General Motors' European unit Opel/Vauxhall is scaling back working hours at two German plants due to lower demand for the Corsa and Insignia models, citing Britain's recent 'Brexit' vote to leave the European Union.
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22 Aug, 2016
Production lines for best selling Golf stopped as suppliers refuse to send parts to VW
Volkswagen Group has provided more detail on the impact of halted parts supplies on production at several of its plants. The company is in dispute with some suppliers after it terminated contracts last week.
Various lightweighting measures have enabled Lotus to shave 42kg off the weight of its Evora 400 model, the automaker said.
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22 Aug, 2016
Many people aspire to be car designers, but few make it. We visit the Royal College of Arts to find out what it takes to get into car design
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22 Aug, 2016
Okuyama, the designer behind the Ferrari Enzo and Maserati Quattroporte, turns his hand to something a bit different
America's Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), in partnership with DuPont Performance Materials, Fibrtec and Purdue University, has unveiled a project with a dual focus on decreasing the cost of manufacture and increasing design flexibility for automotive composites.
Carlos Ghosn's powers of persuasion are very hard to resist, Nissan Brazil's current boss learned on Dec. 26. 2011. Francois Dossa remembers the exact day of the meeting because it changed his life.
Toyota Tsusho has signed a distribution agreement with Ballard Power Systems, a leading global developer and manufacturer of hydrogen and oxygen fuel cells, to sell Ballard's fuel cell products in the Japanese market.
New vehicle sales in Malaysia fell - by close to 28% to 42,471 units - in July, compared with 58,646 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
FEV North America has established an office in Sunnyvale, to take advantage of what it says is a "thriving automotive electronics industry" on the West Coast.
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22 Aug, 2016
Lamborghini's 759bhp Centenario Roadster is limited to just 20 cars, all are sold out.
After used-vehicle prices went up steadily over the last few years, forecasters agreed that those prices would fall in 2016. But that hasn't happened -- yet. Here's why.
Volkswagen dealers are fighting to keep sales staff intact as U.S. sales continue to fall and the automaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal drags into a 12th month.
As floodwaters slowly recede in the area around Baton Rouge, La., auto dealerships are trying to do business with a limited number of employees, many of whom are dealing with losses of their own.
After hitting a five-year peak in 2015, combined sales of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger have declined 8.4 percent this year. So is it time to worry about America's fabled muscle-car troika?
Dealership acquisitions were down in the first half of 2016, though multistore deals were up.
Spy photos of Kia's upcoming subcompact crossover indicate a longish hood, stubby tail and limited cargo space -- a profile similar to the previous-generation Sportage.
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