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Articles 21 Jun, 2019

MG is steeped in history, but it’s also a brand that continues to show a huge incremental sales success in an otherwise-declining market

Hitachi Automotive Systems (HAS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi announced that it has granted KPS Capital Partners a put-option agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Chassis Brakes International. Staff representatives will be consulted as per applicable law, and completion will be subject to antitrust approvals, HAS said

Free2move, Groupe PSA's mobility brand, has launched Car On Demand in France, a service which it claims provides access to a car without long-term commitment.

Alliance partners Groupe Renault and Nissan are to explore driverless mobility services with Waymo in France and Japan. The cooperation between the two automakers and Google's driverless cars unit comes in spite of ongoing political tensions between Renault and Nissan that followed the arrest of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in Japan on charges of financial misconduct.

Seeking to revitalise falling sales in the Indian market, Renault has announced the Triber, an additional model which will be manufactured at the Alliance's RNAIPL plant in Tamil Nadu.

News 20 Jun, 2019

A new high-riding Audi A3 Cityhopper hatch is on the way and our exclusive images preview how it could look

Opinion 20 Jun, 2019

With the new Peugeot 2008, Steve Fowler thinks PSA is leading the way in making electric cars normalised with the general public

News 19 Jun, 2019

Skoda’s flagship Kodiaq SUV is to get a mid-life refresh with mildly updated styling and fresh technology

News 20 Jun, 2019

A collaborative project between Nissan and Mackie’s of Scotland aims to reduce the amount of emissions generated by ice cream vendors

Volkswagen Group intends to group more than 5,000 digital experts together in its new "Car.Software" unit with group responsibility for software in the vehicle by 2025.

Ford fits Romanian built EcoSport SUVs with carpets made using 470 single-use plastic drink bottles and, since model launch globally in 2012, has provided a new lease of life for 650m 500ml bottles, weighing an estimated 8,262 tonnes.

Volkswagen's Bentley Motors has appointed Florian Spinoly director of product and marketing, effective immediately.

Peugeot says its fully electric 2008 SUV variant - set for launch in 2020 - will be powered by a 100kW electric motor and 50kWh battery capable of 193 miles of range (under the WLTP test).

Byton named former Ford executive Andrew Ball vice president of programme management.

Nio began delivery of the five-seat, high performance, long range electric ES6 to users in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Nissan Motor and Renault are close to resolving a standoff about Nissan's corporate governance ahead of the Japanese car maker's shareholder meeting next week, according to Wall Street Journal (WSJ) sources.

Thailand's new vehicle market expanded by 3.7% to 88,097 units in May from 84,965 units in the same month last year, according to wholesale data compiled by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).

Ficosa says it is the first global manufacturer to receive European RED certification for its CarCom platform with Cellular-V2X technology.