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Data released by LMC Automotive shows that the West European car market grew by 9.1%, year on year (YoY), in April. The selling rate for the region picked up from 14.1m units a year in March to 14.4m units a year in April.

News 4 May, 2018

Vauxhall’s Grandland X steps up its challenge to the Nissan Qashqai and Peugeot 3008 with a new 1.5-litre diesel engine

Hydrogen-electric powered semi-truck start-up Nikola Motor Company has announced that brewer Anheuser-Busch (the maker of Budweiser beer), has placed an order for up to 800 of its trucks. Nikola says it will start delivering the trucks to the company's distribution arm in 2020, and that it will show off a final production version of the truck at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show.

Western European car sales rose 9.1 percent in April compared to a year ago, helped by the timing of this year's Easter holiday which led to a higher number of selling days than the year before.

Workers at Lear's Ajax, Ontario, seating plant ratified a new four-year labor contract on Friday, just two days after the company threatened to close the plant.

Ineos Styrolution said its Luran S KR 2864C styrenic grade had been selected by "a leading global car manufacturer" for a windscreen A pillar trim, the first commercial application of the material with new ColorForm technology.

Constellium has announced that it will be the primary supplier of aluminium Auto Body Sheet for the new Mercedes-Benz CLS model, which was released at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show.

News 20 Aug, 2018

The new VW Golf GTI TCR will go on sale towards the end of this year, following a realignment of the hot hatch range

News 4 May, 2018

Volkswagen festival in Austria will see the official unveiling of the Clubsport S replacement

Volkswagen is the latest brand to experiment with a high performance hatchback in the European A segment. What the company's engineers have created in the up! GTI is something very special indeed.

Audi recently confirmed the rumours that it won't be replacing the A1 and A3 once they come to the end of their lifecycles. Hyundai too has begun phasing out three-door hatchbacks due to a drop-off in demand, especially in the European region, while Kia plans to replace the Pro_cee'd with a five-door shooting brake. Might low roof C segment hatchbacks turn into a new vehicle class?

The series of future models insights for the brands of Groupe Renault and Nissan Motor continues with a look at what's ahead for Lada. After the recent reports on Alpine, Renault and Dacia, after Lada will come insights into what's ahead for Samsung, Datsun, Nissan, Infiniti and Mitsubishi.

Will any top level Volkswagen executives ever go to prison, as happened to a couple of sacrificial lambs thrown early on to US prosecutors? It's a question which comes to mind following the unexpected revelation last night that the US Justice Department has filed criminal charges against former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to cover up diesel emissions cheating. Filing charges is one thing - getting the good Herr Winterkorn across the Atlantic to a US court room is the tricky bit.

Elon Musk pledged to 'burn' investors shorting Tesla and criticized analysts and even himself after exchanges during the electric-car maker's earnings call sent shares tumbling.

German investigators said they will continue their probe into former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn's role in the automaker's diesel scandal even after the U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges.

German investigators said they will continue their probe into former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn's role in the automaker's diesel scandal even after the United States filed criminal charges on Thursday.

The UK new car market grew 10.4% year-on-year in April as it benefited from a favourable year-ago comparison base due to additional sales days and the impact of tax changes last year.

The US Justice Department has filed criminal charges against former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to cover up diesel emissions cheating, but industry watchers said it was unlikely he would travel to the US to answer the charges.