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Japan's new vehicle market jumped by 12.9% to 548,209 units in September from 485,377 units a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told investors he expects the company produce between 360,000 and 400,000 vehicles in 2019 and has posted record Q3 volumes, as widely predicted.

The Volkswagen Group is the first OEM to officially announce vehicle world premieres for the next Auto Expo. India's bienniel motor show takes place in Greater Noida near Delhi.

The Volkswagen Group is the first OEM to officially announce vehicle world premieres for the next Auto Expo. India's bienniel motor show takes place in Greater Noida near Delhi.

Honda, an unfathomably minor brand in Britain, offers a small range of vehicles, each one being worthy of a lot more attention from buyers. The CR-V Hybrid illustrates that point perfectly and signals a change of strategy with electrification now the default setting for future Honda models in the European region.

Jaguar on its own is far from a viable business, as global deliveries of only 37,323 vehicles (-11%) in the 1 July to 30 September quarter shows. Tata Motors is nonetheless standing behind the troubled brand even if some believe that both the leaping cat and Land Rover might be sold to another OEM. For now though, spending on Jaguar continues, with an emphasis on electrification for all manner of future vehicles.

Tata wholesale deliveries collapsed by 56% in September, way more than the overall Indian market's 23% fall after a 31% dive in August. The brand not only dropped a long way behind third placed Mahindra but Toyota, Honda and Renault overtook it. Worse, something once unthinkable could happen in October: relegation to eighth by a new-to-India make.

Volta has unveiled a public-access DC fast charging network in the US, which will be free for the first 30 minutes.

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Automotive heavyweights are lagging behind Jaguar when it comes to design facilities, says Mike Rutherford

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The new Aston Martin Vantage Roadster is set to rival the Porsche 911 Cabriolet and Audi R8 Spyder when it makes its spring 2020 debut

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BMW's i boss reveals plans for 12 electric cars by 2023, with an electric version of the 1 Series set to arrive within the next two years

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Abarth has built a special version of the 695 to commemorate its 70th Anniversary – and it’s fitted it with an adjustable rear wing

The UK new car market was up 1.3% in September at 343,255 units, although the cumulative total for the first nine months stood at 1,862,271 units, some 2.5% below last year's level.

The XCeed is the fourth variant of the latest generation of the Slovakian built Ceed line to reach UK showrooms. We've had variations of the hatchback and wagon in previous generations but the recently launched ProCeed, a 'shooting brake' that looks something like the result of the illicit coupling of a five door hatchback and estate car mixed in with a bit of coupe parentage, showed Kia was thinking in a new direction and now the arrival of yet another variant clearly targets the current sweet spot of the C-segment, crossovers.

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Strict CO2 emissions have seen the city car market shrink dramatically, but electrification could be the saviour

Parts manufacturer, Shinhwa Group is to plough US$42m into a new plant in Auburn, Alabama.

'Disruptor' EV maker Tesla is always watched closely by industry observers and that was reflected with the popularity on just-auto this week of an update of its new factory in China.