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Media reports have suggested that the US could impose a 20% tariff on imports from Mexico to pay for the new President's commitment to build a wall to enhance security on the US-Mexico border. However, there could also be a more subtle change to corporate taxation through a 'border adjustment' aimed at encouraging exports.

Operating profit at Bosch fell 6.5 percent in 2016 as the company invested in the development of products for electric vehicles.

Ford will offer an aftermarket plug-in device to add new technology to older vehicles.

A lengthy attempt by Ford Brazil to build a new plant has been resolved, in part at least.

German prosecutors are investigating former VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn on suspicion of fraud as they expand a probe into the automaker's emissions scandal.

A whirling dervish of supposed Kremlin spies, honeytraps, MI6 agents and double bluffs defined a week eerily reminiscent of Cold War days, before President Donald Trump's inauguration last Friday (20 January), while the new American Commander-in-Chief has started his tenure in a similar blizzard of activity, with an automotive border tax rearing its head once more and the big US car three rapidly invited to the White House.

Aggressive actions to reduce cost alongside a more profitable sales mix of products is driving a much-improved performance in Ford's European business according to CEO Mark Fields.

Japan's consumer watchdog ordered Mitsubishi to pay a $4.2 million fine for false advertising of its vehicles sold in the domestic market, after the automaker last year admitted to overstating their mileage readings.

UK engine output rose 7.5% year on year in 2016 to 2,545,608 units, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) announced.

Construction and fitting out of Suzuki Motor's new vehicle manufacturing plant in India has been completed and production should start on 1 February, the automaker said. The plant is owned and operated separately from the long standing Marutu Suzuki joint venture manufacturing and sales operations but will supply all its vehicles to Maruti.

Key Safety Systems (KSS) has appointed Steve McKenzie to the position of vice president, Global Manufacturing.

News 7 Dec, 2017

Skoda gives the Kodiaq a sharp new makeover, with order books open for UK deliveries next February

Volkswagen Group's head of compliance, Dr Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, is leaving her post after disagreements with senior managers at the crisis-hit company.

Guidance from the European Commission has been published to aid Member States evaluate if car manufacturers use defeat devices or other strategies which lead to higher vehicle emissions outside the test cycle.

Mercedes will overhaul its lineup beginning with the A-class, which will feature a "predator faced" grille.

Mercedes will overhaul its lineup beginning with the A-class, which will feature a "predator faced" grille.

Fresh offerings have become a key differentiator among brands that are doing well and those that are slipping, according to indicators from J.D. Power and the forecasting firm LMC Automotive.

Sonic Automotive Group had to change how it did business or fail, said CEO Scott Smith. The executve explained his decision to launch One Sonic-One Experience and build the retailer's used-only EchoPark stores.

Alain Visser, senior vice president at Geely's new Lynk and CO unit, told a room full of dealers that the brand is going to offer cars direct-to-consumer through a subscription model, so drivers can replace their vehicles every two years.

Assembly of the all-new Infiniti Q30 began on Daimler's MFA platform in December 2015 at the Nissan's Sunderland facility in the United Kingdom. Output is expected to peak at more than 50,000 units in 2018, according to IHS Automotive.