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News 20 Mar, 2019

The Swedish manufacturer has opened a central digital library sharing information on all its safety innovations from the last 60 years

News 20 Mar, 2019

Toyota will build a new hybrid model for Suzuki in the UK following the two brands agreeing on the terms of their future collaboration

Volkswagen Brand China and its Chinese joint venture FAW-Volkswagen are scaling up their cooperation in the area of digitalisation and connectivity.

Gestamp has opened its second plant in Mexico, in San Luis Potosi.

The proportion of UK drivers who say they like the idea of self-driving cars has tripled in 12 months, according to Close Brothers Motor Finance.

Toyota Motor and Suzuki Motor announced and agreement to "begin considering concrete collaboration in new fields".

Mercedes-Benz has revealed a facelifted version of its GLC Coupe.

BMW has said profits will be lower in 2019 as the company faces rising costs and market uncertainty.

Officials from Suzuki Motor Corporation, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and CFAO are eyeing a joint venture to manufacture and distribute vehicles in Ghana.

News 20 Mar, 2019

Skoda CEO admits that firm has not yet committed to an affordable electric car to sit on the MEB platform

General Motors has said it would spend US$2.7bn at two Brazilian factories over the next five years, sparing them from closure.

News 20 Mar, 2019

Lister has launched a convertible variant of its Jaguar F-Type-based LFT-666, in a limited production run of only 10 units

Ford will spend EUR200m at its Romanian plant in Craiova, targeting capacity for 250,000 cars a year, Ziarul Financiar reported.

News 20 Mar, 2019

Volvo's Care Key tech lets owners set a speed limit for their vehicle and anyone who borrows it.

News 20 Mar, 2019

Volvo continues its big car safety push with a camera-based monitoring system to detect erratic driving.

Infiniti has appointed Mike Colleran as global division vice president, Marketing and Sales Operations effective 1 April.

Hyundai Mobis has inked an MOU for joint development of an AI-based autonomous driving platform with Yandex.

Denso has joined the Digital Olfaction Automotive Consortium (DOAC) as a founding member.

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has unveiled production release of the Alliance Intelligent Cloud, a new platform enabling RNM to deliver connected services in vehicles sold in nearly 200 markets.