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At the first ever Automotive Logistics conference held in Istanbul delegates admitted that investment in infrastructure is desperately needed to aid the current growth of the automotive sector. Read more ...

Renault-Nissan alliance chief Carlos Ghosn could achieve his long-held goal of acquiring a North American partner by taking a stake in Chrysler, a US newspaper reported on Wednesday. Read more ...

Car production in the UK is expected to drop in the months ahead despite a 2.4 percent rise to 142,606 units built in September. In the year to date, total vehicle production has risen 4. Read more ...

A new two-seat MINI has been announced – and it promises electrifying performance! Read more ...

Disguised new Nissan captured for first time by our spies. Read more ...

Ford of Europe is cutting production at its plants by 3 percent for the rest of this year in response to the economic crisis. The automaker is reducing line rates and laying off temporary workers at its factories across Europe. Read more ...

Nissan is proposing to buy about 20 percent of Chrysler and bring the troubled U.S. automaker into the Franco-Japanese alliance with Renault, the Detroit News reported on Wednesday. Read more ...

IG Metall, the key German auto industry trade union representing metalworkers in all industries, is threatening 'warning' strikes in the state of Baden-Württemberg in protest against the lack of progress in wage talks. Read more ...

Manganese Bronze, makers of the iconic black London taxi cab, warned Wednesday that trading in the United Kingdom continues to be impacted by the uncertain economic conditions and that demand for new vehicles in the second half of 2008 will be below... Read more ...

A leading US brokerage has increased its fourth quarter loss estimates for General Motors and Ford in light of "a fundamentally altered credit environment". Read more ...

Toyota plans to say its annual profit will likely halve in the financial year to next March due to a stronger yen and slowing sales amid the global financial crisis, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Read more ...

General Motors is looking for a large investment from outside investors as a possible alternative to a deal with Chrysler, the Financial Times reported on its website on Tuesday. Read more ...

Cerberus, the global private equity house that owns U.S. carmaker Chrysler, is looking towards Europe for expansion, The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Read more ...

Over the past year, we've explored the issue of the greenhouse gas emissions produced by automobiles, the efforts made by the various car manufacturers to reduce these emissions as well as the fuel consumption of their products, the various laws passed in the United States and Canada to try to slow global warming and the rise of fuel prices in North America. Read more ...

Hockenheim is, by tradition, the last event of the DTM season and this year won't be different as it will also be the final confrontation to decide who will be the 2008 series champion between Audi's Timo Scheider and AMG Mercedes' Paul di Resta. Read more ...

The 2008 MotoGP season will come to a close this weekend in Valencia when the Spanish city will host the Gran Premio Parts Europe de la Comunitat Valenciana. Italian rider Valentino Rossi is still a favourite for victory coming off an eight-race podium streak. Read more ...

Cadillac's about to toss a 550 horsepower hand grenade into the high performance sedan market. The American luxury automaker's latest creation, the CTS-V, builds off of the award-winning CTS and dials up performance in a big way with a supercharged V8 engine. Read more ...

For 2009, the new F-150 can be ordered in seven different trim levels with three different engines and in three different cab styles that have three different box lengths. When you have decided on the cab and engine, you still have pages of choices to make on everything from interior trim (there are seven levels) to the rear axle ratio. Part of your choice is made easy with specific packages such as the King Ranch or an option group such as the trailer towing grouping. Read more ...

Shortly before flying out to Sapporo for the Rally Japan, Sébastien Loeb took the time to take up an invitation from the members of the Patrouille de France formation flying team to join them as passenger in one of the squad's nine Alpha Jets. For his maiden flight, the four-time World Champion flew over the splendid landscapes of France's Provence region and the French Alps. Read more ...

General Motors has lifted the veil on the latest version of its 4.5-litre Duramax diesel engine. The smaller V8 turbo diesel mill is more fuel efficient. Read more ...