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Ford issued a recall for about 347,000 2018 model year F-series pickups and Expedition SUVs with 10-speed automatic transmissions for a potentially unseated transmission gear shift cable clip.

Bosch says it has moved to a larger location in Silicon Valley, opening a new Research and Technology Center (RTC) in Sunnyvale. The RTC was previously located in Palo Alto, roughly 15 kilometres to the west. The cost of the new location amounts to 36 million euros (40 million dollars).

New-car sales in Spain rose 2 percent in March, despite a big drop in diesel registrations and two fewer working days.

Reports in Germany say that Volkswagen has cancelled contracts with a major supplier in Bosnia that stopped its production lines a few years ago.

Growing numbers of small subprime auto lenders are closing or shutting down after loan losses and slim margins spur banks and private equity owners to cut off funding.

News 6 Apr, 2018

The Lotus Exige Cup 430 Type 25 adds unique design tweaks and a new livery inspired by the brand's Type 25 Formula 1 car

Russia's sales are forecast to grow 10 percent this year as the market recovers faster than expected. Sales in March increased by 14 percent.

Russia's sales are forecast to grow 10 percent this year as the market recovers faster than expected. Sales in March sales increased by 14 percent.

Great news this week for the Vauxhall vans operation at Luton here in England this week. Despite Brexit, new Opel/Vauxhall owner PSA is to raise manufacturing capacity and add the production of Peugeot- and Citroen-badged panel vans at the factory. The plant, which started building Vauxhall badged Isuzu and Suzuki designed LCVs, more recently has been a JV with the Renault-Nissan alliance and built models for four brands but the technical agreement with Renault for the current Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro panel van - based on the Renault Trafic - will end and production will shift to right-hand drive versions of Peugeot and Citroen panel vans plus future Vitaro models on a PSA platform. Nice to hear, too, the decision was a major vote of confidence in a UK plant and reflected its core competitive strengths. Not to mention giving PSA a handy LCV plant inside a hefty UK market whose future trading relationship with the EU is still not clear.

Chinese start-up company Singulato Motors plans to invest CNY15bn (US$2.38bn) over the next five years to establish a new-energy vehicle (NEV) R&D centre and manufacturing base in Suzhou city in China's south-eastern province of Jiangsu.

News 6 Apr, 2018

The new Volvo XC40 styling pack brings bigger wheels, a tougher bodykit and a subtle spoiler

The White House said President Trump intends to nominate NHTSA's deputy chief Heidi King to run the agency as regulators debate reducing planned fuel efficiency increases through 2025.

Western Europe's car market slipped in March as the UK market's decline dragged the region down.

Senior ministers from the three NAFTA countries are gathering in Washington amid growing signs of optimism that they could find common ground on the toughest issues.

Features 6 Apr, 2018

Big names Rob Huff and Gordon Shedden predict thrills as WTCR replaces WTCC for 2018

Geely-owned Volvo Cars has reported a global year-on-year sales increase of 14.1% for the first quarter of 2018, as sales in all main markets increased compared with the same period last year

VW Group-owned Seat's global sales grew in the first quarter of 2018 to reach the highest volume in the 68-year history of the brand.

Mahindra and Mahindra, a part of the US$19bn Mahindra Group based in India, entered into a joint venture with Ideal Motors, a fully owned subsidiary of the Ideal Group, to assemble automotive vehicles in Sri Lanka.

Aston Martin's first SUV will only be available as a gasoline model, despite being previewed by an electric concept.