Auto News 5

Thailand is fast becoming a major SE Asia production hub for medium and heavy commercial vehicles, with Scania the latest global manufacturer to set up a regional production and R&D centre in the country.

News 5 Mar, 2019

The one-off special edition Bugatti La Voiture Noire celebrates the brand’s history, drawing inspiration from the 1936 Type 57 SC Atlantic

News 4 Mar, 2019

Chinese manufacturer Geely has revealed a performance saloon car concept inspired by the Lynk & Co 03 Touring Car

News 4 Mar, 2019

Some consumers are paying over £1,000 more than they should be when purchasing a car on finance, an FCA investigation has found

Hyundai Motor, whose sales are falling in China, is considering cutting capacity at its factories in its biggest market, chief executive Lee Won-hee has said, according to Reuters sources. Meanwhile, Ford's joint venture in China has quietly begun dismissing thousands of its 20,000 workers due to weak vehicle sales, according to the New York Times.

France's Finance Minister is insisting Ford "must pay" for a social plan at its transmissions plant near Bordeaux, which will see 850 staff made redundant.

News 4 Mar, 2019

Volvo plans to fit all its cars with a maximum speed limiter from 2020, to combat road fatalities linked to speeding

Volvo Cars has acquired a stake in Zum, a fast-growing on-demand ride-sharing service for children, via the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, its venture capital investment arm.

Tower International has completed the sale of all of its European Operations to Financière SNOP Dunois (FSD), a privately-owned French automotive supplier. 

Mother Nature and Uncle Sam put the hurt on US light vehicle sales in February.

Cepton Technologies, a provider of 3D LiDAR solutions for automotive, industrial and mapping applications, has opened a new office in Detroit which that will operate as a commercial and technical hub.

News 2 Mar, 2019

Tesla has slashed the price of its Model S and X models in the UK leaving recent buyers up in arms.

News 2 Mar, 2019

Over 50 per cent of 32,000 used cars given a vehicle history check were found to have something questionable in their pasts