News
13 Oct, 2016
Lexus has announced a handful of specification changes across its model range, including a new NX 300h Sport model
Honda is giving the fifth-generation CR-V more space, horsepower, refinement, fuel efficiency and safety features for 2017, a top-to-bottom remake of the segment-leading crossover that echoes the Civic's transformation last year.
Yanfeng says companies will increasingly view cars as a medium to generate ancillary revenue while new manufacturing philosophies will definitely see jobs lost as production becomes ever more efficient.
Slovenia's automotive cluster director believes the country's small size is not a hindrance to sector development as it always co-operated with larger neighbours in the past.
General Motors opened a new Global Propulsion Center at the headquarters of its Opel unit in Ruesselsheim, Germany. The move represents a further investment in GM's second-largest randd site.
Hungary's supplier association (MAJOSZ) said problems in attracting and keeping labour were among the worst of the Visegrad countries although the UK's exit from the European Union could provide an unexpected shot in the arm for workforce retention.
Samsung's woes with a fire-prone smartphone - ultimately axed from production and sale earlier this week - have halted talks over the future of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles component unit Magneti Morelli, reports said.
The diesel share of the West European car market is continuing to decline and fell to just 47.9% in September (compares with 49.3% in September of last year) according to estimates compiled by LMC Automotive.
News
13 Oct, 2016
Toyota has announced recall of latest hybrid hatch over concerns electric parking brake could become inoperative
Mercedes extended its lead in a race with BMW for the luxury-car sales crown, as a series of new models position it to overtake its rival for the first time in a decade.
Mercedes-Benz extended its lead in a race with BMW for the luxury-car sales crown, as a series of new models position it to overtake its rival for the first time in a decade.
France will offer companies the same tax credit for gasoline cars as for diesel cars, removing a key incentive that has boosted sales of diesel models.
News
13 Oct, 2016
Michelin opposes a UK minimum tyre tread depth law change, claiming 1.6mm depth is ‘safe’. Others disagree
Poland has attracted a major investment in its auto industry from the U.S, Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference today on Daimler's plans to build a new engine plant in the country
Spanish supplier Gestamp, which supplies components to manufacturers from VW to Renault, is considering listing at least a quarter of the company on the stock market next year.
Daimler has signing a property purchase agreement for the site of a new engine plant in Jawor, Poland.
SsangYong Motor Company has signed a letter of intent to establish its first overseas production plant, in China.
Dana Incorporated is to purchase the assets of Sifco, a Brazilian producer of forged and machined components.
Opinion
13 Oct, 2016
Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler is falling in love with electric cars, but laments the lack of charging points