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News 4 Jul, 2019

Hot Mercedes-AMG GLB 45 SUV has been spotted refuelling at the Nurburgring’s petrol station

Volvo is selling ever more cars and SUVs, even in China. Global deliveries for the first half of 2019 saw the brand delivering a record 340,826 vehicle, a year-on-year gain of 7.3 per cent. With many new models due in the early 2020s, a once ambitious sounding goal of one million vehicles a year is beginning to look attainable.

Only one of Europe's top five brands saw rising sales for the year to the end of May. As the new models keep coming, Peugeot has pulled away from Ford and closed the gap to Renault to fewer than 17,000 passenger vehicles. Now the new 508 SW is helping Peugeot to regain share in the D segment too.

After first taking a look at the Geely and Geometry brands and then Lynk & Co, this third feature in a five part series examining the divisions of ZGH turns the focus to Proton and Lotus.

Automakers in the US delivered more than 1.5m light vehicles in June, a 2.6% drop from June 2018, but generally in line with analyst estimates.

Lamborghini first half sales rose a staggering 96% year on year to a record 4,553 cars worldwide.

Romania's infrastructure shortcomings have again been highlighted by an automaker.

News 3 Jul, 2019

Authorities in London issued 1,439,942 moving traffic penalties in 2017-18 – a 30 per cent increase on the previous financial year

Geely owned Volvo Cars said first half 2019 sales of 340,826 cars was both a record for the period and up 7.3% year on year.

Opinion 3 Jul, 2019

It’s been a good news week for the UK and our 2019 Brit List shows that the future looks even brighter, says Steve Fowler

News 3 Jul, 2019

Minor styling updates and improved engine range aim to keep the Vauxhall Insignia fresh against the new Skoda Superb

In the run-up to IAA 2019, Continental business unit Powertrain is presenting the latest innovation to come from its 48-volt drive solution: the 48-volt high-power drive system with 30 kW.

Brunel University in London is to begin researching future powertrain concepts using Camcon Automotive's new Single Cylinder Intelligent Valve Technology (SCI).

Beijing-based Baidu released the latest version of Apollo, its open source full-stack software solution for driverless vehicles.

Domestic sales by South Korea's five largest automakers fell by 5.2% to 124,963 units in June 2019 from 131,827 units in the same month of last year, according to preliminary data released individually by the companies.

Suzuki in the UK has announced a new strategy it hopes will increase its UK market fleet and corporate sales by more than a third over the next three years.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has named ZF Friedrichshafen as its global transmission supplier for rear wheel drive and all wheel drive vehicles with front longitudinal drive configuration.

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) says it has developed the world's first 'Continuously Variable Valve Duration' (CVVD) technology to feature in future Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The innovation was revealed at Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang alongside the Smartstream G1.6 T-GDi the first engine to feature the technology.