Awards
6 Jul, 2016
The Skoda Citigo is the 2016 Auto Express City Car of the Year, with the Hyundai i10 and Vauxhall Viva commended
Opinion
29 Jun, 2016
Whether Britain's exiting the EU goes smoothly or not, Steve Fowler is sure that the UK motor industry will power through
UK car dealerships saw the same number of customers over the weekend as before Britons voted to exit the EU last week, Britain's car industry association said, adding that it would not change its forecast for sales to rise slightly this year.
VW Group's biggest shareholder said the $15.3 billion settlement with U.S. authorities over its cheating on emissions tests will remove a major roadblock toward a recovery from the scandal once final approval has been granted.
VW Group's majority stakeholder, Porsche SE, said it has no plans to sue the carmaker for damages over the diesel emissions scandal, a top executive said at the holding company's shareholder meeting.
Renault may increase prices in the UK to counter the pound's slump following Britain's vote to leave the EU, Reuters reported. The UK accounted for 8 percent of Renault's sales in Europe last year.
News
29 Jun, 2016
Citroen to take radical approach to design of next C4 and C5, could result in switch from regular body styles to SUVs
News
29 Jun, 2016
New sporty Citroen C3 being considered, would provide link between road cars and WRC programme
WABCO Holdings has demonstrated the prototype of a claimed breakthrough collision avoidance technology for commercial vehicles.
Suzuki Motor Corp. tapped the son of the company patriarch to become CEO, keeping management of Japan's fourth-largest automaker with the founding family as it tries to recover from a testing scandal.
Nissan Motor said global production in May increased 0.4% year-on-year to 435,938 units, the fourth consecutive month of increase and a record for the month.
Ford said it had now sold over 1m F-150 pickups with segment-exclusive EcoBoost engines in the US.
Volkswagen's settlement agreements with various parties in the US have been generally well received by several key consumer advice buying publications in the country but appear unlikely to sit so well with European regulators because no similar deal is on the table this side of the Atlantic.
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's biggest automaker, said the short-term effects of Britain's decision to leave the EU will not affect plans to build a new plant in Slovakia, where production is slated to begin in 2018.
PSA's joint venture with Dongfeng in China has appointed a new executive vice president and a new general manager after suffering a sales slump in the first five months of the year.
News
29 Jun, 2016
After a record year in 2015, the UK automotive industry has called for Britain to stay open for business following Brexit
Toyota is recalling 2,867,816 vehicles worldwide for a potential problem with the fuel system charcoal canister evaporative emissions control unit and a further 1,433,988 vehicles to check a side curtain airbag inflator. The inflator is not a Takata product, the supplier has not been named. Some models will be recalled for both fixes.
An exposure to the Volkswagen Group is the reason for Porsche SE having declared a loss of EUR273m (US303m) for fiscal 2015. The company's forecast for the present financial year is, however, unchanged.