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The just finished UK scrappage scheme should be viewed as one of the most successful ever collaborations between car manufacturers and government, according to Glass's. Full story...

A deal between Fiat and Italian unions on the future of the Pomigliano car plant can still be reached, Italy's welfare minister Maurizio Sacconi said on Tuesday. "I am and remain optimistic. Full story...

Bosch says it has extended its steering-angle sensor offering to include a new cost-effective model. Full story...

Striking workers at a parts maker supplying Honda's car plant in southern China agreed to return to work yesterday ending the latest in a series of strikes concerning wages and conditions. Full story...

General Motors chief Ed Whitacre says the giant US carmaker is now in better shape now than it's been in years although pushing ahead with an initial public offering this year may be tough. Full story...

General Motors chief Ed Whitacre says the giant US carmaker is now in better shape now than it's been in years although pushing ahead with an initial public offering this year may be tough. Full story...

Vauxhall reveals practical new family estate which gets more space and stronger efficiency than before. Full story...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged better treatment of the nation's vast army of migrant laborers as employees at a Honda factory suspended the latest strike that has laid bare growing worker assertiveness. Full story...

Continental AG, Europe's second- biggest auto-parts maker, said it plans bond sales of as much as 4 billion euros ($4.9 billion) in several steps to reduce dependency on bank financing. Full story...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged better treatment of the nation's vast army of migrant laborers as employees at a Honda factory suspended the latest strike that has laid bare growing worker assertiveness. Full story...

Volkswagen has long marketed German engineering and decidedly European technology--think turbodiesels--in cars. But for 2011, the Jetta sedan goes in a different direction--a more American one. Full story...

Spyker Cars has ambitious plans to increase annual sales sevenfold within two years with its new EUR198,000 (US$240,000) C8 Aileron. Full story...

New passenger car sales fell 9.3 percent in May in the EU as the effects of government support for the car industry slipped away and the economic environment remained difficult. Full story...

Ssangyong will supply Russian carmaker Sollers about 160,000 cars in a knock-down export deal through 2017. Full story...

VW said it will cut the price and increase the size of the Jetta compact car, its best- selling model in the U.S., as the automaker seeks to almost double sales in the market by 2012. Full story...

James McDonald, who was president of General Motors under CEO Roger Smith in the 1980s, died Sunday. He was 87. McDonald became president and COO on Feb. 1, 1981, a month after Smith took over as GM's chief executive. Full story...

Volkswagen AG plans to cut the U.S. price and increase the size of the Jetta compact car, its best- selling model in the country, as the automaker seeks to almost double sales in the market by 2012. The revamped Jetta will be about 3. Full story...

Supplier Visteon Corp. on Monday unveiled an amended bankruptcy plan under which existing shareholders could receive up to 5 percent of the reorganized company. Full story...

Workers at a factory making locks for Honda cars in China were largely back on the job on Tuesday, temporarily ending a six-day strike as negotiators tried to reach a new agreement on pay. Full story...

Wolfsburg - The next generation CrossPolo is ready for new adventures. After the Polo base version presented in 2009 and the Polo BlueMotion (debut in 2010) with its superior and possibly recordbreaking fuel efficiency, and the Polo GTI that is also launching at this time, the CrossPolo now completes the series as a fourth model. With its refreshingly cheeky all-terrain look, unique world of colours and features, and a higher ride height (15 millimetre gain), the CrossPolo is very appealing as one of the most unconventional vehicles in its class. Full story...