We're taking a long weekend in the UK - we get Monday 6th May off as a national holiday. It's the 'May Day' holiday, which - in Britain - is taken on the Monday following the 1st (if the 1st does not fall on a Monday).
Chinese automaker Foton Motor Group has agreed to set up a new joint venture with Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group to produce vehicles in Thailand for sales across the ASEAN region.
Geely's Volvo Cars said global sales "continued to grow at a steady pace in April" with volume up 7.4% year on year to 56,535 cars with China, the US and Europe all seeing growth.
Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Toyota AI Ventures (TAIV) has announced Fund II, a new US$100M fund dedicated to investing in early-stage startups developing disruptive technologies and business models in the autonomous mobility and robotics markets.
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3 May, 2019
New Citroen saloon draws inspiration from the Cxperience concept, and our exclusive images preview how it could look
Mazda Motor Europe (MME) announced it would restart sales of new vehicles in Greece later this year with local partner Syngelidis Group.
FCA has completed the sale of its automotive components business, Magneti Marelli to CK Holdings, the holding company of Japanese supplier, Calsonic Kansei Corporation for US$5.8bn.
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6 May, 2019
No car manufacturer seems to know whether or not the humble motor show is going to thrive to be killed off, says Mike Rutherford
French auto plastics specialist Novares said it booked full year 2018 revenue of EUR1,123.3m, an increase of 2.7% year on year while EBITDA improved to 9.1%.
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2 May, 2019
After a four-wheel-drive vehicle with a bit more off-road clout than the average SUV? Our top 10 best 4x4s list is the place to go…
Royal Power Solutions, which supplies electrical power and signal distribution components for global vehicle and industrial applications, has opened a new assembly plant in the Queretaro, Mexico, automotive mega-cluster.
Delphi Technologies has reported first quarter revenue down 6% to US$1.2bn, while net income dropped from US$98m to US$16m.
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2 May, 2019
The British firm’s latest special edition model adds a host of extra equipment and a unique colour palette to its compact performance SUV
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5 May, 2019
The new BMW M135i will rival the VW Golf R when it arrives at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and our exclusive images preview how it could look
Domestic sales by South Korea's five largest automakers increased by 1.6% to 136,296 units in April 2019 from 134,197 units in the same month of last year, according to preliminary data released individually by the companies.
French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire has welcomed the takeover of Renault supplier, Fonderies du Poitou d'Ingrandes-sur-Vienne, by GFG Alliance division, Liberty, saving 623 jobs.
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