The writing has been on the wall for a few years now. The sudden realisation that learning to drive or owning a car was no longer the rite of passage it once was in the US made carmakers start to think about future business models.
BMW added Delphi as a new partner in its development of advanced autonomous systems, signaling a new stage in bringing self-driving cars to market by 2021.
Features
21 May, 2017
Skoda ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins talks four wheels rather than his usual two
For years Google wanted to ensure its driverless cars were safe. Now, comes the next big test: getting regular civilians comfortable passing the wheel to a machine.
News
16 May, 2017
This GT86 is Toyota’s first under a special edition series carrying the new Club Sport badge
When the Jaguar PRs said some of their cars at a regional driving day for UK media were factory-fresh, they were not kidding - several, with the new, in-house made Ingenium petrol engines, had come off the Castle Bromwich assembly line only a day before the event.
News
17 May, 2017
This is your chance to win your very own Skoda Kodiaq for a six-month test drive
Lyndon Rive, the former CEO of SolarCity and first cousin of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, will leave the electric automaker next month.
The Dacia plant in Mioveni restarted production after dealing with the effects of last weekend's WannaCry cyber attack, the automaker said.
An annual survey of suppliers that charts their view of relationships with OEMs suggests that Ford, General Motors, FCA US and Nissan collectively would have earned USD2bn more in operating profit last year had their supplier relations improved as much as Toyota's and Honda's did during the past year.
Toyota has decided to assist with the finance of a flying car project in Japan, according to a Nikkei report.
Pininfarina recently announced a commercial agreement with Iran Khodro (IKCO) for the development of a modular automotive platform, able to underpin at least four different vehicles including a medium segment passenger car.
PSA and Renault are turning their U.S. absence into an advantage in Iran by piling into a resurgent market still off-limits to foreign rivals fearful of sanctions under Donald Trump's administration.
Groupe PSA and SC Uzavtosanoat have announced an equally owned joint venture (JV) - Uzbekistan PCA - to build a production plant in the Free Industrial Zone of Jizzakh, 200km (120 miles) from Tashkent, in Uzbekistan, to produce Peugeot and Citroën LCVs for passenger and freight transport.
Sales of BMW and Mini vehicles in China jumped 39 percent to 48,869 in April. The German automaker claimed bragging rights as China's No. 1 luxury brand after outselling Mercedes and Audi.
Sales of BMW and Mini vehicles in China jumped 39 percent to 48,869 in April. The German automaker claimed bragging rights as China's No. 1 luxury brand after outselling Mercedes and Audi.
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16 May, 2017
The German marque says just 750 units of this 2 Series M Performance variant will be made