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News 24 Aug, 2015

Toyota's first mainstream hydrogen fuel cell car, the Mirai, has been used as a course car for the WRC

News 24 Aug, 2015

A whopping 76 per cent of new XC90s ordered worldwide are top-spec Inscription cars

Mercedes owner Daimler is counting on China to provide the most drive for car demand growth this year and pledges to keep up its investments after the country's biggest stock-market rout since 2007.

News 24 Aug, 2015

The majority of Ford Mustang buyers in the UK are choosing the 5.0-litre V8 option

News 24 Aug, 2015

Skoda's next Roomster MPV has been delayed until 2016, but there will be two new Superb models at Frankfurt

Porsche is adding real time traffic information to its models sold in Europe from September.

Daimler AG, counting on China to provide the most fuel for car demand growth this year, pledged to keep up its investments after the country's biggest stock-market rout since 2007.

Production and sales results have been gloomy in Brazil all year but recent confirmation of four new auto investments provided some relief although all had been announced previously.

Goodyear has named Chris Delaney as president-elect of its Asia Pacific business unit, who will assume full responsibility for the business on 1 January, 2016.

AutoCanada, one of Canada's biggest dealership groups, received approval from GM to purchase an 80 percent stake in Don Folk Chevrolet, a dealership in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Hydro Karmøy says it is to install new equipment for ultrasonic testing of foundry products from the extrusion ingot casthouse in Karmøy, Norway.

New vehicle sales in Malaysia fell by 2.7% to 58,646 units in July, from 60,267 units a year earlier, according to the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).

News 24 Aug, 2015

DS Performance will focus on motorsport but it could produce hot road cars in the future

Toyota said its operations near the Chinese port of Tianjin will remain shut at least through Wednesday due to safety concerns as fires continue to break out at the site of last week's deadly chemical explosions.

PPG Industries says it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining interest in Chemfil Canada, a joint venture of PPG and Madinal Enterprises.

Kongsberg Automotive's fluid transfer business has won a contract worth an estimated EUR6m (US$6.83m) to supply air brake connectors to "one of Europe's major truck manufacturers".

Following an earlier deal with Scania, SKF has now signed a three year agreement with MAN for the supply of truck-matched wheel-end units.

Leoni says it will present a pyrotechnical switch that can be directly integrated in power distribution devices as well as pre-fuse boxes - and without additional contact points and fastening components at next month's IAA show in Frankfurt.

Toyota does not plan to acquire local partner Kirloskar Group, Indian media reports said.