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Volkswagen plans to spend more than 500 million euros to build a new plant in Poznan, Poland to produce large delivery vans, according to a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.

Germany's ContiTech has completed its acquisition of Taizhou Fuju Rubber Belt Manufacture, continuing expansion of its drive belt business in China.

News 23 Jan, 2014

Best pictures yet of the Mercedes C-Class Estate ahead of debut at the Geneva Motor Show

Nissan says the introduction of its Infiniti Q30 next year could see it take on up to 300 more staff at its Sunderland plant in north east England.

Oerlikon Segment Drive Systems, with its brands Oerlikon Graziano and Oerlikon Fairfield, develops complete drive systems, gearing solutions and transmission components, with a product portfolio providing transmissions for high performance cars, solutions for all-wheel-drive vehicles and agricultural tractors, as well as Torque Hub planetary drive for industrial machinery and off-highway mobile equipment. In this interview, Matthew Beecham spoke to Paolo Mantelli, Head of Performance Automotive, Oerlikon Drive Systems about some of its latest innovations and technology partnerships with Continental and Vocis.

Germany's ADAC car club is likely to scrap its annual car award after admitting it had falsified this year's results.

Although its output - of Juke, Note, Qashqai and Leaf models - dipped 1.7% year on year in 2013, Nissan's Sunderland plant in north east England once again dominated UK car production, building 501,756 of the 1,509,762 cars (up 3.1%) made here. That was the highest volume since 2007, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

We've heard a lot about Datsun in the past few months. The defunct-but-returning brand was part of the inspiration for the Nissan IDx concepts seen at the

Mercedes' crystal ball is named Alexander Mankowsky.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently tested a total of 11 minicars in its relatively new small-overlap crash test, and the

As the first car to warrant U.S. Heritage Documentation, Shelby's first-ever Daytona Coupe now merits the same significance as the Chrysler Building, the Apollo capsule, and the USS Iowa.

What Is It?

A final update of just-auto's list of concepts and production models which made their debuts at the Chicago auto show's 6 & 7 February press days.

The media preview days for the 2014 Chicago auto show are 6 & 7 February. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this event, our world debuts list is updated.

The media preview days for the 2014 Chicago auto show are 6 & 7 February. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this event, our preview list is updated.

The media preview days for the 2014 Chicago auto show are 6 & 7 February. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this event, our preview list is updated.

The media preview days for the 2014 Chicago auto show are 6 & 7 February. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this event, our preview list is updated.

The media preview days for the 2014 Chicago auto show are 6 & 7 February. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this event, our preview list is updated.

News 23 Jan, 2014

New engine options and xDrive all-wheel drive are now offered on BMW 2 Series, 3 Series GT and 4 Series variants

Toyota kept its crown as the world's biggest automaker while falling just short of becoming the first carmaker to sell more than 10 million vehicles in a single year. GM and VW followed, about 300,000 vehicles behind.