Top News:
- McLaren F1 crowned Greatest Supercar Ever at Classic & Sports Car Show – Autocar: John Surtees, CBE, stands beside the McLaren F1
- Crowdfunded electric car revealed – Autocar: Sono’s Sion will cost from around £11,000 when it goes on sale and can be recharged via solar power
- Mercedes-Benz X-Class is more than a reskinned Nissan – Autocar: Mercedes’ X-Class has been reworked dynamically and visually resulting a different experience to that of the Nissan Navara on which it is based
- The new buddy system: Man and machine team up in the workplace – CNBC: Since 2010, vehicle production in the United States has increased by an average of about 16 percent annually because of industrial robots, according…
- Government’s Brexit offer to Nissan to be extended to all car makers – Autocar: All car manufacturers will be offered the same deal as Nissan in the wake of the EU referendum to secure the future of British car manufacturing
- Honda Net Profit Jumps as Company Shows Signs of Rebound – WSJ: Honda reported Monday a 39% rise in net profit for the fiscal second quarter on the back of strong China sales as the company begins to show signs of recovery after years of recall-related expenses’ weighing on profit.
- Top South Korean companies suffer Q3 sales drop – Nikkei: Samsung Electronics’ revenue fell 7.5% to 47.8 trillion won ($41.7 billion) while that of Hyundai Motor slipped 5.7% to 22.1 trillion won in the…
- Tesla’s sale of clean-air credits may have marked peak for market – Automotive News: Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants stricter zero-emissions standards that would boost demand for electric vehicles and force other automakers to sell more…
- Honda to continue UK business, for now – FT: Honda said it had “no plans for now” to withdraw from the UK market after the British government said it was seeking a deal to shield the car…
- McLaren P14 – 650S replacement spotted testing – Autocar: Known internally as the McLaren P14, the 650S’s successor will arrive in 2018 with even more extreme styling than that of the P1 hypercar
- NISSAN’S GHOSN: CEO already plotting next targets – Automotive News: CARLOS GHOSN: It’s not a question of need. The Renault-Nissan Alliance did not need additional partners. It’s more that we knew Mitsubishi,…
- Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft Drivers – Bloomberg: Four black and four white research assistants-split evenly among men and women-ordered cars over six weeks in Seattle. All used their photos on…
- Tokyo Preps For 2020 With Toyota, Nissan And Honda Road Innovations – Forbes: Japan’s had its fair share of surprises in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Firstly, the official Olympic logo had to be tossed out and…
- Is Volkswagen Atlas Right Vehicle to Spark Post-Diesel Scandal Comeback? – Forbes: Volkswagen has unveiled its Atlas crossover in California, weeks ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show. It is a much anticipated and overdue entry…
- Honda breaks with tradition to bring in fresh ideas – Nikkei: The tiny electric car unveiled at the Ceatec Japan consumer electronics show in early October was a big hit with visitors to Honda Motor’s…