South Korea plans to file a criminal complaint against the country's Volkswagen and Audi chief. It says a recall plan for emissions-cheating cars fell short of legal requirements.
New vehicle sales in Thailand declined by 17.4% to 89,504 units in December from 108,688 units in the same month of the previous year, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Europe's Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) says new emissions testing is urgently required and that it "fully agrees" with the need for real-world evaluation.
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19 Jan, 2016
FCA finally agrees to let Audi use its trademarked names opening the way for new Audi SUV and crossover models
Volkswagen plans to hire Louis Freeh, a former FBI chief, to help the automaker deal with authorities in the U.S. investigating its emissions scandal, a German newspaper said. Freeh had a similar role at Daimler.
Renault is recalling 15,800 Captur SUVs to fix pollution-control systems and will offer voluntary emissions-system updates for about 700,000 diesel vehicles as the automaker seeks to avoid a Volkswagen-type crisis.
Nissan's pulling off the gloves with its newest Titan truck -- in the most flattering way possible.
The promised era of plain speaking and openness appears to be starting at the top, as promised: Volkswagen's CEO Herbert Diess has revealed details of two future engines and announced a facelifted Golf, way ahead of the public debuts.
Tata Motors has announced the appointment, effective 15 February, of Guenter Butschek as its new CEO and MD. The firm's previous CEO, Karl Slym, died suddenly in January 2014.
Audi is gauging its first-ever entry into the Iranian auto market where the German firm sees "growing potential" for luxury cars after world powers lifted international sanctions.
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18 Jan, 2016
Sharing of best practices and insurance data among moves welcomed by the Government to curb insurance fraud
Mini knows a thing or two about being labeled. Some say Minis are cute "chick cars," or that they're underpowered and lack space, says Tom Noble, the brand's marketing chief.
Volvo Cars is aiming to sell 87,000 cars in the US in 2016 and cement its position as a player in high-end segments of the US car market.
Tata Motors has appointed former Daimler executive Guenter Butschek as its new CEO, two years after the death of previous chief Karl Slym.
Proposals floated in Detroit last week by top federal auto safety officials indicating the agency is willing to allow auto manufacturers to detour US motor vehicle laws and regulations, particularly for unproven robot cars would, if true, be a "wrong turn" for the agency, Consumer Watchdog said.
Renault is facing criticism over the length of time it took to reveal that French investigators had raided the automaker on Jan. 7 in relation to rigged emissions testing.
Dozens of large shareholders in Volkswagen plan to sue the automaker in a German court, seeking compensation for the plunge in its shares due to its emissions test cheating scandal.
The Renault group's passenger car and light commercial vehicle registrations saw a further rise of 3.3% worldwide to 2.8m vehicles, in a market that grew 1.6%.
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