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Mar
25th

THAILAND: Suzuki to build Celerio for local sale, Europe

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Suzuki Motor Corporation's Thai subsidiary Suzuki Motor (Thailand) (SMT) will assemble the Celerio (which is also made in India) from next May. It will also build the model for Europe, starting in the second half of this year.
Mar
25th

Volvo flywheel KERS tech revealed

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Volvo flywheel KERS
News 25 Mar, 2014

New flywheel-based hybrid tech could reduce fuel consumption by 25 per cent, and we drive a prototype

Mar
25th

PSA targets China fashionistas in quest for 10% luxury share

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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is seeking to capture 10 percent of China's luxury vehicle sales with its Citroen DS brand. The company aims to sell 200,000 DS vehicles in China in four years after delivering about 3,500 units in 2013.
Mar
25th

Volkswagen XL1 and Toyota ME.WE up for global design award

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Volkswagen XL1 action
News 25 Mar, 2014

Volkswagen’s XL1 and Toyota’s ME.WE are the automotive representatives in the nominations for the Design of the Year Awards 2014

Mar
25th

EU antitrust regulators raid Faurecia, Tenneco, car exhaust suppliers

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European Union antitrust regulators raided Faurecia, Tenneco and several other auto exhaust systems makers in the latest crackdown against suspected price-fixing in the auto industry.
Mar
25th

Honda cuts UK car production due to weak growth outlook

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Honda will cut 340 jobs at its UK factory and reduce production to two shifts from three. The company said it does not expect sales to rebound in Europe in the next couple of years.
Mar
25th

RUSSIA: Renault hails Decree 166, urges more supplier liaison

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Renault Russia is hailing the effect of the country's Decree 166 mandating localised content, that has seen the country become one of the automaker's most successful destinations
Mar
25th

2014 Audi RS 7 review notes: An elegant rocket ship

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ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: I have to start by saying $120K is R8 V8 money, so keep that in mind; but if you really want a car that'll do everything, the S4 is no longer your steed. It has to be this RS 7.
Mar
25th

COMMENT: Recall clouds darkening over GM

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Drip, drip, drip. Daily, media report by media report, the news surrounding the ignition switch recall gets worse for General Motors.
Mar
25th

US: New allegations surface over GM ignition switch recall timeline and response

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General Motors confirmed a dangerous and faulty ignition switch in about 1.6m now-discontinued small car models almost five years ago but denied the defect existed and even threatened victims' families with retaliatory legal action, a US newspaper has alleged.
Mar
25th

UK: Honda cuts production at Swindon plant

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Honda is cutting production at its UK factory from three shifts to two, threatening more than 300 jobs, because of slow sales across Europe.
Mar
25th

RUSSIA: Marsilli hails electro-mechanical localisation

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Winding specialist, Marsilli Automation Technology, says localisation is becoming increasingly prevalent in Russia as government pressure and exchange rate fluctuations make domestic production more attractive.
Mar
25th

Ford Mustang celebrates 50 years

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2015 Mustang Empire State
News 25 Mar, 2014

Ford to display all-new Mustang on top of the Empire State Building in New York next month

Mar
25th

US: GM seeks rent-a car help to speed up ignition switch recall

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As a part of its efforts to speed up the recall of 1.6m vehicles to repair faulty ignition switches, General Motors has turned to rental car companies such as Enterprise, Hertz, and Avis to provide loaner cars for affected owners, reported The Car Connection.
Mar
25th

THAILAND: New vehicle sales plummet 45% in February

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New vehicle sales in Thailand fell 44.8% to 71,680 units in February, from peak volume of 129,910 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Federation of Thai Industries.
Mar
25th

Ferrari appoints new board members; chairman and CEO stay on

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Ferrari has reappointed Luca Cordero di Montezemolo as chairman and Amedeo Felisa as CEO, while appointing four new members to the board.
Mar
25th

Volkswagen Golf R Estate spied – pictures

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Pictures See all 7 picturesVW Golf R Estate front quarterVW Golf R Estate frontVW Golf R Estate badge 25 Mar, 2014
Mar
25th

Volkswagen Golf R estate spied

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VW Golf R Estate front quarter
News 25 Mar, 2014

First pictures of a 296bhp four-wheel drive Volkswagen Golf R estate, possible launch at the end of 2014

Mar
25th

SKF to supply transmission seals to China’s Geely

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Swedish supplier SKF says it has signed a five-year deal to supply transmission seals to China's Zhejiang Geely Holding.
Mar
25th

UK: Dunlop Motorsport to move production to France and Germany

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Dunlop Motorsport Europe says the decision to end tyre production in the UK city of Birmingham with the loss of 241 jobs, does not affect its non-racing operations in Britain, where it continues to employ more than 700 people.
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