Once again, Audi is ahead of rivals in finding yet another market niche. This time it's for a big SUV-coupé, the new Q8 being lengthier than the BMW X6 and Range Rover Sport which some claim are its natural rivals.
With 441kW or 600 horsepower on tap, the latest M5 is the most powerful car yet from BMW's M division. Taming its 750Nm of torque meant the chassis engineers decided to give this super-sedan four-wheel drive for the first time in the model's history.
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Geely-owned Volvo Cars is making significant changes to its plant-model production mix plans due to the imposition of higher trade tariffs between the US and China.
Ford's debt is trading like it's speculative grade as investors worry about how higher steel tariffs and slowing sales will weigh on the automaker's profits and credit rating.
In picking Robyn Denholm to keep Elon Musk in check, Tesla's board is going with a numbers-first executive who climbed up the ranks of multinationals' finance departments.
Toyoda Gosei will establish a Corporate Venture Capital Department in January 2019. This new department will serve as the company's centre for 'flexible and swift investment in start-ups and venture capital to accelerate open innovations for practical application and commercialisation of new technologies and products', it says.
Sogefi has developed a new plastic diesel fuel filter module for PSA new generation 1.5 litres HDi engines.
NXP Semiconductors has announced a new Battery Cell Controller portfolio suitable for automotive Battery Management Systems.
LG Chem has appointed 3M vice chairman and EVP, Hak Cheol Shin as new vice chairman and CEO.
BMW says that for the first time, the electric motors and high-voltage batteries developed for the BMW i3 will be used to power a city bus made by the Turkish manufacturer Karsan which is designed specifically for use in inner-city traffic.
Harman has opened a new office facility in Lodz, Poland, with 350 engineers developing automotive solutions including the company's summit car audio platform, Ignite platform, OTA software management and maps services.
Fiat Chrysler is being urged by an investor to consider selling its European business and spinning off Maserati and Alfa Romeo to focus on its profitable U.S. brands.
Fiat Chrysler's board is being urged by a small investor to consider selling its European business and eventually spinning off the Maserati and Alfa brands to focus on more profitable U.S. brands.
Volkswagen and Daimler have agreed to spend up to 3,000 euros ($3,430) per vehicle to offer hardware retrofits to clean up older diesel vehicles at their own cost, but rival BMW is still refusing to do so, Germany's Transport Minister said.
Volkswagen and Daimler have agreed to spend up to 3,000 euros ($3,430) per vehicle to offer hardware retrofits to clean up older diesel vehicles at their own cost, but rival BMW still refuses to do so, Germany's transport minister said.
VW intends to protect German jobs by converting three factories to make Tesla rivals and may transfer van production to a Ford factory in Turkey, Reuters reported.
VW intends to protect German jobs by converting three factories to make Tesla rivals and may transfer van production to a Ford factory in Turkey, Reuters reported.
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