Ford says it achieved its best first quarter total vehicles sales in Europe since 2010 with sales across all of its 50 European markets at 401,200 vehicles - up 8.4% versus industry growth of 5.4%.
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BMW AG is recalling its new flagship 7-series luxury vehicle due to a potential airbag deployment issue, the company said today.
Ford of Europe expects a switch to five doors for its new Ka will win buyers seeking a bigger, more functional model than its current Fiat 500-based minicar.
Europe's transport ministers, the European Commission and the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) have reached an agreement on cooperation in the field of connected and automated driving.
Toyota says it is in partnership with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) to establish a large connected car testing environment on public roads in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with tier one suppliers, Matthew Beecham spoke to Stéphane Martinot, marketing director of Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies about its exhaust heat power generation system, investigation into thermoelectric generators (TEGs) and how it helped Ford hit the right note on the Mustang.
Delphi says "relentless" concentration on cost is delivering US$350m of annual savings, which are ploughed back into engineering innovations.
Ford is studying new investments in Russia in a bet that the country's economy will recover. The Russian market could still become Europe's biggest, said Mark Ovenden, Ford's top executive in Russia.
Dow Automotive Systems, part of The Dow Chemical Company, has been in the business of adhesives for decades. Dr Matthew Beecham spoke to Dr Andreas Lutz, head of adhesives R&D with Dow Automotive in Horgen, Switzerland and Dr Stefan Dehnicke, R&D leader Specialty Adhesives at Dow Automotive in Schwalbach, Germany about the challenges of joining certain lightweight composites and recycled parts.
Takata is hoping to secure a sponsor by August and to pursue extensive restructuring under new management as it faces increasing liabilities associated with its airbag inflators crisis.
Delphi says it remains the number one automotive supplier for China as the country adapts to its 'new normal' rate of GDP increase after years or runaway economic expansion.
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the introduction of its unique Aqua-tech Paint System at Changan Mazda Automobile (CMA), the company's joint venture vehicle production facility in Jiangsu, China.
A strategy by automakers to downsize engines and reduce weight to help meet Europe's stricter CO2 emissions targets is paying dividends, official data showed.
A new six-stage body press line has gone into operation at Daimler's Kuppenheim press shop. The new press line supplies the nearby Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt with outer skin components made from diverse materials for compact cars.
New vehicle sales in Japan fell by 8.6% to 635,901 units in March, from 695,412 units a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA).
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