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News 14 Oct, 2016

Toyota is back in the World Rally Championship and the Yaris WRC competition car could spawn a production hot hatch

The Chinese vehicle market surprised analysts with a 26.1% growth rate (to 2.56m units) in September, although the outlook is clouded by the planned expiry of a tax incentive for car purchase.

News 14 Oct, 2016

The future of the Toyota Avensis family saloon is "under discussion" as sales continue to falter in the medium range sector

Daimler will scale back investments in plants, equipment and new technology from a peak this year stemming in part from its creation of the EQ electric-car sub-brand, amid a push to maintain profitability.

News 12 Oct, 2016

Toyota’s next Aygo could become a purpose-built EV, breaking the longstanding city car deal with Peugeot and Citroen

The Korean government has said that the country's exports shrank by 5.9% in September following the adverse impacts of a strike at Hyundai Motor and Samsung Electronics problems with its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

Hyundai Motor has agreed a tentative wage deal with its South Korean labour union after talks on Wednesday following the worst strikes in the automaker's history which have disrupted South Korean production.

All-terrain vehicle maker Polaris Industries Inc. said today it would buy off-road SUV accessories maker Transamerican Auto Parts for about $665 million.

News 8 Feb, 2019

The latest Vauxhall Corsa looks to take all-electric motoring mainstream, offering a battery-electric model alongside its conventional range

News 12 Oct, 2016

Spy shots show the new 2018 Vauxhall Corsa out testing for the first time

Infineon Technologies has acquired Innoluce BV, a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, in order to boost its capabilities in lidar systems that will be used in future driverless cars. Infineon said that it will be able develop chip components for next generation high-performance lidar systems.

Daimler expects to hit targets for a small increase in earnings this year, CEO Dieter Zetsche said, counting on profitable growth at its Mercedes unit.

BMW CEO Harald Krueger expects sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars to surge to between 15 percent and 25 percent of the company's vehicle sales as the technology hits the mainstream, putting the automaker in a race against...

Suzuki and Toyota are considering collaborating on research and development.

SsangYong Motor Company has announced that the company has signed a MOU with India's Tech Mahindra and LG U+, third largest Korean telecommunications provider, to develop technologies that will enable connected cars.

Electric vehicles could account for two-thirds of all cars on the road by 2030 in wealthy cities such as London and Singapore due to stricter emissions regulations, falling technology costs and more consumer interest, a study says.

New vehicle registrations in Japan fell slightly last month, by 0.5% to 476,771 units from 479,373 a year earlier, according to data rfrom the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA).