- Porsche faces new legal risk over VW saga – FT: Fine and possible forfeiture of profits if trial of two former executives leads to a conviction
- Honda discloses 5th Takata-linked airbag fatality, issues recall – Automotive News: The death toll linked to defective Takata airbags grew to five today with Honda disclosing the first fatality outside the United States and calling back more cars.
- JAPAN: Takata modifies air bag propellant recipe – report – Just-auto: Takata has modified the composition of an air bag propellant that contains a volatile chemical at the centre of a recall of millions of cars worldwide, the supplier told the Reuters news agency.
- Takata subpoenaed by U.S. grand jury as chairman apologizes – Automotive News: Japanese supplier Takata is the subject of a federal criminal investigation over potentially defective car airbags that have been linked to five deaths, a spokesman confirmed today.
- RUSSIA: “Step forward” in October sales as scrappage kicks in – Just-auto: Russia October new passenger cars and LCVs sales improved markedly last month as the effects of the country’s recycling scheme fed through, although were still 10% down compared with 2013.
- UK: BMW Group Financial Services launches new business model – Just-auto: Following an 18-month research and investment project, BMW Group Financial Services has unveiled a new business model for its network of 147 BMW and 143 Mini retailers across the UK.
- A Super Car That Runs On Salt Water In Europe – Via Google News: It has become the first salt water car in Europe with overt dominion on all … of this sea gull is a feather on a hat for automobile technology in cars.
- Video: Autocar drives a Citroën DS3 WRC car – Autocar: Ahead of Wales Rally GB this weekend, Steve Sutcliffe drives a 300bhp Citroën WRC car on a special forest stage Steve Sutcliffe drives a 300bhp Citroën WRC car in France with expert guidance from WRC racer Kris Meeke – who’ll be in action at Wales Rally GB this weekend.Read more here
- Honda discloses fifth Takata air bag-linked fatality, widens recall – Reuters: Honda Motor Co said on Thursday that a driver in Malaysia died in July after being hit by shrapnel from an air bag supplied by Takata Corp – the fifth such fatality and the first outside the United States.
- Exclusive: Takata changes chemical compound involved in air bag recalls – Reuters: Takata Corp has modified the composition of an air bag propellant that contains a volatile chemical at the center of a recall of millions of cars worldwide, the company told Reuters.
- Automakers adopt protocols to handle, protect consumer data in connected car era – Automotive News: Hoping to harness customer data to offer more services without eliciting an outcry over the misuse of personal information, major automakers today agreed to industry-wide principles to handle consumer data and safeguard individual privacy going…
- All-new Mazda2 Wins Germany’s Golden Steering Wheel Award – Mazda:
- Barra to sit out award ceremony following protests – Automotive News: General Motors said Wednesday that CEO Mary Barra will sit out an award ceremony in her honor next week following protests from a group of family and friends of people killed in defective GM vehicles.
- Takata disputes report it hid airbag tests before recall crisis – Automotive News: Takata said it tested airbags in 2004 for an issue separate from the flaw at the center of an auto-safety crisis, disputing a report by the New York Times last week.
- Carmakers unite around privacy protections – Via Google News: Many recent-model cars and light trucks have GPS and mobile … Google,” said Mitch Bainwol, president of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
- New Porsche Panamera to launch in 2016 – first details – Autocar: Porsche plans a total revamp for its second-generation saloon, giving it sharper looks, an advanced new platform and new V6 and V8 engines, Porsche is working flat out on a new aluminium-bodied, sportier-driving and better-looking Panamera ahead of its launch in late 2016.Based on a new, advanced rear-drive and all-wheel-drive platform, dubbed MSB, the Panamera will incorporate multiple weight-saving measures and an all-new family of V6 and V8 petrol engines that promise a muscular power delivery to cement…
- Maserati Celebrates Its 100th Birthday in Grand Style in Italy – Via Google News: Mention exclusive, exotic Italian car brands, and most people think of … and Turin, where we toured the National Automobile Museum and saw the …
- Inside the Mercedes-Benz museum – Via Google News: The first major room, dubbed “The invention of the automobile” looks at engines and vehicles built from 1886 to 1900. Of the 160 vehicles in the …
- Safety advocate urges GM switch fund to intensify victim outreach – Reuters: A car-safety advocate on Wednesday urged the lawyer overseeing General Motors Co’s program to compensate victims of accidents linked to a faulty ignition switch in its vehicles to take a more active approach to finding cases of injury or death.
- The ultimate luxury hotel-room perk? A Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche drive – Via Google News: Once the automobile came to prominence in the 20th century, hotels … is not directly affiliated with a manufacturer, and thus isn’t about selling cars.
- Fuel Economy Gains Grind to a Halt in October – thedetroitbureau.com: The fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the U.S. remained unchanged last month, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The average fuel economy vehicles purchased in October was 25.3 mpg, the same as September.
- Chevrolet Corvette Vision Gran Turismo Teased Online – Via Google News: The cars in the Vision Gran Turismo series have pushed the boundaries of vehicle design. After all, the sky’s the limit when you’re styling a car for a …
- Mercedes-AMG GT targets Porsche 911 – Automotive News: Mercedes-Benz is using the tag line ‘Handcrafted by Racers: a sports car in its purest form,’ for the new GT sports car, emphasizing the car’s development by Mercedes’ AMG performance unit.
- China’s Qoros Enters LA Design Challenge – thedetroitbureau.com: Qoros, an unusual Chinese-Israeli joint venture, plans to unveil its third new model next week at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition and on the same day, November 20, it’s Q: QorosQloud Qubed concept will make its debut as part of the L.A. Design Challenge at the L.A. Auto Show.
- Takata says it modified compound involved in airbag recalls – Automotive News: Takata has modified the composition of an airbag propellant that contains a volatile chemical at the center of a recall of millions of cars worldwide, the company told Reuters.