President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal 2016 would nearly triple funding for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration division that investigates vehicle safety defects, boosting a budget that had flat-lined for roughly a decade.
General Motors has added a new base model to several high-volume nameplates, cutting their starting sticker prices by $1,500 to $2,500. The current versions of the nameplates all are approaching the end of their life cycles.
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2 Feb, 2015
Captur, Kadjar and one other: growing Renault crossover range to get a seven-seat flagship rivalling Nissan’s X-Trail
Delphi Automotive today named Rajiv Gupta as its new board chairman, effective March 1, replacing the retiring John Krol.
Tenneco, a supplier of ride control components and emission control systems, said today its adjusted fourth-quarter net income rose to $65 million from $59 million a year earlier.
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3 Feb, 2015
Sketch of ix35 replacement set to revive Tucson name, will be unveiled at Geneva show in March
General Motors reportedly won't have to pay out more than the US$400m to US$600m it budgeted for a compensation fund.
More than 16 inches of snow pummeled parts of southeast Michigan overnight, causing some Ford, Chrysler and GM assembly plants to cancel shifts for at least part of today.
Renault's new Kadjar will play a key role in the brand's global growth and profitability plans, CEO Carlos Ghosn said. The model is forecast to become the third best-seller in its segment in Europe in its first full year of sales.
Renault's new Kadjar will play a key role in the brand's global growth and profitability plans, CEO Carlos Ghosn said. The model is forecast to become the No. 3 seller in Europe's compact crossover segment starting in 2016.
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3 Feb, 2015
Porsche has announced its most extreme Cayman ever; with 380bhp, racecar aero and a stiffer chassis
The analysts at IHS forecast that growth of the global light vehicle market will slow in 2015, weighed down by weaker sales in many emerging markets and Europe. Nevertheless, IHS forecasts that the market will grow to 88.6m units, an increase of 2.4% over 2014.
Chinese-owned auto supplier Nexteer Automotive, the former Delphi steering unit, is moving its headquarters to suburban Detroit as it seeks to grow its brand recognition.
The number of eligible claims for deaths and injuries linked to the defective GM ignition switch that led to the recall of 2.6 million older cars should rise, an official responsible for administering the victim compensation fund said today.
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3 Feb, 2015
Set to debut at Geneva Motor Show, the Ferrari 488 GTB will replace the 458 and features a turbocharged V8 engine
Punishing foreign exchange rates have torpedoed plans to add a Korea-built midsize sedan to Mitsubishi's U.S. lineup.
China's SAIC Motor Corporation is in advanced stages of planning an investment in a new vehicle assembly plant in Indonesia, according to local reports.
Following the unveiling of Ford's Q4 and full-year 2014 financial results and, more importantly, its outlook for 2015, an obvious question is whether financial performance is poised to rev up in the same way as some of the new performance products recently shown in Detroit. Colin Whitbread considers the financial issues ahead for Ford.
Pirelli says there is no performance drop-off sometimes seen by using winter tyres in hot conditions, with its new Cinturato All Season product.
South Korea posted its first ever auto parts trade surplus with Japan last year, as Japanese automakers diversified component sourcing away from their affiliated 'keiretsu' suppliers.
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