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Cox says V-shaped US market recovery continues
Analysts at Cox Automotive say that they forecast the US light vehicle market annual sales pace in September at near 15.5 million units, the fifth...
FAW Iveco talks on hold - report
Chinese state-owned car maker FAW Group had held talks to acquire Italian truck group Iveco earlier this year but these had now been put on hold, two...
Honda embraces work from home in Japan
Honda Motor is introducing work from home allowances and rearranging its office spaces in the latest sign that large Japanese companies confronting...
Geely and Volvo launching Lynk & Co outside China
Lynk & Co has confirmed plans for a brand launch in selected European cities during the fourth quarter. Initially, only the 01 will be offered, with...
Dongfeng to launch first Voyah upmarket EV in 2021
Dongfeng Motor announced at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition it planned to begin production of the first model under its Voyah (Lantu)...
Great Wall doubles investment in its Russian plant
Great Wall Motors this week announced plans to invest CNY3.7bn (US$542m) to upgrade its vehicle production operations in the Russian city of Tula,...
Audi and others to deploy V2X tech in Virginia
Audi of America, American Tower Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) announced a significant...
FREE TO READ - Global pandemic sector recovery briefing
As we enter a recovery phase around the world, we aim to bring you the latest news and intelligence on the speed, nature and shape of the automotive sector's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ex-Audi CEO facing court over 'dieselgate'
Ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler has become the first top VW executive to be put on trial in Germany.
UK car industry faces EU rules of origin blow - report
As negotiations continue between the UK government and EU Commission over trade arrangements following the end of the...
Latest automotive insights
Land Rover's strategy of expanding three vehicle families - Defender, Discovery and Range Rover lines - continues, with the early 2020s looking like a busy time for the brand. Multiple plug-in hybrids continue to arrive, full electrification is coming, buying in engines from Ford is ending, and a new platform arrives next year.
2020 Beijing motor show - the world premieres
Following two media days and two trade days, AutoChina 2020 opened to the public today, 30 September. Below is a list of...
Indonesia struggles to keep EV strategy on track
Indonesia is struggling to keep its ambition of becoming a regional electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub on track....
New SEAT Leon - better than the Golf?
Much rests on the shoulders of the new Leon, SEAT registrations across Europe having dropped by 35% for the year to the...
Jaguar, Tesla and a reimagined sun visor - the week
Future models-r-us. You knew that. This week, Jaguar was in the spotlight: The leaping cat brand saw its EU-EFTA-UK sales halve to 24,389 during the year to the end of August. Data for North America is no longer made public while things still aren't good in China (12,024 YTD, -24%). What to do about Jaguar? That's a question that new CEO Thierry Bollore will be wrestling with right now.
Interior design and technology – Kia XCeed
The fourth member of the Kia Ceed family is built at Kia’s production facility in Žilina, Slovakia. Tailored to the...
The leaping cat brand saw its EU-EFTA-UK sales halve to 24,389 during the year to the end of August. Data for North...
RESEARCH SNAPSHOT – Biometrics in cars
While most of us are accustomed to using our fingerprint to unlock our phones, can biometrics be used to reliably unlock...
Hot issues
COVID-19 hits the auto industry
The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak is causing disruption in China (especially Hubei province) with knock-on impacts on...
OEMs and Tier 1s announce vehicle and technology innovations at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Our...
PSA and FCA have jointly published plans for a merger that they say opens a path to the creation of a new group with...
Strike hits General Motors in North America
In the middle of September, some 49,000 UAW members at GM in the US walked out in what is the company's first strike...
Latest interviews
Sit down, we need to talk – Facetime with Nio
While giving instructions in our cars is nothing new, putting questions to the likes of Alexa and Cortana while on the...
INTERVIEW – Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida became president and CEO of Nissan in January 2020, and by May had unveiled his four-year transformation...
SNAPSHOT - Skoda designer discusses Enyaq iV SUV
Karl Neuhold, head of exterior design at Skoda, highlights the upcoming Enyaq IV car's design...
Seven golden rules of supply chain management
Supply chain resilience has been sorely tested by Covid-19. We speak to Professor Richard Wilding,...
Exhausting business – Tenneco hits the right note on the Chevy Corvette
Tenneco is supplying thermal and acoustic management solutions in an exhaust system design for...
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Audi AG (NSU) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
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