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Thailand's new vehicle market expanded by 8.5% to 103,164 units in March 2019 from 95,082 units in the same month last year, according to data compiled by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).

News 23 Apr, 2019

The latest Porsche 911 Targa has been caught on camera, completely undisguised, undergoing its handling assessment around the Nurburgring

News 23 Apr, 2019

The old Land Rover Defender gets a new lease of life from Polish tuner, which builds new and improved models from scratch

News 24 Apr, 2019

The new 715bhp Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante is the fastest convertible in the brand’s history with a 211mph top speed

Skoda is the first brand to announce a world premiere for China's next major motor show, which takes place in June.

Toyota Motor said it would build a hybrid version of the redesigned Corolla sedan in Brazil that will run on electricity, ethanol and petrol, claiming it would be the first vehicle of its kind in the world.

Following the ZF establishment of two joint ventures with Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer Foton in 2016, to produce commercial vehicle transmissions, the pair have now opened a second factory in Jiaxing, south of Shanghai.

New EV car-sharing schemes could offer carmakers a path to avoiding EU fines that will be levied on companies that fail to achieve tighter average CO2 emissions targets in 2021.

Two motor shows this week - Shanghai and New York. News, auto show-related, kicked off the week with some improvement on the Chinese sales front as the rate of decline showed signs of slowing in March.

Opinion 21 Apr, 2019

The recently introduced ultra-low emission zone in London is just another money making scheme targeting motorists, says Mike Rutherford

Jinkang Seres, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Sokon Group also known as SF Motors, unveiled a new battery-powered SUV at a company event held this week in the south west city of Chongqing.

Easter is coming this weekend, which means Friday (19 April) and Monday (22 April) are public holidays for us, here in the UK.

New vehicle sales in Indonesia continued to fall in March 2019, by over 11% to 90,189 units from 101,674 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data compiled by industry association Gaikindo.

Ride-hail giant Uber Technologies is reported to be nearing a deal with a group of investors prepared to invest in its self-driving car unit.

SKF has inaugurated its tapered roller bearing factory in Changshan, China.

In a record year for Volkswagen Group Spanish unit SEAT, the purchasing operation spent EUR7.137bn (US$8.061bn) in 2018, up 5.6% year on year.

Lear Corporation has announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Seattle-based Xevo, a leading automotive software supplier that develops solutions for cloud, car, and mobile devices.

Hella has signed further cooperation agreements at Auto Shanghai, China's most important motor show.

Dana has announced that the company had added five facilities in China since the start of the year. The increase is the result of Dana's recent acquisition of the SME Group, as well as the Drive Systems segment of Oerlikon Group, including the Graziano and Fairfield brands.