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Valeo has inked a deal with Deutsche Beteiligungs, a listed private equity company, to acquire bus air conditioning manufacturer, Spheros, although the fee was not disclosed.

Opinion 28 Dec, 2015

Mike Rutherford says basic sums confirm that there simply isn't enough road space for all the people and cars in this country

Imagine a robot car with no one behind the wheel hitting another driverless car. Who's at fault? No one knows. But plaintiff's lawyers are salivating at the prospects for big paydays from such accidents.

Pricing for the 2016 Nissan Titan XD crew cab will begin at $41,485 when it goes on sale at U.S. dealerships Wednesday.

Your Monday story, 'In Boston, Nissan's a tough sell to dealers' was a disappointing, one-sided portrayal of our company's business in the Boston market and beyond.

Porsche workers have agreed to concessions worth several hundred million euros to secure production of an all-electric sports car at the manufacturer's biggest plant, a company spokesman said.

The UAW said it filed charges against Volkswagen AG, claiming the company is refusing to enter into collective bargaining for a portion of workers at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Ford said it will recall 313,000 older cars for headlight failures linked to 11 crashes, as well as 4,700 vans, pick-ups and mid-sized trucks for assorted issues.

News 22 Dec, 2015

The Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is no more, as the brand pulls it out of endurance racing

News 30 Dec, 2015

Car brands from Japan and Korea come out on top in the latest Warrantywise UK car reliability and cost of repair ratings

Aftermarket supplier LKQ said it would buy Italy's Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia SpA, owned by private equity firm Apax Partners LLP, to expand in the European auto spare parts market.

Volkswagen Group has appointed Dr Manfred Döss as its new Head of Legal Affairs. He succeeds Michael Ganninger, who is leaving the company "at his own wish by amicable agreement" the company said in a statement.

Scarred by a public relations thrashing over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen is planning an image offensive, and its "Das Auto" global advertising slogan is an early casualty.

Yoshikazu Hanawa, the former Nissan president and CEO who negotiated an alliance with Renault SA in a 1999 agreement that rescued the indebted Japanese automaker, has died.

Articles 22 Dec, 2015

We look back at the best bits of 2015 in the wonderful world of cars

Engineering and technologies firm Semcon says it has signed a new contract with an unnamed "global automotive partner" to develop autonomous vehicles in Brazil.

Nexteer is confirming more than 3,000 UAW members at its Saginaw plant in Michigan have inked a five-year contract after a strike earlier this month surrounding pay.

Jtekt, a Japanese company that once revolutionized the auto industry by inventing electric power steering, now finds itself on the wrong side of the latest technology innovation: driverless cars.

News 22 Dec, 2015

Tesla owners will have access to millions of music tracks in their cars with new Spotify service

Toyota says it is developing a system for generating high-precision maps that will help the safe introduction of automated driving. The technology, which uses data from on-board cameras and GPS devices, will be displayed at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in the New Year (6 to 9 January).