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Jan
13th

‘Buyers have demanded more cars wearing ‘made in Britain’ labels’

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JLR opinion
Opinion 13 Jan, 2017

Mike Rutherford is proud to be British after looking at the official car sales figures from 2016

Jan
13th

Tesla unveils pricing structure for supercharging stations

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Tesla Motors said it will charge new customers fees to use its Supercharging stations if they exceed an annual limit, detailing its price structure to help pay for the expansion of its network of stations.
Jan
13th

Brazil’s 2016 worse than expected, hopes for some growth in 2017

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The difficult 2016 was the Brazil vehicle market's fourth downturn year in a row. With hindsight, it is easy to conclude there was excess optimism, exaggerated interventionism and poor assessment of the future. The Inovar-Auto programmes back in 2012 forecast sales of 4.5m light and heavy units by 2016/2017 - the tally last year was 2.05m, down over 20% on 2015.
Jan
13th

Chandrasekaran appointed Chairman of Tata Sons

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Tata Sons has appointed Mr. N. Chandrasekaran as chairman. He takes charge from February 21, 2017 and succeeds Cyrus Mistry who was removed from his position in October.
Jan
13th

Adient’s Recaro group to supply CV seats to MAN Truck & Bus

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Adient's Recaro Automotive Seating product group has secured a contract with MAN Truck & Bus AG to increase annual production at the company's facility in Skarbimierz, Poland. 
Jan
13th

Cars emit more NOx than trucks and buses – report

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In the wake of recent diesel emissions controversies, a new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) shows that the average amount of nitrogen oxides (NOx) present in exhaust emissions from modern diesel passenger cars is more than double the levels from modern trucks and buses.
Jan
13th

Renault emissions are being investigated by French prosecutors, report says

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French prosecutors are investigating Renault over suspected cheating on vehicle exhaust emissions, a source at the Paris prosecutor's office told Reuters.
Jan
13th

New Zealand vehicle sales break records again

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New Zealand new vehicle sales set a record for the third consecutive year.
Jan
13th

Hyundai recalls Tucson in China, South Korea

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Hyundai Motor is to recall 184,000 Tucson SUVs in South Korea and China from next month due to problems with the suspension system.
Jan
13th

GEFCO pushes logistics envelope as OEM demand evolves

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Logistics provider, GEFCO, says one of its key challenges in the frenetically advancing world of new vehicle technologies is how to maintain its position at the head of the queue when it comes to OEMs or suppliers choosing its delivery systems.
Jan
13th

Tata names new chairman to stabilize group

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For Tata Group's new chairman, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, restoring order at India's largest conglomerate will be top of his agenda after the ouster of his predecessor Cyrus Mistry triggered one of the country's biggest corporate power struggles in...
Jan
13th

China vehicle market exceeded 28m units in 2016

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New vehicle sales in China expanded by 13.7% to 28.03m units last year, up from 24.6m in 2015, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
Jan
13th

Fiat Chrysler, Italy face EU questions over diesel emissions

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European lawmakers called on Italy to provide proof against Germany's allegation that Fiat Chrysler used illegal exhaust emissions defeat devices.
Jan
13th

Russia sales slump may end this year after 11% fall in 2016

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New-car sales in Russia fell 11 percent to 1.42 million last year but automakers predict the country's four-year slump will end in 2017.
Jan
12th

Honda to resume Civic sedan output in Japan; weighs U.S. exports

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Allocating manufacturing capacity for the Civic in Japan may enable Honda to free up production capacity in the United States, where the market for sedans is shrinking in favor of crossovers.
Jan
12th

U.S. judge orders VW executive detained

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A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered a Volkswagen executive charged in the Justice Department's diesel emissions investigation held without bail pending trial.
Jan
12th

Ford owes suppliers payouts after Mexico car plant aborted

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Ford is working on a plan to compensate parts makers that were preparing to supply the plant the company canceled last week and will return the land to the government of Mexico, an executive said.
Jan
12th

Takata to plead guilty, pay victims and automakers in $1 billion deal, reports say

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Takata is expected to agree to plead guilty to fraud charges Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve the government's investigation into deadly air bag ruptures, sources said.
Jan
12th

VW dropped from U.S. trusted-cargo program over emissions cheating

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The emissions-cheating scandal that will eventually cost Volkswagen $23 billion in North America has also made it harder to import its cars to the U.S.
Jan
12th

Gulf States Toyota connects TV ads to dealer visits

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In June and July, 652,000 households in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas saw at least twice as many TV ads promoting summertime deals on the Toyota Camry as others in the region.
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