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- VW Wary That Trump Election May Disrupt Diesel-Settlement Talks – Bloomberg: While Volkswagen has agreed to a $14.7 billion civil settlement covering 480,000 cars with 2.0-liter diesel engines, the company is still faces criminal…
- 2017 Volkswagen Golf to be revealed tomorrow – Autocar: Volkswagen’s next-generation Golf will usher in a new era of mild hybrid powertrains when it is revealed in full tomorrow
- New AC Cobra 378 due in 2017 with 550bhp V8 – Autocar: AC boss confirms details of AC Cobra 378; it will have a naturally aspirated or supercharged V8 engine
- Donald Trump’s Victory Unsettles Car-Mileage Debate – WSJ: The Obama administration’s lofty fuel-economy targets, codified in 2012 with support from nearly all car companies, called for light vehicles sold in the…
- Qoros to reveal 217-mile range EV concept at Guangzhou motor show – Autocar: The Qoros 3 Q-Lectriq is based on Qoros’s small saloon, the 3, and spearheads the Chinese manufacturer’s electric vehicle efforts
- Automakers, dependent on Mexico, face a rougher road with Trump – Reuters: Trump made an attack on the outsourcing of American auto jobs to Mexico a recurrent theme in his campaign, …
- Toyota exec Leroy expects Europe sales to get big boost from C–HR – Automotive News: Eighteen years ago Didier Leroy left his job as deputy plant director at Renault’s Le Mans facility to join Toyota to help the Japanese automaker launch…
- Russia’s October auto sales down 2.6 pct y/y – AEB – Reuters: Russia’s October auto sales down 2.6 pct y/y – AEB … New car sales in Russia fell 2.6 percent year-on-year to 126,658 vehicles in October, after a 10.9 …
- Jaguar Land Rover pulls out of bid for Silverstone purchase – Autocar: Discussions end between British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) and JLR; Ginetta boss Lawrence Tomlinson’s rival offer has also expired
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio – clearest pictures yet of Alfa’s first SUV – Autocar: Italian SUV sheds some more camouflage for its latest round of testing; recent comments from CEO suggest it’ll be engineered for lovers of driving
- German carmakers concerned US could damage international trade – Reuters: (R-L) The CEO’s of Volkswagen, Matthias Mueller, BMW Harald Krueger and Dieter Zetsche, of Daimler and Mercedes-Benz chat during the …
- Tesla to build European Gigafactory – Autocar: After Tesla’s acquisition of German production tech firm Grohmann Engineering, the American car maker will build a European Gigafactory
- Strong Mexico Ties Have Companies Gird for Trump Aftershocks – Bloomberg: Trump has also threatened to slap a 35 percent tariff on any cars Ford builds in Mexico and ships back to the U.S. The automaker in September said it…