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News 19 Aug, 2019

British tuner Mountune has launched a pair of performance packages for the Mk3 Ford Focus RS, with the more potent M520 boasting 513bhp

Auto industry veteran Carl-Peter Forster (65), is to be proposed as chairman of Hella's shareholder committee.

Malaysia's new vehicle market continued to fall sharply in July, by almost 26% to 50,853 units compared with strong year-earlier sales of 68,466 units, according to registration data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).

As worries grow over China's economic slowdown and adverse consequences for the automotive sector, China's automotive trade association has called for more action to boost market demand.

RHA Chief Executive, Richard Burnett says he welcomes a "totally different, pro-active" approach from new British Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps.

Rheinmetall Automotive is developing a recirculation fan for hydrogen not yet consumed within fuel cell stacks, as well as coolant pumps for 400 and 800 voltages and electric valves.

EDAG, along with nine European partners, has developed a new hybrid joining process which will make the production of lightweight components for the automotive industry more efficient.

News 19 Aug, 2019

Mercedes has unveiled a pair of new plug-in hybrid vehicles, with a claimed all-electric range of around 40 miles

Sumitomo Chemical has acquired Emas Plastik, a major plastic compounder group in Turkey.

News 20 Aug, 2019

JLR's new 3D infotainment system could project real-time safety alerts onto the car’s windscreen and allow passengers to stream 3D movies

Henkel is partnering in research and development project, SYMPA, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), as well as the Austrian Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) Ministry.

London EV Company (LEVC) has selected EO Charging as its partner in Scotland to install Smart Home Charge Points.

Only a year ago, SAIC GM Wuling's Baojun division was riding high, shooting up the Chinese market for passenger vehicles into seventh place. Now, sales have collapsed to such an extent that Baojun had crashed to fourteenth place in wholesale deliveries for 2019 at the end of July. The three partners have hit the reset button with plans for a range of stylish new SUVs, hoping that this will lead to a reversal of fortune.

News 16 Aug, 2019

Bugatti Chiron-based Centodieci harks back to forgotten EB110 supercar of the 1990s

Sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China fell by 4.7% to 80,000 units in July 2019 from 84,000 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data released earlier this week by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

News 16 Aug, 2019

All-new hypercar could take on the McLaren GT Superlight name when it arrives in 2020

Steering specialist Nexteer Automotive's comments, as it announced first half 2019 results, reflected what may other automakers and suppliers have been saying about 2019 so far - it faced "challenges", including "slowing OEM light vehicle production in all regions and unfavourable foreign currency".

Michael Och has taken over from Jordi Cabanero as head of quality assurance at Bugatti.