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Hyundai Motor considering building a fourth car plant in China to meet local demand.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against GM asked a federal judge in Texas to force the automaker to send a 'park it now' warning to car owners not to drive recalled models until faulty ignitions are fixed.

Eberspacher is confirming it is among car exhaust companies which were subject to unannounced inspections by European Commission (EC) authorities yesterday (25 March).

Honda and Toyota plan to launch fuel cell vehicles in the consumer market in 2015, with each producing about 1,000 units a year, a report said.

Honda and Toyota plan to launch fuel cell vehicles in the consumer market in 2015, with each producing about 1,000 units a year, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

Although production of a 'bonneted' variant of a Japanese domestic market model in and for Europe ended in 2012, replaced effectively last year by the PSA-built ProAce, Toyota's HiAce van line - in its original 'one-box' form - lives on in Asia and Australasia where it has just received a mild rework for 2014 along with updates that improve safety, comfort and convenience.

Hyundai is considering building a fourth car plant in China to meet demand after the carmaker sold more than 1 million vehicles in the country last year for the first time.

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Not for the first time, Honda Motor Europe's Swindon plant west of London is soon to suffer a production cut. The reason is not, as the company maintains, slow overall economic expansion across European markets, but something else.

European suppliers' prospects should be boosted by a recovery in domestic demand for new cars, coupled with continued emerging market growth, Moody's credit rating agency said.

Moody's says a recovery in domestic demand coupled with continued emerging market growth should boost European automotive parts suppliers' prospects.

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Maruti Suzuki is set to regain its 50% market share in India at the end of the 2013/14 financial year, its best performance for more than four years.

When a pair of 1965 Ford Mustangs served as pace cars for the 1964 Indianapolis 500, the car -- which had made its debut just a few weeks before -- was kicking off an exciting

Malte Dorowski loves building Porsches out of Lego, as demonstrated by his Flickr photostream.

Over the past few years, Sumitomo Rubber Industries' subsidiary, Falken Tyre has been strengthening its presence overseas, in particular Europe. In this interview, Matthew Beecham spoke to Matt Smith, UK director of Falken Tyres about tyre modelling, winter tyres, EU tyre labelling, run-flats and the forthcoming requirement for tyre pressure monitoring systems in Europe.

Former IndyCar star driver Dario Franchitti has announced that he will be behind the wheel of this year Indianapolis 500 pace car.

The four-time IndyCar champion and three-time winner at Indy is thrilled to be part once again of the May classic.

"It is a tremendous honour for me to be asked to drive the pace car for the Indianapolis 500," said Franchitti.

Franchitti, whose Ganassi team switched to Chevy engines this year, will drive a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.

Dario Franchitti and the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. (Photo: IndyCar)

Peugeot Sport, Red Bull and Total have joined forces to compete in the Dakar raid rally in 2015.

To take on the 10,000km of the world's longest and toughest cross-country rally 25 years after the French car manufacturer last contested the event, the team has recruited Carlos Sainz. Cyril Despres and Stephane Peterhansel.

Last June's memorable new record of 8m13.878s for the ascent of Pikes Peak confirmed that Peugeot Sport had lost none of its taste for motorsport.

The 1988 Dakar winning Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 of Juha Kankkunen. (Photo: Peugeot Sport)

Inevitably, the decision recalls a particularly successful period in the history of the French team which made an indelible mark on the Dakar by winning the legendary competition four years running from 1987 until 1990, first with the 205 T16 Grand Raid, then with the equally iconic 405 T16 Grand Raid.

Team Peugeot Total will take on the Dakar challenge with a new car, the 2008 DKR. After last June's 20-kilomètre asphalt sprint, it's a two-week, 10,000-km marathon that will put Peugeot Sport's all-round skills to the test in January 2015.

The team's driver line-up stars the 2010 Dakar victor Carlos Sainz, who brings his extensive experience and car-development skills to the table, as well as the event's five-time winner on two wheels,

Cyril Despres, who has chosen Peugeot to kick off a new career on four wheels. Stephane Peterhansen has yet to be confirmed by Peugeot as he is still under contract with MINI.