U.S. light-vehicle sales, dampened by lower fleet shipments and severe winter weather across large chunks of the country, fell 3 percent in January. Among the biggest automakers,
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A supplier to Nissan in the US has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices on automotive parts.
UK car manufacturers and distributors are forecasting another year of growth for the UK car market.
Nissan plans to increase planned production of its Micra hatchback at a Renault factory in France after 2016, a report said.
Rising volume, higher revenues and double-digit gross profit gains in all areas of the business lifted Asbury Automotive Group's net income 18 percent during the fourth quarter to $26.9 million.
Honda's new European developed and UK-built Civic Tourer, on sale from mid-February, is expected to herald a new era of greater European input into Honda's vehicles, including the next generation Civic, due in 2017.
The US Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it will begin taking steps to enable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology for light vehicles.
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Lexus RX450h range is now available in new Advance trim level
Renault has said that it could build more Micras in France than originally planned, but that any increased output would be linked to a productivity agreement with unions to maintain competitiveness.
Net income at Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent of Subaru, climbed sixfold to $776.
A European research project called AdaptIVe (Automated Driving Applications & Technologies for Intelligent Vehicles) has been launched at the MobileLifeCampus in Wolfsburg, Germany. The project has been formed from a consortium of 29 partners and aims to achieve "breakthrough advances" that will lead to more efficient and safe automated driving.
Peugeot will unveil a sports car concept at the Beijing auto show. The concept is a further development of the Onyx supercar prototype unveiled at the 2012 Paris show.
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New Honda Civic Tourer ad celebrates spacious interior of new estate car
Magna International Inc., through its Magna Exteriors operating unit, and Chongquing Guangneng Rongneng Trim Co., Ltd., have announced the formation of a 50/50 joint-venture partnership for the assembly of front-end modules (FEMs).
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Rolls-Royce reveals sketch of a new Waterspeed Collection Phantom Drophead edition, limited to only 35 models
New-car sales in Germany rose 7 percent in January as Europe's biggest market joined France, Italy and Spain in reporting higher year-on-year registrations.
French minority shareholders' group ADAM has written to PSA to criticize the terms of a planned capital hike that will see Dongfeng and the French state take big stakes in the carmaker.
Last week, we ran a story detailing Volkswagen's first foray into America.
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