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Jun
11th

Jaguar Land Rover to move Discovery production to Slovakia

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Jaguar Land Rover is moving all production of its Land Rover Discovery to Slovakia from its Solihull plant near Birmingham. The UK plant will be retooled to accommodate a new generation of EVs, people familiar with the matter said.
Jun
11th

JLR will cut more UK jobs as it moves Discovery output to Slovakia

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Jaguar Land Rover is set to cut more jobs in Britain as it moves all production of the Land Rover Discovery to lower-cost Slovakia before building its new Range Rover at an English factory.
Jun
11th

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 – prices, tickets, and dates

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News 28 Jun, 2018

The 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed is a bucket list event for any petrolhead. Here's a complete guide for what to expect in 2018

Jun
11th

Mercedes host 240 US suppliers at annual forum

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Purchasing and operations managers of Daimler's Mercedes-Benz Cars and Mercedes-Benz US International (MBUSI) have met with representatives of 240 suppliers at the company's annual supplier forum.
Jun
11th

France “strongly regrets” Ford Aquitaine sale move

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French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire says he "strongly regrets" the decision by Ford to seek a new owner for its automatic transmissions factory near Bordeaux with 900 jobs at risk.
Jun
11th

Mazda to continue diesel development

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Mazda Motor has said it would continue to develop diesel engines even as an increasing number of global carmakers turn their back on the 125 year old technology.
Jun
11th

Audi CEO targeted in German prosecutor’s emissions probe

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German prosecutors said they have widened an emissions-cheating probe against Audi to include CEO Rupert Stadler among the suspects accused of fraud and false advertising.
Jun
11th

Audi CEO Stadler’s home raided in Volkswagens’s diesel case

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German prosecutors widened an emissions-cheating probe against Audi to include CEO Rupert Stadler and Bernd Martens, the automaker's head of purchasing.
Jun
11th

Kia adds half million cars to US airbag recall

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Kia Motors said on Friday it was recalling a further 507,000 vehicles sold in the US due to a possible electronic fault which may prevent airbags from deploying in a crash.
Jun
11th

Malaysia’s new prime minister mulls new national car

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Newly elected Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said his office would explore opportunities to establish a new national car project in his country.
Jun
11th

New Lexus boss David Christ calls product plan ‘a work in progress’

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Like its competitors, Lexus is adding crowd-pleasing crossovers and taking a hard look at its car business, which has lagged in recent years.
Jun
11th

German regulator found 5 defeat devices in Daimler diesels, paper says

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Germany's road vehicle authority suspects emissions control devices are being used in the bulk of Mercedes owner Daimler's new Euro 6 diesel car fleet, encompassing 1 million vehicles, a newspaper said.
Jun
11th

Ram launch slowed by delayed EPA approval

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Delayed EPA approval for key versions of Ram's redesigned 1500 may spoil a plan to flood the market with old and new pickups and possibly overtake the Chevrolet Silverado in sales this year.
Jun
11th

Dealership staff plans celebrations for centennial

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Instead of hiring event planners to commemorate Adamson Ford's 100th year, each department was asked to come up with two community events, for one event every month.
Jun
11th

Mercedes Collection subscription program undercuts BMW, Cadillac on price

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Mercedes joins the subscription craze with a bang -- undercutting the luxury competition on price.
Jun
11th

Kia ad campaign uses kid salesmen to poke fun at dealers

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Saad Chehab, who joined Kia Motors America in May 2017 as vice president of marketing communications, said the brand needed the fresh look for its summer sales campaign.
Jun
11th

GAC’s U.S. launch threatened by tariff battle with China

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GAC Motor, angling to become the first homegrown Chinese automaker to export light vehicles to the U.S., is re-evaluating those plans after President Donald Trump's threat to level tariffs on imported vehicles.
Jun
11th

Finance technology leveraging Silicon Valley mindset, auto sales know-how

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For dealership fintech companies to be successful in a space where many entrepreneurs have failed, a Silicon Valley mindset combined with traditional auto retail expertise could be a winning combination.
Jun
11th

China market in control as industry enters new era

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China has been the world's biggest auto market since 2009, when it eclipsed the U.S. But only recently has it reached a long-anticipated, and in many quarters, long-feared, tipping point.
Jun
11th

Aston CEO Andy Palmer says mass market must adapt or die

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Andy Palmer, addressing the Automotive News Europe Congress, sounded the same worrisome themes about industry economics made famous by Sergio Marchionne, with a bit of Bob Lutz's doomsday talk thrown in.
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