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2 Feb, 2015
Kia has announced it will unveil the updated Picanto range at the Geneva Show in March, ahead of release soon after
Sales of Suzuki's Celerio model - launched to local media only in the last two weeks - have been suspended in the UK and Republic of Ireland after two test vehicles suffered total brake failure during combined tests by Autocar and What Car? magazines.
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2 Feb, 2015
Sales of Suzuki’s new city car have been put on hold following potential high-speed brake failure
Global automotive sales for 2015 could hit 88.6 million vehicles, a 2.4 percent increase from 2014 that would continue a five-year growth streak, IHS Automotive said today.
BMW and Bosch said they would join German train operator Deutsche Bahn in two claims for about 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in damages from air freight carriers that were involved in a cartel.
New-car sales in Spain rose 28 percent in January, the 17th consecutive month of growth. Car registrations have been boosted by a government subsidy program that helps consumers scrap old models for new vehicles.
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2 Feb, 2015
Volkswagen adds flagship R-Line trim to Golf hatch, priced from £24,190 with deliveries in March
The US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and automakers over the weekend announced a recall of over 2.12m cars to (again) repair airbags that might activate unintentionally.
Ford's Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks expects that Russia will continue to weigh on the automaker this year as the country's economy slumps and Japanese rivals aggressively cut prices helped by the weak yen.
Pirelli says its new Cinturato All Season product is a response to burgeoning consumer demand for year-round capability requiring no change of tyre.
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2 Feb, 2015
Front-engined, front-wheel drive Le Mans racer revealed in advert during Superbowl, ready for April race debut
French car registrations rose 6 percent in January, the country's main industry body said, halting a three-month decline as sales by foreign carmakers including Volkswagen and BMW outperformed domestic carmakers Renault and PSA/Peugeot Citroen.
French car sales rose 6 percent in January, halting a three-month decline. Volkswagen, BMW, Toyota and Nissan outperformed domestic carmakers Renault and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen.
Nissan has returned to Super Bowl advertising after a gap of 18 years. The company's TV commercial was used to reveal not only a future 1,250hp front-wheel drive Le Mans racing car, but the next generation Maxima.
Industry watchers see European sales rising slightly this year as automakers including Ford and Fiat make positive moves such as increasing production and adding staff.
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Lexus, quickly narrowing the U.S.
Fiat Chrysler executives say they are straightening out software problems with the automaker's nine-speed automatic transmission, but nagging issues persist.
The driver of a Honda Accord who died last month in crash involving a ruptured Takata airbag inflator hadn't been notified that his car was included in a June recall. The death highlights some of the pitfalls of the vehicle recall system.
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