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News 3 Dec, 2015

Imaginatively titled Special Edition receives grey roof and sat-nav as standard

Opel has denied understating CO2 emissions and fuel consumption figures in the Zafira after a German TV station said the carmaker's own tests on the minivan had shown strong deviations from official data.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles does not plan a hostile bid for rival General Motors at the moment and will focus on executing its growth plan to 2018 until the right and willing partner is found, CEO Sergio Marchionne said.

Renault named its former EV program boss, Thierry Koskas, as the company's sales and marketing chief. His appointment splits the roles of chief performance officer and head of sales and marketing.

Domestic sales by South Korea's five main automakers increased by 11.6% year on year to 141,711 units in November, from already buoyant year-earlier sales of 126,943 units, according to data released individually by the vehicle manufacturers.

Fiat Chrysler investors voted overwhelmingly to approve the spinoff of Ferrari to raise cash and reduce debt at the group.

Features 3 Dec, 2015

As Toyota marks a half century in the UK, we visit the plant that transformed South Derbyshire 25 years ago

The first new Infiniti Q30 vehicles have rolled off the production line at Nissan's Sunderland, UK, manufacturing plant.

Volvo Cars has shown its new S90, a car it views as Volvo Cars' "entry ticket to the premium sedan club".

News 3 Dec, 2015

Bold concept features closed cockpit and mind control for drivers

While recent automotive lawsuits have featured gruesome photos showing the dangers of faulty airbags or ignition switches, the Volkswagen litigation will largely turn on how much customers should get for being duped into buying high-polluting...

Global carmakers and suppliers in India's flood-hit southern city of Chennai, an area known as India's Detroit, are being forced to keep factory gates closed until Saturday at least, which is likely to hit local sales and exports in coming months.

ThyssenKrupp says it has won orders for steering systems from German, European, Asian and American carmakers in recent months that would add about 4.5 billion euros ($4.76 billion) to its revenue.

News 3 Dec, 2015

A coupe version of the new Volvo S90 saloon could rival the BMW 6 Series when it arrives in 2020

News 3 Dec, 2015

Tuning firm BBR is now offering power upgrades for both 1.5 and 2.0-litre Mazda MX-5 models

News 3 Dec, 2015

Tiny Toyota gains racing additions including mean-looking body kit, but no specs are released

US dealers delivered 1,318,210 new cars and light trucks last month, 1.2% more than in November 2014. For the first 11 months of 2015, sales passed 15.8m, a 5.4% gain.

Jaguar Land Rover is considering a bid to buy the British race track Silverstone to use as its new headquarters, newspapers reported.

"In future, all energy will come as electricity." Those words are not from some environmental activist or soundbite politician, but from a senior figure within the auto industry, which perhaps makes them all the more surprising.