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News 12 Feb, 2019

The MINI John Cooper Works GP III is set for launch in 2020, featuring a turbocharged four-cylinder engine with more than 300bhp

News 13 Feb, 2019

The new special edition Range Rover Sport HST arrives with a new powertrain and exclusive interior and exterior trim

A new contract - the third and latest covering the engine supply partnership between the two companies and the largest ever signed by Ricardo - confirms the company as supplier of engines to McLaren in support of its Track25 business plan.

News 12 Feb, 2019

Citroen is planning to celebrate its centenary with two concepts in 2019 - and the firm has already given us an early look at one of them

News 12 Feb, 2019

The Skoda Vision iV concept sits on the VW Group’s MEB platform and is likely to morph into a production-ready electric coupe-SUV in 2021

There was good news and bad in the latest financial results reported by Nissan.

VW Group owned brand SEAT says it is getting ready to participate at the Mobile World Congress, the global benchmark event of mobile technology and connectivity, for the fifth year in a row.

French shared mobility tech firm Vulog supplies back-end software platforms for car-sharing services. It claims to offer everything needed for an operator to run a car-sharing service, working with the likes of Kia and PSA Groupe in the US, China and Europe. Last year, their platforms powered 15 million journeys. This year, they're forecasting 25 million. They're using Big Data to help clients optimise fleet efficiency and trialling autonomous ride-hailing/mobility sharing. To learn more, we spoke to Grégory Ducongé, CEO of Vulog.

Opel/Vauxhall says that the six generation model - due this year - will feature an innovative LED lighting system.

Flex has unveiled Revathi Advaithi as chief executive officer and appointed her to the board.

Eaton has unveiled Margherita Adragna as president, Vehicle Group, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Renault's chairman will meet Nissan Motor's CEO this week in Japan as they look at ways to cement their partnership after the ouster of former alliance leader Carlos Ghosn, the Japanese automaker said on Tuesday.

Britain's Road Haulage Association (RHA) has slammed the UK Department for Transport's (DfT) decision to cancel a contract with Seaborne Freight to provide extra capacity in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

News 12 Feb, 2019

The new BMW X3M and X4M get the most potent straight six in an M car with 506bhp, as well as chassis tweaks and styling upgrades

While the race toward the commercialisation of fully-autonomous systems in robo-taxi operations continues to quicken, OEMs and suppliers have also begun to simultaneously double down on efforts to significantly advance current Advanced Driver-Assistance System (ADAS) technology.

Sensor systems manufacturer Sensata Technologies Bulgaria, a unit of Belgium-based Sensor-Nite, broke ground for a US$27m (EUR23.9m) new production and storage facility in the city of Botevgrad, the Botevgrad municipal government said.