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- Toyota’s Japan ad agency Dentsu to repay advertising overcharges – Automotive News: Ad agency Dentsu will pay an estimated 230 million yen ($2.3 million) back to customers, including Toyota, that it overcharged for Internet advertisements in a case likely to stoke concern that digital media transactions have lacked transparency.
- Honda projects declining U.S. auto sales to ‘good industry’ pace – Automotive News: Auto sales in the U.S. may not set a record this year and will probably decline from 2015’s record in the coming years, said Honda’s top American sales executive.
- MG pulls out of UK production – Autocar: British brand MG, which has been under ownership by Chinese automotive giant SAIC, will not produce its range of cars at its Longbridge plant
- Chevy’s 2018 Equinox Comes with Mileage-Raising Surprise: A Diesel – Detroit Bureau: General Motors Co. took the has taken the wraps off the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox for the first time and revealed that they plan to offer customers a diesel engine in the next generation model. Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Tesla cranks up pressure to end ban on direct auto sales – Automotive News: Tesla Motors is cranking up the pressure to sell electric cars directly to customers, after filing its first federal lawsuit over the practice on the home turf of General Motors and Ford.
- A Famous Tokyo Landmark Returns As Nissan Reclaims The Heart Of Ginza – Forbes: Ginza’s bustling 4-chome intersection is what Times Square is for Manhattan, and for decades, the cylindrical Nissan Building power-towered over the…
- VW IT begins operations at new computer centre in Iceland – Just-auto: Volkswagen Group IT has taken up occupancy of a computer centre in Iceland. The facility is operated using renewable energy and is especially environmentally compatible. The servers run high-performance computing applications calling for considerable computing power.
- Infiniti to launch InTouch services with new Q60 in Europe – Just-auto: Infiniti will launch its new InTouch services with the new Q60 sports coupe, due on sale in European markets soon.
- Europe sales up 9.3% in August – Just-auto: New car registrations, in the 29 European markets analysed by JATO Dynamics, increased by 9.3% in August compared to the same month last year, with 855,300 units registered compared to 782,531 in 2015. For the year to date, registrations surpassed the 10m unit mark, an increase of 7.7%.
- Ford introduces adaptive steering on new F-Series and Edge – Just-auto: Adaptive steering technology in the redesigned F-Series Super Duty pickup and new Edge SUV make the vehicles easier to steer at all speeds, Ford said.
- New Toyota Supra performance hybrid tests at the ‘Ring – Autocar: Hybrid FT-1 concept to inspire final model, although we won’t see it until after its BMW Z5 sister car; new shots show car testing at the Nürburgring
- 2018 Mercedes A-Class to get plusher interior and 400bhp range-topping model – Autocar: Next-generation hatchback will get new, larger underpinnings to offer more interior space; range-topping AMG A45 model will gain 24bhp over today’s model
- Stamping plant problems shut down VW Golf build – Just-auto: Volkswagen has halted production of the Golf hatchback at its core Wolfsburg factory for three days because of technical problems at a stamping plant.
- Aston Martin DB11 – Autocar: Aston kicks off its ‘second century plan’ with an all-new turbo V12 grand tourer It is often the job of this part of the Autocar road test to filter out the contrived sense of importance with which car makers sometimes seek to surround every new model. Not today.The future of one Britain’s most celebrated and revered brands starts here.Aston Martin’s bold ‘second century plan’, which will eventually see seven all-new models launched in as many years and their maker expand into all-new premises
- Lexus UX concept interior revealed ahead of Paris – Autocar:
- New-gen Nissan Micra teased ahead of Paris Motor Show debut – Ibtimes: Japanese carmaker Nissan has teased images of the all new Micra hatchback, ahead of the 2016 Paris Motor Show scheduled to begin on October 1.
- Elon Musk to Make Us a Multiplanetary Species (If He Can) – Bloomberg: Tesla, which makes electric vehicles and energy-storage products, is blowing through cash as it races to build out a huge battery factory in the Nevada…
- PSA and Proton ‘talking about partnership’ – reports – Just-auto: PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Malaysian automaker Proton are reportedly discussing a partnership, according to media reports. There are also reports that a number of other OEMs could be discussing potential partnerships with struggling Proton.
- 2017 Nissan Micra teased in new video ahead of Paris – Autocar: Nissan hasn’t released any official information about the all-new hatchback, but previous spy pictures confirm it will have a radical new exterior design.
- Lexus concept features hologram displays – Just-auto: The Lexus UX Concept, making its world debut at the Paris show, presents a vision for imaginative, forward-thinking technologies that will provide…
- Volkswagen electric vehicle shown in new design sketches – Autocar: Volkswagen has released new pictures of its first electric-only model ahead of its full reveal at the Paris motor show next week
- Uber rival Grab partners with driverless car firm in Singapore – Reuters: Users of ride-hailing firm Grab will be able to book driverless cars from Friday as it partners with a start-up testing the technology in Singapore, just days after rival Uber [UBER.UL] debuted its self-driving vehicles in the United States.