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Features 3 Feb, 2015

With a general election looming, and the roads and transport set to be key issues, Mike Rutherford spells out changes that need implementing

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' US subsidiary reported its fourth-quarter earnings excluding special items rose 1.5 percent to $669 million. For the year, FCA US reported a 31 percent gain on the same basis to $2.

An activist investor is urging Lear to split in two for better shareholder value.

Big demand for trucks and a spike in deliveries to fleet customers sent General Motors' January sales up 18 percent from a year ago, the company's best start to a year since 2008.

News 3 Feb, 2015

Images of Vauxhall's latest hot hatch have appeared online ahead of official unveiling and Geneva 2015 debut

News 3 Feb, 2015

A record number of drivers are sending impostors to take their driving and theory test exams for them

Ford will take its RS performance brand global for the first time when it launches its new hot Focus model early next year.

News 3 Feb, 2015

Lexus rules out an LFA successor at Geneva show, mystery car could be near-production version of LF-LC concept

New-car sales in Germany rose 3 percent in January, adding to signs that the European rebound is continuing. The rise follows sales growth last month in the French, Italian and Spanish markets.

News 3 Feb, 2015

We look ahead to all the big production car and concept car launches due at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show

U.S. light-vehicle sales rose 14 percent to 1.15 million in January, driven by low gasoline prices that fueled truck sales and signaled another year of growth for the industry.

News 3 Feb, 2015

Leader of National Association of Bodyshops wants national write-off register to protect road users

Mitsubishi Motors announced single digit growth in sales and operating profits for the first nine months of its fiscal year but has revised down its full year unit volume forecast, leaving profit predictions untouched.

AutoNation's fourth-quarter net income rose 7 percent to $117 million, powered by strong year-end vehicle sales and improvements in all business categories. Adjusted for one-time events, the company's earnings rose 15 percent.

Toyota-affiliated supplier Denso today named manufacturing specialist Koji Arima as its new president and CEO. Denso reported separately that operating income fell 12 percent in the April-December period

Chinese carmaker Qoros appointed Phil Murtaugh, a former General Motors China boss, to run the company after struggling to boost sales. Qoros has been selling vehicles in its European test market, Slovakia, since late 2013.

Mitsubishi's nascent North America recovery gathered pace in the latest quarter with regional operating profit tripling on the back of expanding sales.

Domestic sales by South Korea's five main automakers increased by almost 5% to 111,620 units in January, compared with 106,343 vehicles in the same month of last year, according to data released individually by the vehicle manufacturers.

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said Russia's car market will probably shrink by another fifth this year, putting pressure on the alliance he leads after it teamed up with AvtoVAZ to strengthen its leading position in the country.

Toyota recently announced that it will freely share - 'open source' - almost 6,000 patents it owns covering hydrogen fuel-cell technology. Dr John-Paul Rooney, a legal adviser specialising in patents, considers the commercial rationale behind Toyota's move.