SUV of the Year, with the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Mercedes GLC commended

The US government reportedly has advised owners of 313,000 recalled Honda and Acura vehicles to replace their Takata-made airbags immediately after testing showed there's as high as a 50% chance of rupture in a crash.

Awards 5 Jul, 2016

The MINI Convertible is the 2016 Auto Express Convertible of the Year, with the Audi A3 and Ford Mustang commended

Sales of new cars in France rose less than 1 percent in June as an 11 percent decline by VW Group, which is still feeling the fallout from its diesel-emissions cheating scandal, and a 5 percent decrease at PSA Group offset gains by Renault, Fiat and...

Awards 6 Jul, 2016

The Volkswagen Polo is the 2016 Auto Express Supermini of the Year, with the Skoda Fabia and Suzuki Baleno commended

A VW lawyer, in a court hearing, has said the company believed it could fix 85,000 three-litre VW, Audi and Porsche diesel vehicles in the US, instead of opting for costly buybacks.

Hertz reached agreements with Uber Technologies and Lyft, the two largest U.S. ride-hailing startups, to supply drivers with vehicles the rental-car company rotates out of its fleet.

Kia Motors Mexico has celebrated its first anniversary with the announcement it will launch the Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle (HUV) at the end of the year. This will be its first hybrid vehicle in the country.

NGK Spark Plug is expanding its production with a new plant in Komaki, Japan.

FCA US is recalling an estimated 26,211 vehicles in the US - most of which are in dealer hands - to replace transmission pumps.

News a Tesla driving in autopilot mode was involved in a fatal collision is evidence that federal regulators need to go slow as they write new guidelines for self-driving cars, US Consumer Watchdog said.