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Ford raised its quarterly dividend 20 percent today, the third boost in as many years, even as the automaker has said profit would decline for 2014.

Dramatically increasing windspeed is forecast to slam into the southern UK tomorrow afternoon (9 January), although maritime experts do not expect it to significantly hamper the car ship salvage operation currently under way.

News 8 Jan, 2015

OnStar smart driver assessment system uses in-car tech to give tips on driving better and cut insurance premiums

Porsche reportedly expects to increase sales to 200,000 cars or more this year, hitting a long-planned target three years early, after posting record deliveries in 2014.

News 8 Jan, 2015

JLR using open source development model to get external developers involved in new car technology

News 8 Jan, 2015

A simulator for autonomous cars has been developed in order to gauge reactions to the new type of vehicle

Dacia has begun operations in Israel.

The West European car market edged up again in December and posted 4.7% growth for the year, the first year of growth since the financial crisis of 2009. However, the market remains well below pre-crisis levels and concerns persist over the weak outlook for new car demand in the region in 2015.

New-car sales in western Europe increased by 5 percent in 2014, the best result since 2009, but growth will slow this year, according to forecasters LMC Automotive.

Features 8 Jan, 2015

A look at how UK road signs have become design classics, and how they were created - plus our road sign quiz

Ford and General Motors posted double-digit sales gains in China last year, the automakers reported this week.

Porsche expects to increase sales to 200,000 cars or more this year, hitting a long-planned target three years early, after posting record deliveries in 2014.

News 10 Jan, 2015

Renault is building an all-new version of its legendary Renault 5 supermini with hi-tech cabin and ultra-low emissions

Honda missed its 2014 sales target in China amid a cooling economy and greater competition, the last of Japan's three biggest carmakers to report fewer than expected deliveries in the country.

Shares in Takata, the maker of airbags that led to millions of vehicle recalls by global carmakers, rose to the highest price in more than two months as a major lender said it would support the troubled supplier should it fail.

Johnson Controls has developed a small lithium ion battery for use only by vehicle stop-start systems. The battery is about the size of a tissue box and weighs around 9 pounds.

PSA Peugeot Citroen is to put forward a radical plan to its unions that could see the automaker leave its traditional Paris headquarters in 2017 for a location in the capital's western suburbs as it looks to accelerate a cost cutting drive.

Turkish auto sales fell 10 percent in 2014, the ODD industry body said. The result was in contrast to the year before when auto sales in the market rose 10 percent year-on-year.

China will allow selected dealers to import without the consent of foreign carmakers in a move that analysts warn could lead to a weakening of foreign automakers' control over pricing.