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GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list [Honda CR-V diesel & Morgan Aero Coupe added]
7 February 2012
An updated version of just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take a bow at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Look, honey, we shrunk the hybrid powertrain
6 February 2012
A more compact version of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system used in larger models, like the Prius and Auris, will make its debut in Toyota Europe's Yaris hybrid due out later this year.
INDIA: Audi to assemble Q3 and Q7 SUVs - reports
3 February 2012
Volkswagen unit Audi India is adding an extra assembly line at its Aurangabad plant in Maharashtra to build the luxury Q7 SUV and the upcoming entry level Q3, which is expected to be launched in June-July this year, according to local reports.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Fiat shows 500L
2 February 2012
Fiat has released first 'official' images of its new 500L ahead of the model's world debut at the Geneva show on 6 March.
PRODUCT EYE: Renault Kangoo Maxi Z.E.
1 February 2012
White Van Man might well be in danger of losing his innate haste and stress, should he get behind the wheel of the new EV version of Renault's Kangoo van.
BRAZIL: Lifan in investment mood, Renault mulls Lodgy
30 January 2012
Lifan has decided to deepen its partnership with Brazilian group Effa which already distributes the Chinese automaker's 320 (which looks something like BMW's Mini) and 620 sedan models here.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list
30 January 2012
An updated version of just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take their bows at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.
ROMANIA: Johnson Controls opens seat plant in Craiova
30 January 2012
Johnson Controls has officially opened its new seat factory in Craiova, Romania, which will supply Ford's local assembly plant with complete seat systems for the new B-Max minivan on a just-in-sequence basis.
BELGIUM: Toyota Europe delivers 400,000th hybrid
27 January 2012
Toyota has delivered its 400,000th hybrid in Europe. The milestone car was a UK-built Auris handed over to Valentine Nkwocha in Anderlecht, Belgium, as a company car from his employer CTG, an IT-consultancy. The company recently ordered over 20 Auris Hybrids for its junior consultants.
JAPAN/UK: Honda hybrid tally over 800,000
25 January 2012
Honda Motor has sold over 800,000 hybrid vehicles since the first generation Insight - a two-seat coupe - was launched in November 1999.
GERMANY: VW launches five-door Up
23 January 2012
Volkswagen has launched a five-door version of its new Up city car, saying the new model has the same space for rear passengers as the three-door.
US: GM top automaker again
20 January 2012
General Motors reclaimed the title of world's biggest carmaker title in 2011 after Toyota production was reduced as a result of the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the Thai floods late in the year, effects of which are still ongoing.
UK: Growing brands look to recruit dealers
20 January 2012
Both Hyundai and Seat are looking to expand their UK dealer networks, the companies have said. The news will help offset the slow demise of Saab’s 58-strong dealer network and the decision by Renault to cut its network by around 55 to 135 by the end of this year.
RUSSIA: Johnson Controls eyes seat production
17 January 2012
Automotive interiors specialist Johnson Controls (JCI) hopes to make car seats in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, regional official Vladimir Solovyov said.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list [triple-turbo BMW added]
16 January 2012
An updated version of just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take their bows at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda sells record 879,200 units in 2011
16 January 2012
Skoda global sales rose 15.3% year on year in 2011 to a record 879,200 units.
GERMANY: Nissan posts record sales in Europe
13 January 2012
Nissan has confirmed that 2011 was a record year for the brand in Europe.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Mid-life update for SEAT Ibiza
12 January 2012
Three and a half years into its lifecycle, the SEAT Ibiza range is being given its first facelift. There are engine updates too, with the emphasis on refinements to improve economy.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list [Peugeot 208 added]
11 January 2012
Some additions to just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take their bows at the Geneva motor show in March.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Opel Mokka world premiere
11 January 2012
Opel has released the first images and details of the Opel Mokka. The new vehicle, which will also be sold in the UK with Vauxhall badges, is a, small, five-seat SUV. There will be a version to come for Chevrolet Europe, while the new Buick Encore is another close relative.
US: Johnson Controls provides components to Citroen DS5
11 January 2012
Johnson Controls will provide key electronic components for the Citroen DS5, including the head-up display, instrument cluster, and seating solutions.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Toyota Yaris Hybrid
10 January 2012
The Detroit show hasn't even opened its doors to the public but this industry never sleeps - Toyota Motor Europe has just released details of the Yaris Hybrid, a world premiere for March's Geneva show.
SOUTH KOREA: Kia launches EV with petrol engine sound
22 December 2011
Kia Motors has launched its first plug-in car, the Ray EV.
BELGIUM: EC clears Volkswagen Financial Services JV with D'Iteren
21 December 2011
European Commission (EC) officials have cleared under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture between Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) and the Belgian company D'Ieteren for the provision of financial services related to the sale of Volkswagen group vehicles on the Belgian market.
GERMANY: Brake assist to become standard in small cars: Continental
20 December 2011
Continental says the city emergency brake assist is set to become standard equipment in small cars, making it one of its major objectives.
GERMANY: VW Group on target to achieve 8m sales
19 December 2011
Volkswagen Group sales to the end of November this year have risen 14% to 7.1m vehicles, outperforming a global market which rose 5.3%.
UK: Nissan adds Kuro and Shiro to Micra’s line up
19 December 2011
Two new special Micras have been added to the UK lineup, named Kuro and Shiro.
COMMENT: BMW goes Olympic
16 December 2011
BMW's annual media get-together is sometimes good for a bit of controversial copy, such as the year the then-managing director took a shot at London's controversial congestion charge which was then reckoned to be costing the automaker's flagship dealership in Park Lane GBP1m a year.
FRIDAY STORY: New London Routemaster finally takes a bow
16 December 2011
Following the catastrophic failure of London's notorious 'bendy-buses,' that were possibly the most unpopular addition to the capital since pigeons, Mayor Boris Johnson looks like he is delivering on a long-touted promise to bring back his version of the much-loved Routemaster.
ANALYSIS: Mercedes' Magic Vision
15 December 2011
It's been a long time since the windscreen wipers on a new Mercedes-Benz were fabulously, expensively over-engineered things of wonder. Tellingly, those days have just returned.
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