- ANALYSIS: Has Audi reached a limit with model proliferation? – Just-auto: Audi’s continuing success has come with a stream of new products but is a TT family a step too far?
- European cities move against diesel cars – FT: Politicians concerned about diesel contribution to air pollution through nitrogen oxide emissions
- 51 economies to ease FCV rules – Via Google News: If automobile makers manufacture vehicles based on the unified standards and the products pass each manufacturing country’s screening, safety…
- Hydrogen-powered 2015 Toyota Mirai – new price info and specs – Autocar: Toyota’s new FCV promises quick refuelling and a 300-mile range from its hydrogen fuel cell stackToyota has revealed more information on its upcoming hydrogen-powered car, which will be called Toyota Mirai.
- GERMANY: Continental appoints advisory board for future mobility – Just-auto: Continental Intelligent Transportation Systems has announced that effective January, Satish Khatu, former IBM general manager, global industrial sector, Helmut Matschi, member of the Continental executive board and head of the interior division, and Samir Salman, CEO NAFTA Continental automotive divisions, will be appointed as members of its new advisory board.
- GM Aiming to Make `Zero-Defect’ Vehicles: Ammann – Yahoo:
- 2015 Audi A4 – latest pictures – Autocar: Fifth-generation A4 saloon due on sale in the UK in the middle of this year, with Avant and Allroad models to follow
- Chinese aerospace firm pursues acquisition of U.S. supplier Henniges, report says – Automotive News: AVIC, China’s biggest aerospace company, is among bidders pursuing an acquisition of US auto supplier Henniges Automotive Holdings, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. AVIC could pay $1 billion for the acquisition, Bloomberg reported.
- Toyota to Expand Output of Mirai Hydrogen Car – WSJ: Toyota Motor Corp. says it will increase production of its new hydrogen-powered car, the Mirai, to 3,000 vehicles in 2017 from 700 this year, citing unexpectedly strong initial demand.
- So About That Goal of 1 Million Electric Cars by 2015 ? – Via Google News: There was no mention, however, of an automobile-related goal set in the … The likely reason for leaving electric cars out of the president’s recent…
- Hyundai Concerned About Losing Market Share – WSJ: Hyundai Motor’s fourth-quarter net profit fell by more than a fifth and the company predicted weak sales growth this year, citing growing political uncertainty in emerging markets and unfavorable foreign-exchange rates.
- Hyundai Motor’s biggest-ever dividend greeted with outlook concern – Reuters: SEOUL (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co announced its biggest-ever dividend on Thursday to appease shareholders angered by a $10 billion property buy, but the payout failed to distract investors from growth prospects clouded by declines in the rouble and yen.
- 2015 Volvo XC90 – new ultra-luxury model set for Shanghai show – Autocar: Swedish firm’s new seven-seat SUV sits on an all-new platform and comes loaded with new technology and engines
- Hyundai payout rise underwhelms investors – FT: Shares hit by fall in quarterly profit in spite of 50% dividend increase at Korean carmaker
- Hyundai Motor sees currency risks persisting in Russia, emerging markets – Reuters: SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co, the world’s fifth-biggest automaker when paired with Kia Motors Corp , expects currency risks to persist in Russia and other emerging markets this year, its president Lee Won-hee said on Thursday.
- UPDATE 1-Hyundai Motor Q4 profit tumbles 19 pct, hit by rouble, U.S. incentives – Reuters: SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co on Thursday reported a fourth straight quarterly. profit decline, pulled down by a plunge in the Russian rouble. and increased buying incentives in the United States.
- Hyundai Motor Q4 net profit 1.66 trln won vs 1.98 trln won analyst view – Reuters: SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co on Thursday said net profit reached 1.66 trillion. won ($1.53 billion) in October-December, missing analyst. estimates, in part because a decline in the rouble pulled down. income earned in Russia.
- Chevy to expand Spark EV sales to Maryland – Automotive News: Chevrolet will begin selling the Spark EV in Maryland this spring, its first East Coast entry and third state overall since the electric minicar was launched in California and Oregon in 2013.
- Toyota Isn’t in Tune With China’s Needs: Russo – Yahoo:
- TrueCar says more than half of its web traffic now is mobile – Automotive News: As technology plays a more pivotal role in the vehicle-shopping process, mobile shoppers, for the first time, have begun to make up the majority of TrueCar’s web traffic.