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Porsche booked record results for 2015, its fifth consecutive record year.

Despite the wiper blade being a mature technology, manufacturers are still pushing back the technical boundaries and finding ways to grow their market share.  To learn how the European wiper blade market is taking shape, Matthew Beecham spoke to Olivier Raby, Managing Director for Trico Europe. Market leader Trico Products' wiper product range includes complete wiper systems, blades, arms, linkages, motors, electronics and vision modules.

Magna says it is to supply its new Eyeris Generation 3.0 camera system for the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the first FCA US vehicle to feature the camera technology and for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica.

Volkswagen brand's global vehicle sales fell 4.7 percent in February, hit by declines in China, the U.S., Brazil and Russia. However, Europe was a bright spot for VW Group's core unit.

Nissan will debut semi-autonomous driving technology in Europe in the Qashqai crossover, its best-selling model in the region.

The high-powered version of the redesigned Mercedes-Benz E class will reach 396 hp. The Mercedes-AMG E43 will hit showroom floors in the U.S. in early 2017, the German luxury brand said Thursday.

Robert Taub, a 42-year veteran of Ford Motor who served as the company's director of corporate affairs planning for two decades, died this week at the age of 92.

The departure of Volkswagen's U.S. boss is a blow to the carmaker's attempts to revive sales after its emissions test cheating scandal, but should not disrupt its efforts to strike a deal with U.S. regulators, analysts and sources told Reuters.

Porsche has been weighing bids from Panasonic and Bosch for a long-range battery as it prepares to challenge Tesla Motors with an all-electric sports car, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

Subaru will show its new generation model-year 2017 Impreza at the New York auto show later this month. A teaser photo shows a front headlight and a bit of the sculpted front end.

News 10 Mar, 2016

New Subaru hybrid coupe would act as a halo model for the manufacturer’s range, if given the green light.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has selected DDB Chicago as the lead creative agency for the Jeep and Alfa Romeo brands.

Volkswagen plans to cut about 3,000 office jobs in Germany by the end of 2017 as the company strives to offset the cost of its emissions test-rigging scandal, Reuters reported.

News 10 Mar, 2016

Rear-wheel-drive, turbocharged Porsche 911 GT2 RS to have around 700bhp and a PDK auto when it goes on sale.

News 10 Mar, 2016

The Skoda Fabia and Citigo can be had with new Colour Edition models, bringing fresh colour schemes and additional kit

Five years after Japan's monstrous earthquake-tsunami killed 15,894 people and derailed the global auto industry for months, the country's carmakers still are cleaning up while preparing for when the next quake strikes.

Magna says it will open a new seating manufacturing facility in Taizhou, China, to supply the Geely-Volvo Car Group.

News 10 Mar, 2016

It's official, we'll see the all-new Subaru Impreza at the 2016 New York Auto Show