UK engine manufacturing fell 6.1% year on year in January 2014, to 209,291 units.
Frost & Sullivan automotive and transportation team leader Prana Tharthiharan believes that Detroit OEMs are in trouble if Apple acquires Tesla and thinks that the rumours surrounding this potential acquisition have some fire behind them.
Tesla has said that its fourth quarter loss narrowed sharply from last year, as revenue surged amid growing sales of its Model S sedan.
Ford and longtime pitchman Mike Rowe, host of "Dirty Jobs," have made a clean break. Ford spokesman Chris Preuss said the Detroit automaker has parted ways with the TV personality and host of the Discovery Channel's now cancelled show.
It's mid-cycle update time for Opel and Vauxhall's Meriva MPV. Glenn Brooks tries the new 1.6 CDTi 'whisper' diesel, and the 1.4 VVT Turbo petrol.
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A more extreme version of the Citroen C4 Cactus, called the Aventure concept, has been showcased at Geneva
As we suggested, following the news Toyota would end manufacturing in Australia from 2017, it now appears the automaker already has plans for its near new engine manufacturing line.
Porsche will recall all of the 785 GT3 sports cars that have been delivered worldwide this year as it continues to investigate fires that broke out in two cars.
France's Finance Minister has pledged there will be no closures of PSA Peugeot-Citroen factories in France following yesterday's (19 February) announcement Paris is to inject EUR800m (US$1.1bn) of public money into the automaker.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's tie-up with Dongfeng and the French government may not bring stability to the struggling automaker, observers said. PSA will change radically after 'the dragon came to the rescue of the lion," a newspaper said.
A Vauxhall spokesman told just-auto the GM Europe division remains committed to outgoing CEO Duncan Aldred's goal of outselling Ford of Britain in passenger cars "by 2016".
UK car manufacturing in January 2014 dipped 0.3% year on year to 128,620 units.
The latest Audi TT coupe, which will debut at the Geneva auto show, will feature more angular styling, a sketch unveiled today by the automaker shows.
The latest Audi TT coupe, which will debut at the Geneva auto show, will have a more angular styling, a sketch unveiled today by the automaker shows.
The latest data from ACEA shows that the EU's car market grew by 5.5% in January. Positive territory will be welcome across the region, but analysts note that the market remains far from 'fixed'.
Nokian Tyres of Finland has developed the world's first winter tyre with retractable studs.
Denso will begin a 10-month field test of its wireless battery charging system in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
New vehicle sales in Indonesia increased by 7% to 103,497 units in January, from 96,656 units a year earlier, according to data released by industry association Gaikindo.
New vehicle sales in Malaysia fell by 8.7% to 50,273 units in January, from 55,066 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
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