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Falken Tyre Europe said it had secured a contract to supply VW Group premium brand Audi with OEM fit tyres for a new compact SUV.

News 19 Sep, 2019

Mercedes has unwrapped its latest design exercise – a two-seat, open wheel concept, which blends yesteryear styling with modern technology

News 19 Sep, 2019

Nearly 12,000 motorists with under two years of experience had their licences revoked under the New Drivers Act in 2018

Toyota Motor said its Brazilian sales and manufacturing subsidiary, Toyota do Brasil (TDB), would spend BRL1bn (US$243m) at its Sorocaba plant in Sao Paulo.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors in the US from Sunday night led to hundreds of workers at the the Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada, being told to stay home on Wednesday due to parts shortages shutting down the truck assembly line.

Malaysia's new vehicle market continued to plunge in August, by 22% to 51,148 units compared with strong year-earlier sales of 65,550 units, according to registration data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).

Struggling Japanese components maker Akebono Brake Industry said it would end operations at six manufacturing plants in Japan and overseas as part of a restructuring plan designed to rebuild the ailing business.

After the break-up of supplier giant Delphi Automotive into Aptiv and Delphi Technologies, Delphi Technologies is in transition as a specialist Tier 1 supplier of propulsion technologies to OEMs. Meeting changing fuel mix and e-mobility market needs are at the top of CEO Richard (Rick) F. Dauch's agenda. Dave Leggett caught up with him in Frankfurt to hear a progress report.

A new automaker is to build a 4x4 vehicle in Bridgend Wales, next door to the doomed Ford engine factory slated for closure at the end of 2020.

News 18 Sep, 2019

American supercar company Glickenhaus reveals its entrant to the revised LMP1 hypercar class for Le Mans.

News 18 Sep, 2019

Bugatti has partnered with the Little Car Company to produce a scaled down, battery-powered replica of the Bugatti Type 35

News 18 Sep, 2019

Mitsubishi will launch a new plug-in hybrid SUV concept at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October

The United Auto Workers criticised General Motors on Wednesday after the automaker said the union would have to pay for striking workers' health care on Tuesday.

Struggling Nissan Motor wants to sell its vehicle parts and materials distribution business in a deal that may be valued at about $1 billion, Bloomberg and other media reported.

Hyundai Motor Group has developed a new centre side airbag which works to separate the space between driver and passenger.

Infineon Technologies says it has started a collaboration with Synopsys, Inc. to accelerate the development of AI and neural networks for automated driving applications.

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) plans to show a small plug-in hybrid electric SUV concept car at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019 which opens its doors to the public from 24 October to 4 November, 2019.

News 18 Sep, 2019

Music with a high number of beats-per-minute has a negative effect on a motorist’s driving ability, research has revealed