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Oct
13th

New Lexus NX 300h Sport among latest Lexus range updates

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Lexus NX Sport
News 13 Oct, 2016

Lexus has announced a handful of specification changes across its model range, including a new NX 300h Sport model

Oct
13th

Honda’s ’17 CR-V gets turbo — and a volume knob

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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.
Oct
13th

Tech blizzard positive but job losses inevitable – Yanfeng

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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.
Oct
13th

Slovenia packs supplier punch despite size

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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.
Oct
13th

GM opens new engine testing facility in Germany

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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.
Oct
13th

Suppliers think UK Brexit could help Hungarian worker retention

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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.
Oct
13th

Samsung crisis halts Magneti Marelli talks with FCA for now

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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.
Oct
13th

Ultimate guide to autonomous driving – pictures

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Oct
13th

Diesel share of WE car market slumps to 47.9%

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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.
Oct
13th

New Toyota Prius to be recalled in UK over faulty parking brake

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Toyota Prius Prime - front quarter
News 13 Oct, 2016

Toyota has announced recall of latest hybrid hatch over concerns electric parking brake could become inoperative

Oct
13th

Mercedes extends luxury sales lead over BMW

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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.
Oct
13th

Mercedes extends luxury sales lead in bid to unseat BMW

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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.
Oct
13th

France will end diesel-gasoline tax gap for companies’ car fleets

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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.
Oct
13th

Minimum tyre tread depths: tyre makers in safety row

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Tyre tread depth - 20p
News 13 Oct, 2016

Michelin opposes a UK minimum tyre tread depth law change, claiming 1.6mm depth is ‘safe’. Others disagree

Oct
13th

Poland attracts U.S. investment in car industry, Deputy PM says

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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
Oct
13th

Gestamp mulls stock market listing in 2017

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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.
Oct
13th

Daimler buys site for Polish engine plant

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Daimler has signing a property purchase agreement for the site of a new engine plant in Jawor, Poland.
Oct
13th

SsangYong to build first overseas assembly plant in China

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SsangYong Motor Company has signed a letter of intent to establish its first overseas production plant, in China.
Oct
13th

Dana buying forgings company in Brazil

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Dana Incorporated is to purchase the assets of Sifco, a Brazilian producer of forged and machined components.
Oct
13th

“Growth in the EV market isn’t matched by plug-in points”

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Opinion - electric charging points
Opinion 13 Oct, 2016

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler is falling in love with electric cars, but laments the lack of charging points

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