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The Briton who smoothed out Volvo's boxy lines is aiming to give China's Geely global appeal by ditching its utilitarian image.

Articles 18 May, 2016

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Features 21 May, 2016

In the final part of our series, we learn how Lotus is eyeing a brighter future after a tough few years

Takata has declared almost 14m air bag inflators defective as part of an expanded US recall, but said it considered the recall investigative, leaving the tricky question of cost-sharing with automakers unresolved, according to a media report.

Despite the severe crisis in which the company is embroiled, VW Group has announced it is to pay its German employees a sizeable annual bonus reflecting 'good team performance'.

For the second time since its introduction in India last year, Renault's Kwid crossover scored zero stars for adult passenger protection in the country, a leading auto safety group said.

Relations between vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers is a subject area that has always provoked debate. For all the talk of the benefits of collaborative activity, the need for investment in shared and emerging technologies, 'best cost' rather than lowest cost, one reality is that OEMs look for 'productivity gains' from their suppliers in the relentless quest for lower cost and better competitiveness. An annual survey of suppliers in North America charts the state of current relations, viewed from the supplier standpoint.

Relations between vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers is a subject area that has always provoked debate. For all the talk of the benefits of collaborative activity, the need for investment in shared and emerging technologies, 'best cost' rather than lowest cost, one reality is that OEMs look for 'productivity gains' from their suppliers in the relentless quest for lower cost and better competitiveness. An annual survey of suppliers in North America charts the state of current relations, viewed from the supplier standpoint.

The Renault board's decision to defy shareholder rejection of CEO Carlos Ghosn's 7.2 million euro payout for 2015 has caused the French government to take action.

The Renault board's decision to defy shareholder rejection of CEO Carlos Ghosn's 7.2 million euro payout for 2015 has caused the French government to take action.

The chairman of Mitsubishi Motors' U.S. national dealer council's advisory board said he sees new life for the brand after Nissan's $2.2 billion stake.

Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann rejected allegations by German media and an environmental advocacy group that the GM unit's diesel engines use software that may breach regulations by turning off emissions controls in certain situations.

There's an old saying in the UK - you can wait for hours for a bus then two will come along together. It's an analogy that can be placed on many things. How often, for example, do you see or hear about something of which you have never come across before only for it to crop up again within a very short space of time? As soon as some scandal breaks there seems to suddenly be all sorts of people coming forward saying they have been affected.

UK hedge fund TCI says VW Group's top management together will have been paid about 400 million euros ($455 million) in salary and bonuses since 2011, a sum it condemned as "corporate excess on an epic scale."

Visteon is expanding its software operations in Bulgaria, by relocating its 700 employees from Sofia to a new 89,000-square foot facility with plans to expand, accommodatoing up to 150 additional staff.

Features 19 May, 2016

Motorsport legend Ari Vatanen talks about his time with Peugeot Sport, rallying's heritage and its future

Malaysia's new vehicle market continued to shrink in April 2016, by 6.7% to 42,177 units compared with already weak 45,187 sales in the same month of last year, according to the monthly automotive industry report released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).

Takata declared nearly 14 million airbag inflators defective as part of an expanded U.S. recall, but it said it considered the recall investigative, leaving the thorny question of cost-sharing with automakers unresolved.

Toyoda Gosei North America has opened a new manufacturing company in  central Mexico to meet strong car production in the country.