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BMW Group's sales increased nearly 5 percent in November, helped by continuing demand for SUVs and by strong growth in Europe.

Having now involved around "450 external and internal experts involved in the investigations" into emissions test rigging, Volkswagen on Thursday (10 December) admitted pressure to launch 'clean diesel' models in the US led to it deliberately designing engines to meet NOx emissions on test while knowing that real-world driving would greatly increase tailpipe pollution. It added it was making good progress with its investigation, vehicle modifications and group restructuring, including management changes.

News 10 Dec, 2015

Audi's A3 hatch and four-door range set to get mid-life styling and tech updates next year

Features 10 Dec, 2015

New Astra’s set to be a sales hit across Europe, but Vauxhall refined its ride and handling on some of the UK’s most challenging roads

Volkswagen said it had "largely concluded the clarification of the matter" concerning an investigation into whether the published CO2 emissions of its vehicles reflected real-world conditions.

General Motors' independent fund set up to compensate victims of accidents involving faulty ignition switches said it awarded $594.5 million and approved 399 death and injury claims.

News 10 Dec, 2015

The company is calling the concept the 'Fuel Station of the Future' and will debut at the Geneva Motor Show

Features 10 Dec, 2015

The new Astra takes family hatch tech to a different level, and we try it out

Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen had the most models rated among the safest U.S. vehicles in a year-end review by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

New vehicle sales in the Philippines rose by almost 26% to 26.979 units in November, from 21,422 units in the same month of last year, according to data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).

General Motors is to plough US$44m in the Bowling Green Assembly plant to support increased capacity in its Performance Build Centre, adding 36 new jobs.

Hyundai Motor launched its new EQ900 flagship saloon model range this week, to be sold under the company's new Genesis luxury brand designed to take on global luxury brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Volkswagen Group Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch pledged that the company will be "relentless" in seeking to establish which people were responsible for the automaker's emissions scandal even as he admitted that there was an attitude in some parts of...

Articles 10 Dec, 2015

Facelifted sports cars to get new four-cylinder turbo engines, while 718 Boxster will sit above the 718 Cayman in the new model range

Faraday Future, the electric-vehicle startup backed by Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting, selected Nevada for the company's planned $1 billion U.S. factory.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has agreed to pay $70 million in fines to resolve a U.S. investigation that it failed to disclose vehicle crash death and injury reports, sources told Reuters today.