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Cooper Tyre & Rubber, along with its Chinese subsidiary, Cooper (Kunshan) Tyre and former subsidiary Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tyre, filed summonses with the US Court of International Trade contesting the US Commerce Department's antidumping and countervailing duty findings against Chinese light truck passenger car tyres.

Lamborghini expects to hit a new sales record this year, benefiting from strong demand for the all-new Huracan, CEO Stephan Winkelmann said. The brand's current record of 2,530 deliveries, achieved in 2014, is likely to be surpassed this month.

Jaguar Land Rover's China joint venture named manufacturing expert Murray Dietsch as president in a management shuffle that takes place amid a sharp decline in the joint venture's China sales.

Bill Hayden, the former Ford of Europe manufacturing executive who is credited with modernizing Jaguar, died on Aug. 11. He was 86.

Continental has largely replaced its tire sales management team in China on suspicion of corruption, reports said. Several employees are said to have allegedly benefitted personally through business deals.

News 11 Sep, 2015

Brabus tunes Merc's latest sports car to 591bhp and 750Nm of torque, set to debut at Frankfurt show

Hyundai Europe's new focus is less on growing sales but more on boosting profits through a repositioning of the brand as an upscale product that can generate higher sticker prices.

The executives chosen as 2015 Automotive News Europe Eurostars rose above the rest by pushing their companies to new heights. Ricky Hudi, Audi chief executive engineer for electrics/electronics, is this year's winner for Connected Car.

The executives chosen as 2015 Automotive News Europe Eurostars rose above the rest by pushing their companies to new heights.

Ford expects its Edge to help boost its SUV market share in the region. The Edge adds a diesel engine for European customers.

Toyota told dealers assembled at a national dealer meeting that they would no longer be permitted to advertise vehicle prices below invoice. The company is implementing the prohibition beginning Jan.

Honda has received a permit from the state of California to drive its autonomous vehicles on public streets, joining companies ranging from Google to Volkswagen in testing the fast-growing technology.

Chinese automaker BAIC Motor has opened an randd center in Silicon Valley -- a facility that will help the company develop technology for electric vehicles, batteries and telematics.

Hyundai launches its NFL sponsorship today with a television ad airing during the regular-season opener between the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Indiana auto supplier Stant Corp. will shutter a plant in Romeo, Mich., and lay off 167 people by mid-November, but is moving some corporate and engineering positions into a new technical center in suburban Detroit.

One of China's largest state-owned automakers said it has opened a technology research center in California's Silicon Valley and is teaming with U.S. electric-car startup Atieva to develop EVs for China and global markets.

BMW-related viewership on YouTube -- at more than 4 billion views -- is larger than that of any other auto brand, a report by marketing and data firm ZEFR found.

Tom Cole, a nominee for the 2014 Time Dealer of the Year award and founder and owner of Cole Automotive Group in west Michigan, died Sunday. He was 73.

A proposal to slash fuel use by cars and trucks in California over the next 15 years was dropped late Wednesday from an ambitious climate change bill in the California State Assembly.

The UK car industry united this afternoon (10 September) for a unique send-off ahead of one of the world's most influential motor shows - and the biggest in Europe. In an extraordinary gathering in Greenwich, London, senior executives from across the industry were joined by business secretary [minister] Sajid Javid alongside 10 of their most exciting new cars, which will be flying the British flag at next week's Frankfurt show.