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Volkswagen has received regulatory approval to fix manipulated software in another 1.1 million diesel cars in Europe, raising the number of group models cleared for refitting to more than 2.5 million since the start of the year.

Opinion 8 Jun, 2016

A recent report shows that Brits splash out an average of £695 a year looking after their cars - and we're here to help you spend it wisely

Suzuki has announced a management reshuffle and top-level pay cuts following its fuel economy testing scandal.

Automechanika - the German based exhibitor best known for its automotive aftermarket fairs - has added Birmingham, UK, to its international exhibition list for the first time this week. The trade fair at the National Exibition Centre (NEC) also includes a substantial element of supply chain participants as well as aftermarket exhibitors, something of a departure for heavily aftermarket focused Automechanika events.

Volkswagen will start recalling 190,000 cars in India from July. It will upgrade emissions control software following revelations of alleged cheating on official tests when real world output was much higher.

Chevrolet is escalating its truck battle with Ford through a provocative advertising campaign that claims the Silverado pickup's steel bed is more durable than the F-150's stamped aluminum bed.

Nissan's newly launched national advertising campaign will beat out a single message for at least the next two years: the product. No stars. No catchy jingles. No clever story lines. And not even any humor.

The new turbocharged 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol engine which Volkswagen has quietly slipped into the Golf is one of the best kept secrets of 2016. Power, torque, CO2 and economy are all state of the art, but the best bit is how terrific it sounds - like an old school BMW six-cylinder.

Some car brands will disappear as the auto industry forms more partnerships in a bid to adapt to a digital future, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles shareholder Lapo Elkannn said.

Fiat Chrysler has started discussions on a self-driving partnership with Uber, Bloomberg reported. FCA is seeking to cooperate with tech firms and last month agreed to develop driverless cars with Google.

BMW sales chief Ian Robertson says transportation is evolving at a far faster pace than expected. The auto industry will see more change in the next 10 years than in the last 100, he said.

News 8 Jun, 2016

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has hinted towards a tax hike for diesel cars to curb rising pollution in city centres

Daimler insists the relative slowdown in the formerly exponential growth rate of China's economy is still powering the automotive sector to achieve sustainable sales increases.

Suzuki Chairman Osamu Suzuki will give up his CEO title and Executive Vice President Osamu Honda will retire, the automaker said today, after the company revealed using false fuel-economy tests last month.

China's Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Automotive Committee, says recent growth rates of around 6% will become the established benchmark for the near future as previous runaway increases start to occur more sparsely.

Changan says it still needs to focus on providing Chinese consumers with good value products as the plethora of new technologies poised to potentially enter the market gathers pace.

General Motors insists individual purchases will still dominate for some time to come despite the advent of new ways of acquiring the use of automobiles.

Fiat Chrysler diesel engines have been tested and they comply with emissions regulations, Italy's Transport Minister Graziano Delrio said, after German media reported that irregularities had been found.