Features
10 Nov, 2014
We compare driving tests from around the world to find the simplest and toughest places you can learn to drive
Renault today opened a new factory in Algeria. The company sees growth potential in the country where the ownership rate is 100 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 500 in western Europe.
Toyota Motor has asked its small car subsidiary Daihatsu Motor to help it help it improve its sales performance in India.
New vehicle sales in Indonesia fell by 6.4% to 104,916 units in October, compared with 112,038 units sold a year earlier, according to data released by the Gaikindo automotive industry association.
Grammer is relocating and enlarging its centre console production facility in Rastatt, Germany.
Volvo has begun local production of the XC60 SUV at its plant in Chengdu, China. The carmaker recently announced plans to begin car exports from China to the U.S. starting next year.
News
10 Nov, 2014
David Cameron will outline plans for large infrastructure spend ahead of next year’s General Election.
INRIX, a global provider of transportation information, analytics and driver services for connected cars and 'smart cities' worldwide, said it was expanding its partnership with Volkswagen to launch its Park and Fuel services in new Passat models equipped with Discover Pro and Car-Net navigation in Europe.
Thierry Bollore has the task of boosting synergies with alliance partner Nissan in his role as chief competitive officer and joint No. 2 at Renault. Bollore spoke about this challenge and other future plans with Automotive News Europe.
Canny minority suppliers, who typically lack the global size and cutting edge randd for competitive technology, are forming partnerships with Tier 1 companies to handle major production contracts.
Instead of a broad culture shift, General Motors CEO Mary Barra is pressing employees for small changes #8212; singular moments of candor and more-decisive action #8212; that over time will add up to the cultural transformation that has eluded so...
For most of the past 12 years, Mini has lived a charmed life in the United States. Not lately. Critics say BMW's small-car brand should use its sales slump to rethink its ways.
Mazda's recovery is in a fragile state and the automaker is facing challenges in keeping products competitive with the first round of Skyactiv redesigns already halfway over.
The Republican victory in last week's midterm elections is lifting hopes of a shift in U.S. energy policy to higher production of oil and gas -- a move that could provide a tailwind for the auto industry.
Nissan threw the switch last week to begin building its prestige vehicle in the United States for the first time, moving the Murano's global export base from Japan to its plant in Mississippi.
U.S. light-vehicle sales rose 6 percent in October and the annual selling rate was a solid 16.5 million. But the real story last month - and indeed for most of 2014 - was all the extra cash those unit sales brought in.
As Volkswagen rides out a U.S. product drought, marketing chief Vinay Shahani is giving restive dealers a larger and more formal role in setting advertising strategy.
Mark Fields' biggest management shuffle since taking over as Ford Motor Co. CEO involves a job swap for two key deputies -- Jim Farley and Stephen Odell -- who bring very different strengths to their new roles.
The truest measure of good car advertising is whether it moves the merchandise. And the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling car in the country for more than a decade. So some marketing experts are wondering about the newest Camry ad campaign.
Living a teenage boy's fantasy of driving exotic cars is part of Tom O'Keefe's job at Midwestern Auto Group, a 14-franchise group of mostly exotic and luxury dealerships in Dublin, Ohio, that offers valet service to its high-line customers.
With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up