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News 12 May, 2017

Motorists who fail to shop around for insurance have been found to overpay by £1,400 over a decade

The Ford GT might be the closest any carmaker has come to making a race car that can be driven on city streets with relative ease.

Hino Motors Manufacturing USA has officially started production of Toyota Tacoma rear axles and front knuckle assemblies in Arkansas.

News 1 Apr, 2019

Extra pothole funding intended to future-proof roads against bad weather and repair pockmarked tarmac

News 15 May, 2017

Deteriorating road standards have resulted in a surge in pothole-related damage to cars

A deluge of lightly-used cars in the U.S. is good news for independent dealers, auto auction houses and car buyers, who stand to benefit from a bountiful supply of quality vehicles.

News 13 May, 2017

Drivers are lying to their insurers despite the fact that those who withhold details risk invalidating their insurance, and prosecution

DriveNow, the carsharing joint venture of the BMW Group and Sixt SE, is bringing its range of services to Helsinki.

EU nations have agreed on new draft rules for car approvals despite opposition from Germany, sources said. Fines of up to 30,000 euros ($32,613) per vehicle could be imposed on automakers who cheat the system.

German prosecutors are investigating current and former executives at Volkswagen on suspicion that they paid works council chief Bernd Osterloh an excessive salary.

BMW plans to double production capacity in China over the next five years, a German newspaper reported, citing company sources.

If a self-driving car could give you back an hour each day, how would you use it?

Germany cleared the way for its automotive industry to test self-driving cars when the upper house of its parliament approved a law setting out the conditions under which they could take to German roads.

Opinion 13 May, 2017

Mike Rutherford thinks there are far easier ways for car entrepreneurs to make money than starting new brands and building new factories

Fiat Chrysler said it is recalling more than 1.25 million pickups worldwide to address a software error linked to reports of one crash death and two injuries.

Yokohama has recorded first quarter profit attributable to its parent up 56% to US$50.1m on a 32% increase in operating income to JPY9.1bn and a 14.2% increase in net sales, to JPY47.7bn.

RAC has expanded its partnership with the French-based designer and manufacturer of its Intellibus, Navya, to help facilitate further deployments of autonomous vehicle technology in Australia and overseas.

Leoni has appointed president and CEO, Klaus Probst as chairman after a vote by shareholders at the company's Annual General Meeting.

South Korean auto parts manufacturer Hyundai Wia Corporation has taken full control its turbocharger joint venture with Japan's IHI Corporation.