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Features 18 Feb, 2016

How easy is it to bring an ageing model bang up to date with the kind of tech fitted in showroom-fresh cars?

It sounds like an early April Fools Day joke press release but Ford has announced it has, seriously, developed 'continuous control damping with pothole mitigation technology' and it will soon be available first in the US.

India-based automotive components maker Motherson Sumi Systems is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire investor Wilbur Ross' IAC automotive interiors business.

News 18 Feb, 2016

Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud owned by publisher and poet goes on sale for just shy of £400k

China-based tech company LeEco and Aston Martin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the creation of a partnership that will develop a production version of the Aston Martin RapidE electric vehicle concept by 2018. 

New vehicle sales in Thailand fell by 13.3% to a multi-year low of 51,715 units in January, from 59,669 in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Federation of Thai Industries.

BMW wielded an unlikely tool to hold onto its crown in the U.S. luxury-car market last year: the loaner, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

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Bentley boss Adrian Hallmark says plug-in hybrid power has a big role to play in Brit brand’s electrification strategy

News 18 Feb, 2016

CEO insists hybrid is the fuel of the future, but pushes back plug-in Bentayga

Nissan Motor announced it would begin vehicle assembly in Myanmar in this first quarter of 2016.

News 18 Feb, 2016

Popular French crossover gets a revised design, new GT Line trim and more practicality

US Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), a collaborative organisation of FCA US, Ford and General Motors, has awarded a US$1m contract to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts, for development of its lithium-ion battery recycling process to produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) battery cells made with recovered cathode material.

Toyota is recalling about 2.87 million SUVs worldwide after rear seat belts separated in one fatal accident in Canada and during a crash that injured a passenger in the U.S. The recall includes 625,000 RAV4 models in Europe.

GKN says automakers are test-driving its new torque-vectoring electric drive system that it claims will make hybrid vehicles more efficient and dynamic.

Lexus is upgrading its hybrid drivetrain lineup with a new-generation system that adds a 4-speed automatic transmission and semi-manual shifting for a sportier feel. The new technology will debut in the Lexus LC 500h hybrid sports coupe.

General Motors is to rename its Powertrain division to GM Global Propulsion Systems.

General Motors is to rename its Powertrain division to GM Global Propulsion Systems.

The arrival of the V90 is forecast to push Volvo past Audi to the top of Europe's important large premium station wagon segment next year, analysts say.

Volvo forecast record sales and higher profit this year, after strong demand for its cars in Europe and the U.S. tripled its operating profit to $776.6 million in 2015.