American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in the industrial area of Viladecans, Spain, just outside Barcelona.
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17 Oct, 2019
The Korean brand’s rival for the Volkswagen Golf GTI will get a mid-life update with a fresh body kit and an enormous twin-exit exhaust
The Philippine new vehicle market expanded by 2.3% to 31,820 units in September from 31,116 units in the same month of last year, according to member wholesale data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).
Japanese automaker Subaru has halted vehicle production in Japan for 10 days after typhoon Hagibis which swept through the country over the weekend, dumping record rainfall.
SAIC Motor claims it is accelerating its pace of global expansion, boosted by the Chinese government's strategic 'Belt & Road Initiative' (BRI).
Johnson Matthey (JM) is to open a new battery application centre at the British business and science community of Milton Park in Oxfordshire.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, (MHI Thermal Systems), is to establish a manufacturing centre for automotive air conditioners in the industrial park managed by the city of Changshu in Jiangsu Province, China.
Russia's RariTEK - which maintains it is the first manufacturer to produce a bus fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) - has specified an Allison fully automatic transmission.
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17 Oct, 2019
Toyota will launch a new production-ready two-seat electric vehicle at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, designed for short-distance travel
VW-Group brand Skoda says it delivered 913,700 vehicles to customers worldwide in the first three quarters of 2019, 2.7% down on the same period last year.
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17 Oct, 2019
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PSA North America has appointed Lisa Mark as vice president, CMO, responsible for leading the company's Peugeot brand.
Faurecia has posted third-quarter sales up 4.3% to EUR4.12bn (US$4.6bn), with nine-month sales of EUR13.2bn.
Continental has opened its new US$1.4bn tyre plant near Clinton, Mississippi, creating up to 2,500 jobs.
The 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport is an unusual vehicle. Technically it's a mid-life facelift of a model launched back in 2015 and which sells at a rate of about 120,000 a year worldwide, with 20% of those finding homes here in the UK. But it's rare to get a brand new platform underneath a mid-cycle refresh as well.
CTEK Sweden and Cadex Electronics are to partner on battery testing.
ArcelorMittal Italia has appointed Lucia Morselli as chairman and CEO, replacing Matthieu Jehl, who will take up new responsibilities within the producer.
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17 Oct, 2019
Volvo sets its sights on becoming a fully electric car brand like Tesla and that will spell the end of its hybrid models after 2025
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