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Feb
22nd

Italdesign launches new division for limited-edition models

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Italdesign has formed a business division to build limited-edition supercars. The new unit will unveil its first car, a $1.6 million coupe, at the Geneva auto show next month.
Feb
21st

Hyundai i30 Tourer revealed – pictures

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Feb
21st

Daimler’s Russia plant will help strengthen Mercedes as luxury leader

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Daimler aims to strengthen its position as Russia's top-selling luxury brand by opening a factory to build Mercedes SUVs and the E-class sedan.
Feb
21st

VW softens some cost-cutting demands, workers say

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VW Group has rowed back on some cost-cutting demands at its core VW brand, the company's labor bosses said, as both sides seek to end a dispute over implementing a turnaround plan.
Feb
21st

Dacia Logan MCV Stepway revealed at 2017 Geneva show

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News 7 Mar, 2017

Rugged Dacia Logan MCV Stepway makes its public debut alongside new limited edition Duster SUV

Feb
21st

China’s Techrules will debut Giugiaro-styled supercar

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Chinese startup Techrules will debut a supercar at the Geneva auto show next month styled by Italian designers Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son Fabrizio.
Feb
21st

PSA says it will honor existing Opel job guarantees

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PSA Group told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that it would uphold Opel and Vauxhall job guarantees if it buys the GM's European arm, though some analysts say thousands of job losses are likely eventually.
Feb
21st

VW may face UK emissions probe

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VW Group could face a UK government investigation over its diesel scandal. British politicians will decide after holding talks next month with their German counterparts.
Feb
20th

VW, unions make headway in talks over turnaround plan

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VW's labor bosses and top executives are making headway in talks to resolve a dispute over the implementation of a turnaround plan.
Feb
20th

Geely, PSA will bid for Lotus owner Proton, reports say

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Chinese automaker Geely and France's PSA Group are expected to bid for struggling Malaysian carmaker Proton Holdings, owner of the UK sports-car maker Lotus, reports said.
Feb
20th

Audi fires 4 engineers from diesel division

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Audi, which has been caught up in parent VW Group's emissions-cheating scandal, has fired four engineers from its diesel division. The dismissed engineers include the automaker's engine development chief and a former head of emissions in the U.S.
Feb
20th

UK union fears grow over future of GM’s Vauxhall plants, report says

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PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares will meet union chiefs amid growing concerns over the future of Vauxhall plants if the French automaker buys the business from GM, Reuters reported.
Feb
19th

PSA may vow to maintain Opel sites as CEO Tavares tours for support

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PSA CEO Carlos Tavares will meet with UK and France government leaders this week to discuss the potential purchase of GM's Opel and Vauxhall brands.
Feb
18th

PSA’s Tavares will meet British PM about planned Vauxhall takeover

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PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss the automaker's planned acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall.
Feb
18th

Nissan gives Micra a diesel to better battle VW Polo, Ford Fiesta

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Despite falling demand for diesels, Nissan decided to offer the powertrain in its new Micra in Europe. Nissan's head of planning, Philippe Klein, explained why in an interview with Automotive News Europe.
Feb
17th

GM, PSA said to value Opel at $2 billion as talks advance

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GM and PSA are discussing a valuation for GM's Opel unit of about $2 billion as the automakers push to reach an agreement as soon as the end of next week, sources told Bloomberg.
Feb
17th

Volvo Car UK to recruit 300 new technicians as a result of continued brand growth

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Volvo Car UK is launching a nationwide recruitment drive for 300 new technicians to join its 119-outlet dealer network by 2020, in line with the brand's increasing sales and its growing product range.
Feb
17th

Government of Canada announces $18.2m for automotive innovation

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Two Canadian companies - one in Lakeshore near Windsor, the other in Ottawa - have developed innovations that have the potential to make cars lighter, more fuel efficient and, in the case of electric cars, better performing due to a longer battery life and Navdeep Bains, minister of innovation, science and economic development, announced funding totalling C$18.2m for the two companies.
Feb
17th

Opel CEO sees PSA takeover as creating ‘European champion,’ paper says

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A takeover of GM's European arm, Opel, by PSA would make sense from an industrial point of view, a German newspaper reported, citing comments by Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann in a letter to employees.
Feb
17th

Ford nixes human intervention on driverless cars

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Ford, having noted engineers monitoring self-driving cars are dozing off, has decided to remove the steering wheel, brake and accelerator pedals from its driverless cars arriving in 2021, a media report said.
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