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Nov
5th

277mph Koenigsegg Agera RS is the new fastest car in the world

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Koenigsegg Agera RS
News 5 Nov, 2017

Koenigsegg has claimed a new 277.9mph world production car speed record with its Agera RS hypercar. Watch the video.

Nov
5th

Toyota seeks more investments in Israeli auto tech, robotics

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Toyota AI Ventures has made five investments and expects to invest in at least 20 companies worldwide, with a focus on technologies dealing with perception and prediction.
Nov
5th

Renault, Mercedes, Fiat give new life to pickup segment

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Renault, Fiat, Mercedes and soon PSA, are all launching pickup trucks to take on market leader Ford in a sector that has been, until recently, virtually ignored by European automakers.
Nov
5th

Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye

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It saddens me to say it, but the auto industry is on an accelerating change curve. We are approaching the end of the automotive era.
Nov
5th

Year-end sales to test automaker restraint

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Several sales titles and records are on the line for the U.S. automotive industry heading into the final two months of the year.
Nov
5th

Everything we know about the next-gen Jeep Wrangler

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Jeep and FCA US have released only the skimpiest information about the new Wrangler. But spy photos and leaks paint a clear picture of what Jeep chief designer Mark Allen and his team have come up with.
Nov
5th

Akio Toyoda steers corporate giant toward new era

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For a man with his family's name on every car, Akio Toyoda ironically sees himself as a sort of Jedi knight fighting the corporate Empire. Toyoda channels that Jedi spirit to reinvent Toyota, taking on challenges buffeting the industry in a new era.
Nov
5th

Dealers, get ready for absorption rates that drop to as low as 25%

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Looking back at the future (or at least one possible future) of the new-vehicle dealership's service department
Nov
5th

The internal combustion engine’s last stand: Big trucks and SUVs

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The internal combustion engine is rapidly disappearing from the new-car options list in 2030.
Nov
4th

Key Safety Systems files deal to buy embattled airbag supplier Takata

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Key Safety Systems reached a final deal worth nearly $1.6 billion to acquire supplier Takata out of bankruptcy resulting from exploding airbag system parts linked to at least 17 deaths.
Nov
4th

Half UK speed cameras are switched off

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Speed camera
News 4 Nov, 2017

Police forces reveal almost 50 per cent of speed cameras in the UK are inactive, with four forces not having any at all

Nov
4th

Audi service secrets: Fast fixes and goodwill repairs

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What explains Audi's streak of 96 straight monthly U.S. sales increases? A lot of things. But Peter Donnellan has his own explanation: customer service.
Nov
4th

Why are disruptors dangerous? They aren’t protecting a business model.

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Unlike you, disruptors feel no pressure to protect a business model in which economic returns are generated from assets, and are less beholden to delivering quarterly results.
Nov
4th

Still time to sign up for deep-dive on NAFTA

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So what happens next? Can NAFTA be saved? If so, how? And if not, how will the economics of automaking be transformed?
Nov
4th

GM’s Alicia Boler Davis tells women: ‘Promote your wins’

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GM's global manufacturing head cited several company programs designed to encourage and promote women in the auto industry.
Nov
4th

Toyota hopes safety-first approach will pay off in self-driving race

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Toyota sounded a cautionary note on self-driving cars amid the hype that fully autonomous cars could soon become a regular sight on public roads.
Nov
3rd

U.S. judge deals setback to Waymo damage claim in Uber lawsuit

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A federal judge made it more difficult for Alphabet's Waymo unit to prove it suffered financially from the alleged theft of autonomous vehicle trade secrets by Uber, ruling to exclude testimony from Waymo's damages expert.
Nov
3rd

American Axle’s Metaldyne deal bears fruit in Q3

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American Axle, one year after announcing its $3.3 billion Metaldyne acquisition, saw the benefits of the blockbuster deal flow into its third-quarter earnings report.
Nov
3rd

Ford CEO Jim Hackett to keynote 2018 CES

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Ford CEO Jim Hackett will bring his vision of the future to a technology trade show known for innovation when he gives a keynote speech at CES 2018 in January.
Nov
3rd

Tesla sparks fresh cash concerns after Model 3 rollout stumbles

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Tesla's delay in getting mass production going is increasing the likelihood that CEO Elon Musk will need to turn to Wall Street for more capital.
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