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News 15 Dec, 2015

The cute little Smart ForTwo Cabrio drop-top goes on sale early 2016 with prices starting at £13,265

European new-car sales increased nearly 14 percent in November, with Ford, Opel and Fiat Chrysler all gaining volume faster than the market growth.

In Porsche's "Compete," the luxury automaker pits pros against... themselves.

Plastic Omnium, in a consolidation among French auto suppliers, said today it agreed to acquire Faurecia's automotive exteriors business in a transaction valued at 665 million euros ($732.4 million).

The European parliament's environmental committee voted against new car pollution rules they say are too lenient in the light of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

A new tentative labor deal between Nexteer Automotive and the UAW secured higher wage gains for most workers and scrapped a controversial health care provision that was a major factor in the previous deal's overwhelming rejection and subsequent...

Grace Lieblein, GM's vice president of global quality and a key player in GM's bid to improve its supplier relations in recent years, will retire at the end of the month.

What happens when the greatest faces off against himself in the ring? That's what Porsche tries to find out in a new commercial for the 2017 911 sports car featuring the likeness of a young Muhammad Ali lacing up against himself.

CDK Global CEO Steven Anenen will step down from his role at the dealer software provider by June 30, the company said.

News 14 Dec, 2015

The tech and automotive giant hopes that the Italian styling house will foster relations with 'the best in the world'

General Motors' UK unit Vauxhall has agreed to recall previous generation Zafira MPVs even though the fault, which has caused a number of vehicle fires, has been acknowledged by regulatory body The Driver Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) as an "improper repair of the thermal fuse of the resistor in the heating and ventilation system, undertaken outside of the automaker's authorised service and maintenance processes and schedule".

Plastic Omnium has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Faurecia to acquire its Exterior Systems business - bumpers and front-end modules - for an enterprise value of EUR665m (US$733m).

Tech Mahindra and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) have jointly entered into an agreement with Pincar to purchase a controlling stake in Pininfarina.

News 15 Dec, 2015

Updates for the Infiniti Q50 saloon include a powerful new engine plus steering and suspension upgrades

Ford said it was spending an extra US$4.5bn on "electrified vehicle solutions" by 2020 plus "changing how the company develops vehicle experiences for customers - all to make people's lives better by changing the way the world moves".

Ford said it was spending an extra US$4.5bn on "electrified vehicle solutions" by 2020 plus "changing how the company develops vehicle experiences for customers - all to make people's lives better by changing the way the world moves".

Lear plans to double down on its investment in Detroit by establishing a new manufacturing plant in the next two years, joining a city-led effort to create a hub with at least four other automotive suppliers.

Bosch has developed a pilot active parking lot management system in cooperation with Verband Region Stuttgart (Stuttgart Regional Association).