ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: I didn't think I was going to enjoy this 2014 BMW 328d xDrive sedan very much -- the
Hyundai aims to boost its European market share by almost half by the end of the decade, responding to improving demand in the region with new models and expanded production capacity.
Figures released by European carmakers' association ACEA show that the EU's car market experienced a 13.3% jump in the month of December to end the year 1.7% below 2012's annual total. However, the outlook for Europe's car market remains weak, with 2-3% growth forecast for 2014.
Production of the latest Golf has begun at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico which will build other family models for North America later.
General Motors' departing CEO Dan Akerson said he is "optimistic" about the automaker's struggling European brand, Opel. The brand's market share rose in Europe for the first time in 14 years in 2013, Akerson told the Automotive News World Congress.
PWC is rating the current environment in the US as "about as good as it gets," as America's auto industry powers back from the depths of 2009.
Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) and Denso have established a new company, Yantai Shougang TD Automotive Compressor (YST), in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, to make automotive air conditioning compressors for the growing Chinese market.
Italian supplier Sogefi has opened two new plants in China to produce parts for carmakers including Fiat, Daimler and Ford.
America's United Auto Workers (UAW) union has reacted strongly to Nissan's stance on worker representation at the Canton, Mississippi, plant.
New OESA (Original Equipment Suppliers Association) president and CEO, Julie Fream, says her organisation will actively address supplier to supplier relationships.
Daimler says it will spend about 190 million euros ($260 million) upgrading a van factory in Spain to build new generations of the Viano and Vito models.
Magna International has forecast North American light vehicle production in 2014 at 16.7m units with output of 19.1m in Europe.
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Hamburg plans to develop a cycle, pedestrian and public transport infrastructure by 2034, calling into question the future of the car
Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) has officially opened its second factory in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia.
New vehicle sales in Indonesia increased by 9.2% to 97,691 units in December, from 89,456 units a year earlier, according to data released by local industry association Gaikindo.
Honda Motor has launched production of the Mobilio small MPV at its newly built plant in Karawang, about 70km (40 miles) east of the Indonesian capital city Jakarta.
Arizona isn't the only perpetually sunny place that will have a car corral or two starting this weekend, as
Scottsdale isn't the only place in the world selling cars in the next week or so. It's not even the only place in the US of A. All the way across the country in equally sunny Kissimmee, Fla.
Perhaps we're more excited about the 2015 Chrysler 200, which just made its official debut at the Detroit auto show, than we ought to be.
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16 Jan, 2014
The new Range Extended Electric London Metrocab will return over 75mpg, with trials to begin in London this week
With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up