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Feb
25th

UK car output rises 8% in January

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UK car production grew 8% year on year in January, with 137,552 vehicles assembled.
Feb
25th

Rimac Concept-One: £676k, 221mph electric hypercar confirmed for Geneva

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Rimac Concept_One front side
News 25 Feb, 2016

Croatian company Rimac previews 1073bhp Concept_One EV to debut in production form at 2016 Geneva show

Feb
25th

Why Mercedes is halting the robots’ reign on assembly lines

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Mercedes is turning to human workers to support production on its assembly lines as the levels of customization now available for its models means that carmaking robots simply can't keep up.
Feb
25th

Exports drive UK’s January commercial vehicles output

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Commercial vehicle output in the UK rose 24.4% year on year in the first month of 2016, with 6,770 new vans, trucks, buses and coaches built. Export demand - up 65% to 3,468 vehicles - continued to fuel production. UK market output slipped 1.2% to 3,302.
Feb
25th

Honda to boost Japan exports

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Honda says it will make more cars in Japan for export to Europe and North America to improve capacity utilisation.
Feb
25th

ZF TRW welcomes regulation challenging status quo

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ZF TRW says it welcomes ever-more stringent regulation as legislation makers challenge manufacturers to come up with increasingly creative and technologically-driven solutions to real-life situations.
Feb
25th

Plastic Omnium posts full-year revenue up 15% to EUR5.6bn

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Plastic Omnium's Automotive division has unveiled full-year revenue up 15.6% to EUR5.6bn (US$6.2bn).
Feb
25th

Tata Steel Europe CEO steps down

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Tata Steel says Karl Koehler is to step down as a director of Tata Steel and as CEO and managing director of Tata Steel Europe to take up a senior leadership position with a large privately-owned industrial company in Germany.
Feb
25th

Ford reaffirms that the new Ka minicar will come to Europe

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Ford will definitely replace its Ka minicar in Europe, the automaker's No.2 in the region, Barb Samardzich, said. "It's coming," she said on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Spain.
Feb
25th

Daimler declines to invest in battery cell production

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Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has ruled out investing in battery cell production for electric cars with other German premium brands for at least another few years citing a massive overcapacity in the market that has turned cells into a commodity.
Feb
25th

Zipcar to offer one-way trips within some N.A. markets

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Zipcar is set to offer one-way trips within some North American markets as part of a larger push to increase flexibility in its offerings.
Feb
24th

VW hearing on diesel suits may provide clues on settlement progress

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A federal judge will hold a hearing Thursday that may offer the first details on any progress in settling over 500 lawsuits filed against VW, supplier Bosch and many current and former top executives over excess emissions in 580,000 U.S.
Feb
24th

CDK buys RedBumper, NewCarIQ

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Dealership software company CDK Global has acquired two inventory-management platforms: NewCarIQ and RedBumper.
Feb
24th

U.S. senators urge NHTSA to accelerate Takata airbag recall

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U.S. Sens. Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal today renewed their call for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to accelerate the recall of potentially defective Takata airbags.
Feb
24th

Tesla battles GM over right to sell cars in Indiana

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Tesla, which has battled dealers over its practice of selling cars directly to U.S. consumers, is accusing GM of being the driving force behind a bill to kick Tesla out of Indiana.
Feb
24th

Chevrolet wants Facebook ‘love’ for new Malibu

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Chevrolet wants the Facebook crowd to not just 'like' the new Malibu -- it wants people to 'love' it.
Feb
24th

GM, Ford have underestimated vulnerability to recession, analyst warns

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A Morgan Stanley analyst says profits at General Motors and Ford are more at risk in a recession than the automakers have estimated.
Feb
24th

Car emissions retesting will cost taxpayers £650,000

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Emissions and efficiency testing rolling road
News 24 Feb, 2016

The Government plans to retest vehicles with taxpayers money following the VW emissions scandal

Feb
24th

“The 124 Spider could make British buyers love Fiat again”

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Opinion 24 Feb, 2016

With Ford and VW ditching models to make way for new SUVs, Steve Fowler wonders if Fiat should do the same

Feb
24th

Lithia Q4 net rises 16% on 11% revenue gain

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Lithia Motors' net income rose 16 percent to $47.7 million in the fourth quarter on strong sales across all operations, the nation's eighth-largest dealership group said today.
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