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Autoliv's second-quarter profit rose 4 percent to $229 million, although headwinds from raw material pricing and currency movements eroded strong sales growth.

News 27 Jul, 2018

SEAT has revealed the limited Leon ST Cupra Carbon Edition, with fewer than 50 units heading to the UK

The U.S. signaled it is set to push ahead on trade talks with Canada and Mexico after agreeing to suspend hostilities over tariffs with Europe. The focus now turns to China.

The U.S. signaled it is set to push ahead on trade talks with Canada and Mexico after agreeing to suspend hostilities over tariffs with Europe. The focus now turns to China.

Chassis Brakes International is opening a new 5,000-square-meter sales and application engineering centre in Heilbronn, Germany.

Nissan Motor has posted quarterly operating profit (Q1 fiscal year, period ended June 30) of 109.1bn yen, some 29% down on last year. Revenues for the quarter were down 1.6% at 2.72 trillion yen and Nissan total vehicle sales decreased 3% to 1.31m units (down in North America and Europe, up in China, Middle East and Latin America).

Opinion 28 Jul, 2018

Mike Rutherford went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and found out an all-electric McLaren is still some way off

Hyundai Motor has posted a first half decline of 37.1% to operating profit as it was hit by a strong Korean currency and higher costs.

Rotterdam public transport company, RET has ordered 55 Citeas Electric vehicles from VDL Bus & Coach.

After just two days on strike, Hyundai's powerful union agreed to a deal before the summer holidays, the first time in eight years that has happened. Is the union softening its stance?

After just two days on strike, Hyundai's powerful union agreed to a deal before the summer holidays, the first time in eight years that has happened. Is the union softening its stance?

Ford is redirecting spending in Europe away from cars to focus on more profitable crossovers and commercial vans to return the region to profit.

Ford is redirecting spending in Europe away from cars to focus on more profitable SUVs and commercial vans to return the region to profit.

Toyota is designing hydrogen powered, lower-cost, mass market passenger cars and SUVs and shifting the technology into buses and trucks to build economies of scale, a media report said.

Veoneer, spun off from Autolive, has reported second quarter sales up 1% to $572m.

Daimler has unveiled plans for a new corporate structure designed to give its major business areas greater agility ahead of major challenges and transformation in the mobility and automotive sector. If shareholders agree it could be in place by 2020.

A sad changing of the guard - vale Sergio Marchionne - was the most popular story here on just-auto this week. In what could be seen as a prescient move, we had only recently published Ray Hutton's insightful look at the likely future of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles after CEO Sergio Marchionne 'leaves' and this column last week was titled Life after Sergio - the week - I certainly did not mean that as literally as it turned out.

The Brazilian minivan market has lost much of its sparkle yet the Chevrolet Spin still has a strong presence in the segment, including taxi service, but has always been criticised for its controversial styling. It is offered in five and seven-seat versions.

Renault has recorded half-year operating margin up 5% to EUR1.9bn (US$2.2bn) compared with EUR1.8bn last year, representing 6.4% of revenue.