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Not surprisingly, another in our popular series of future model reviews topped the just-auto eyeball attraction chart this week.

Reports in the US point to some progress in talks between General Motors and the UAW, as GM's first strike in twelve years continued this week.

Tesla has picked up its first award from the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), as the 2019 Model 3, its most expensive sedan, achieved a 'Top Safety Pick+' rating.

News 20 Sep, 2019

The Citroen SpaceTourer’s least powerful 2.0-litre diesel engine can now be specced with an eight-speed automatic gearbox

In a joint project, BASF and STR Automotive have brought components for premium vehicles into serial production for the first time using a new lightweight material - 'Elastolit R 8819 Lightweight'.

Opinion 22 Sep, 2019

Few cars in history have earned the right to be called legendary and the Defender is rightly one of them, says Mike Rutherford

CTEK, which specialises in the care and maintenance of vehicle batteries, has signed a deal with Vattenfall, one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat, to supply electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and associated services across Europe.

Haldex chairman Joergen Durban has welcomed ZF's divestment of its stake in his company, adding he hoped Knorr-Bremse would do likewise.

For model year 2020, Volkswagen Car-Net gets an updated mobile app, a list of no-charge services for five years, and new subscription options. Car-Net Services will be offered in four areas: Remote Access, Safe and Secure, Hotspot, and Guide and Inform.

Ford has launched a new connected vehicle smartphone app that it says will help small business customers maximise efficiency, security and productivit

Now General Motors is dealing with strike action in South Korea as well as in the US.

Not even at the frothiest heights of the dot com bubble two decades ago would speculators have taken the plans of any start-up car company seriously. Now, even though the suds are bursting all over China, in the USA, extraordinary amounts of money continue to be poured into certain would-be electric vehicle makers. Leading the charge, so to speak, is Rivian Automotive, a company which appears to have the products and backers to make it big. Possibly.

We all have an opinion on the front end of the next 4 Series coupe which a concept at the recent Frankfurt motor show heralded. Or gave warning of, depending on your point of view. The 7 Series has a different kind of like it or loathe it grille and so too, the newish X7, BMW's largest vehicle yet. Know this though: more than 20,000 examples have already been sold. Approving the X7 was a smart move by former CEO Harald Krüger and the board of BMW AG.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' sweeping new plan to tackle climate change, announced at an event on Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, includes a deal to purchase 100,000 electric delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian, cnbc.com reported.

Morgan Stanley sees the potential for more auto industry M&A amid the slowing down of global vehicle production, margin compression and heavy capital expenditure burdens.

News 19 Sep, 2019

VW has launched Match Edition, GT Edition and R-Line Edition versions of the current Golf, ahead of the Mk8 model’s arrival next year

Volkswagen Group Spanish subsidiary Seat said it would participate, until 2023 in the Life Landfill Biofuel project, which was recently approved by the European Commission (EC). The goal is to obtain renewable gas from municipal landfills and achieve more efficient management by obtaining biomethane from an indigenous, abundant energy source.

Almost one in six business car fleets in the UK is planning some sort of restructuring due to the new WLTP vehicle testing regime, according to leasing company Arval.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its US iron casting operations - Grede - to funds managed by Gamut Capital Management for an aggregate purchase price of USD245m.

Kobe Steel said US subsidiary, Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions (KPEX) held an opening ceremony for a new automotive extrusion plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.