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News 7 Jan, 2016

Reborn Polish brand Syrena launches compact racing car, with production car reportedly on the way

Nissan Motor announced plans to spend BRL750m (US$186m) over the next three years to produce a new local model at its Resende plant in Brazil, just west of Rio de Janeiro.

AutoNation said today its December sales rose 9 percent from a year earlier to 35,962 new vehicles, a rise it attributed to 'significant retail discounts.'

News 6 Jan, 2016

Highest premiums were for drivers in London, yet those in Edinburgh are offered some of cheapest

Volkswagen is facing a time-consuming overhaul as the carmaker adopts a new company structure and adjusts the strategy of its brands in the wake of an emissions scandal, CEO Matthias Mueller told German magazine Wirtschaftswoche.

Domestic sales among South Korea's five main automakers increased by 13.7% to peak levels of 175,263 units in December, from already buoyant year-earlier sales of 154,108 units, according to data released individually by the vehicle manufacturers.

Visteon is exhibiting a range of instrument clusters and information displays at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Airbiquity, a specialist in connected car services, announced at CES 2016 a partnership with Arynga, a software update management technology and service provider, to enable remote software update campaigns for connected car systems and components from the cloud.

Harman announced at the CES 2016 show in Las Vegas it was acquiring TowerSec, a global automotive cyber security company specialising in network protection for connected vehicles. The acquisition's technology will be integrated into Harman's 5+1 security architecture aimed at protecting the critical points of vulnerability in the connected and autonomous car, including hardware, network and Over The Air (OTA) updates.

News 6 Jan, 2016

The new VW Tiguan goes on sale in the summer, but can it beat the Nissan Qashqai, Mazda CX-5 and BMW X1 on paper?

Auto industry veteran CEO Phil Murtaugh will resign from Qoros Automotive for personal reasons after less than a year at the helm of the fledgling Chinese automaker, which is backed by Kenon Holdings and Chery Automobile Co.

GM and Mercedes-Benz say the next generation of cars will be self-driving and super-connected. A French entrepreneur is betting they'll also come in kits.

Features 8 Jan, 2016

Think you know your V8 from your VTEC? Take our car sounds quiz!

The family of a Virginia woman who was killed by shrapnel from a Takata airbag is seeking to reopen a lawsuit it previously settled over her death based on allegations the company knew the device was defective.

Britain's Road Haulage Association says France's proposed new migrant camp at Dunkirk will "double the problem" for UK-bound operators.

Opinion 6 Jan, 2016

Some of Fiat Chrysler's bold targets come to fruition this year, but will they work? Graham Hope looks ahead

Valeo is presenting a raft of driver assistance systems at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Automakers in the US are celebrating a new record year. With December's solid 1.6m total, industry-wide sales came in over 68,000 units ahead of the previous benchmark set in 2000.

News 6 Jan, 2016

CEO Jean-Marc Gales told Auto Express about his plans to 'modernise' the lightweight sports car