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The UK commercial vehicle market grew 11% to 363,155 units in 2014, the highest level since 2007.

General Motors' Buick brand delivered nearly 1.2m vehicles in China, the United States, Canada and Mexico in 2014, marking the second consecutive sales record for the most Buicks sold in a single year in the brand's 111-year history.

The Australian new car market topped 1.1m for only the third year ever, with 1,113,224 new cars sold in 2014.

Johnson Controls (JCI) will expand its automotive battery line with a 12 volt lithium titanate model, a collaboration with Toshiba, for advanced start-stop vehicles.

BorgWarner announced it has developed the first flex fuel turbocharger made in Brazil for the country's growing passenger car market.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra said growth in the US auto market will flatten out this year, although a strong economy and falling gasoline prices should sustain demand.

News 8 Jan, 2015

Korean media reveals Kia's updated city car ahead of Geneva debut and spring 2015 release, new 1.0-litre turbo petrol likely

Subaru of America is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles for a second time in the United States to fix brake lines that may leak fluid due to corrosion from salty, wintery roads, which could lead to longer stopping distances and increase the risk of a...

Opinion 11 Jan, 2015

The Citroen C4 Cactus has led way for new breed of stylish French cars now a new Renault 5 is following suit

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.