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News 8 Oct, 2019

The new BMW M8 Gran Coupe range-topping four-door coupe arrives with a 616bhp twin-turbo V8

Nissan has appointed current SVP and Dongfeng president, Makoto Uchida as representative executive officer and CEO of the Japanese automaker.

Select Fusion Red Volvo S60 T8 Twin Engine AWD R-Design Plus saloon at UK 'Recharge' event. Vaguely recall last drive of T8 XC90 several years ago (was it really as far back as August 2014 the wraps came off what was the first of a whole swathe of new Volvos free of Ford influence?) Point S60 at straight road. Floor accelerator. Wa-hey!!!!! Return to base and study spec sheet. 4.4 seconds 0-60mph acceleration. You are kidding me? No, they're not.

Power steering specialist China Automotive Systems (CAAS) says it has successfully passed a supplier evaluation by European heavy commercial specialist IVECO.

Russia sales of new passenger cars and LCVs in Russia fell 0.2% in September to reach 157,129 vehicles, according to data from the Association of European Businesses Automotive Manufacturers Committee (AEB AMC).

New research from the American Automobile Association (AAA) showed automatic emergency braking systems with pedestrian detection perform inconsistently, and proved to be completely ineffective at night.

DeepRoute, a self-driving vehicle tech start-up, has announced it has raised US$50m in its pre-Series A funding round 'to expand the global presence of the company's autonomous driving solutions'. The financing round was led by Fosun RZ Capital, a Beijing-based venture capital arm of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International.

VW-Group luxury brand Bentley Motors has announced carbon neutral certification for its factory headquarters in Crewe, UK.

Henkel has reached a material supply agreement with automotive composite wheels manufacturer, Carbon Revolution.

Punch Powertrain has appointed Jorge Solis as its new chief executive officer with immediate effect.

The sixth generation Opel Corsa is now in full production at the PSA Group plant in Zaragoza.

Mitsubishi Motors launched its new L300 small truck in the Philippines at the end of September, fitted with a new diesel engine which meets the country's Euro IV regulations.

In its latest and largest ever OTA software update, Tesla's new 'smart summon' feature which allows limited driverless operation is reportedly resulting in car park accidents that will be the responsibility of the driver, rather than Tesla, reports say.

Mercedes-Benz says that from July to September, it sold a total of 590,514 cars, which is the best third quarter in the company's history (+12.2% YoY). Within just three months, Mercedes-Benz also maintains it reversed its sales trend since the beginning of 2019.

Start-up company Drivemode has became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honda R&D.

Talks between the United Auto Workers (USAW) union and General Motors "have taken a turn for the worse," the union's chief negotiator has said, suggesting that no immediate end was in sight for the US vehicle industry's longest strike in decades.

Due to higher sales in China, Land Rover saw an improvement in its worldwide performance during the 1 June to 30 September quarter. While fiscal 2019-2020 sales are still down by 4.6% (to 180,705 vehicles), the worst may now be in the past.

News 7 Oct, 2019

Volvo and Geely to combine combustion engine production into a single stand-alone business, allowing Volvo to focus on electrification

News 8 Oct, 2019

More than a third of drivers have taken a day off work for back pain caused by poor quality car seats