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- 2018 Lexus CT 200h launched with design and safety upgrades – Autocar: Six-year-old hybrid hatch has been updated with a more streamlined range in its final facelift
- Wells Fargo Dented by Surprise Charge From Pre-Crisis Mortgages – Bloomberg: More recently, it’s come under fire over auto-loan clients who were forced to pay for unwanted car insurance and homeowners who were improperly…
- BMW recalls 85K SUVs for air bag problem – Detroitnews: The recall covers the X3 from 2006 through 2010
- Kobe Steel Scam Hits Planes, Trains, Automobiles – Bloomberg: Aircraft, electronics, car and bullet train manufacturers were among the recipients, raising obvious safety concerns. From Boeing Co. to Ford Motor Co.,…
- Tesla to recall 11000 Model X SUVs due to seat issue – Reuters: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk delivers Model X electric sports-utility vehicles during a presentation in Fremont, California September 29, …
- BMW, Great Wall confirm Chinese Mini production talks – Reuters: Luxury German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) is in talks to produce its Mini models in China in partnership with Great …
- Fly Charts: JPMorgan’s Valuation Trap and Citi’s Card Woes – Bloomberg: Good morning! This is Fly Charts, the daily charts-only newsletter from Gadfly; sign up here. From natural-gas pessimism to a smartphone-upgrade…
- Oil will crash to $10 a barrel with electric vehicle revolution, strategist says – CNBC: Over the long term “what happens with electric vehicles is really, really important” given that around 70 percent of oil is used for transportation,…
- Lamborghini Huracán Performante – Autocar: Can Lamborghini’s lighter, harder-hitting Huracán really mix it with £1m hypercars? Six minutes 52.1 seconds. Those numbers are the reason why the is here awaiting our thorough examination.We want to understand how this naturally aspirated, conventional supercar can apparently lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife – the home of one of the industry’s preferred performance benchmarks – faster than the recent crop of hypercars.It has done so without a horsepower figure b
- Aston Martin’s New Luxury Convertible Has a Sporty Side – Fortune: Aston Martin unveiled the DB11 on Friday, a luxury convertible that could help extend a turnaround at the British carmaker that is being helped by…
- BMW insists Great Wall talks won’t affect UK manufacturing – FT: BMW has insisted that talks to manufacture Mini cars in China will not affect the brand’s UK plant in Oxford. Great Wall Motors, China’s largest SUV…
- BMW says needs local partner to accelerate Mini growth in China – Reuters: FILE PHOTO: A man takes a look at second-hand BMW cars at a dealer shop in Beijing, China, September 11, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File …
- Mercedes-Benz recalls 14842 Sprinter cars in Russia: standards agency – Reuters: Russia’s technical safety watchdog Rosstandart said on Friday it had been informed about the recall of 14,842 Mercedes-Benz …
- China’s Great Wall says in talks with BMW for Mini cooperation, no JV signed yet – Reuters: China’s Great Wall Motor Co Ltd (601633. … Haval hybrid vehicle is presented during the Auto China 2016 auto show in …
- Uber Launches Appeal Against London License Ban – Bloomberg: Uber Technologies Inc., the world’s largest startup, appealed a London regulator’s decision to revoke the car service’s license as it seeks more…
- Ferrari Portofino lightweight tech to influence all future models – Autocar: Fewer parts were used in the new Portofino, which has shed 80kg California replacement’s more efficient use of materials has set a precedent for the structures of its upcoming siblings
- EU regulators okay Valeo bid for FTE with conditions – Reuters: EU antitrust enforcers approved on Friday Valeo’s … FILE PHOTO – The company logo of auto parts maker Valeo is pictured …
- Great Wall Motor in Talks With BMW Over Mini Brand in China – Bloomberg: A painted Mini Cooper automobile body frame, produced by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), passes along the production line in Oxford.
- Japan’s Kobe Steel shares dive as quality scandal spreads – Yahoo: Shares in Japan’s Kobe Steel dived Friday on a report that its widening quality scandal has spread to more than 30 foreign customers, including Boeing, General Motors, and French automaker PSA. The stock fell almost nine percent to finish … The …
- Mercedes-Benz, JVs to recall over 350000 vehicles in China: watchdog – Reuters: Mercedes-Benz, the luxury brand of German carmaker Daimler AG, and its Chinese joint ventures will recall 351,218 vehicles due …
- PSA secures future of two French plants with new models – Automotive News: Mulhouse currently builds the Citroen C4, Peugeot 2008 and DS 4, according to Europe’s car assembly plant map. Production of the…
- GM appoints Chevy Bolt’s top engineer as EV programs chief – Automotive News: General Motors has promoted Pamela Fletcher to the new position of vice president of global electric vehicle programs. Fletcher, 51, most…
- Ex-US Rep. Honda calls for S. Korea to reconsider ‘comfort women’ deal with Japan –
- The top 20 fastest cars around ‘s handling track – Autocar: 1 Porsche 918 Spyder: 1:05.70 Forget the Nürburgring – we take the world’s fastest and put them to the test in the UK
- Lamborghini Huracan Performante breaks ‘s handling track lap record – Autocar: 1 Lamborghini Huracan Performante: 1:05.30 Performante smashes another record during ‘s full road test. Check out the top 20 times around our handling track here
- Ford’s China sales stuck in first gear as rivals overtake – Reuters: Ford Motor Co saw its China vehicle sales make the barest of increases in September, extending a tough run in the world’s largest …
- Are we the steam engine enthusiasts of the future? – Autocar: P1 hints at the skills future classic car specialists will need With the internal combustion engine beginning to fade away, we discuss how enthusiasts will fare when today’s cars become classics
- Australia lagging on electric cars and tax breaks needed to drive demand – report – Guardian: Tax breaks and free access to bus lanes should be used to help reverse Australia’s poor uptake of electric vehicles, a new report has said. Australians…
- Ford China September vehicle sales little changed year on year – Reuters: Ford Motor Co sold 112,902 vehicles in China in September, little changed compared with the same period a year earlier, the U.S. …
- Boeing passenger jets have falsely-certified Kobe Steel products – source – Reuters: Boeing Co (BA. … REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo … N) said it is checking whether its cars contain falsely certified components …
- Kobe Steel Scandal Expands Into Core Business Overseas – Bloomberg: Kobe Steel falsified quality certification data for steel wire used in auto … copper and iron ore products used in everything from cars to computer hard…
- Kobe Steel’s cheating engulfs more divisions; shares resume slide – Reuters: Kobe Steel Ltd (5406. … products used in cars, aircraft, space rockets and defence equipment, affecting about 200 companies.
- Kobe Steel shares tumble, says 30-plus foreign cos affected – Reuters: Shares of Kobe Steel Ltd slid more than 8 percent early on Friday after the newspaper said more than 30 non-Japanese customers including Daimler AG and Airbus SE had been affected by the firm’s data falsification.
- Alphabet’s Waymo Moonshot May Soon Be A Robocar Business – Forbes: It may be showtime for Waymo. After years of semi-secret work developing self-driving cars the Alphabet Inc. unit has begun sharing a surprising…
- Uber, Surging Outside Manhattan, Tops Taxis in New York City – New York Times: Drivers double-parked in a designated Lyft pick-up and drop-off zone outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. After focusing on Manhattan, ride-hailing apps are expanding to New York City’s other boroughs that are not as well served by public …
- Shades of future past: a pair of Mitsubishi GTOs – Autocar:
- Factbox – Major points of friction as NAFTA talks sour – Reuters: U.S. demands for more favourable treatment under the North … At present cars must contain at least 62.5 percent American, Canadian or …
- General Motors’ stock run-up has opened a window for automakers, analyst says – CNBC: General Motors is driving up the ramp to the highway of its transformation … Jonas said it’s not high on Tesla’s pecking order and could actually be a…
- General Motors to close Detroit factory for 5 weeks – Washington Post: Tesla said some cables in the seat may have been improperly tightened, which prevents the left seat from locking in an upright position. That could…
- CarGurus shares rise more than 72 percent in trading debut – CNBC: Shares of car search company CarGurus popped on Thursday, the stock’s first day on the public market. CarGurus shares closed more than 72…
- Sir Richard Branson invests in futuristic hyperloop train – FT: … built vehicles inside low-pressure tubes at near-supersonic speeds over long distances – was touted by Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk in 2013.
- Volkswagen to make brands more distinct to boost efficiency – Reuters: That sparked at backlash at Skoda. … In a next step, Volkswagen will pursue greater differentiation between its premium brands … expected to make major savings in development costs at premium brands Audi (NSUG.DE) and Porsche through their new shared PPE production platform for electric cars.
- BMW working to make Minis in China – Detroitnews: BMW AG is working on a deal that would bring manufacturing of the iconic Mini brand outside Europe for the first time, according to people with…
- Ford to triple number of employee-only EV charging stations in North America – Automotive News: “Work is the second most likely place people charge their electric vehicles,” said Steve Henderson, Ford sustainability and vehicle environmental…
- Faurecia sales rise 7.3 pct on strong Asia performance – Reuters: French auto parts maker Faurecia said on Thursday quarterly sales rose 7.3 percent as the maker of car seats, exhausts and …
- Alphabet’s Waymo demanded $1 billion in settlement talks with Uber, sources say – CNBC: The Waymo self-driving car unit also asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use Waymo technology in the future.
- China monthly vehicle sales rise again; may miss annual target -industry body – Reuters: China’s vehicles sales rose in September for a fourth straight month, an industry body said on Thursday, but added that the …
- Ferrari raises car prices by up to 7% for 2018 – Autocar: Italian brand now charges 7% more for V8 models and 4% more for V12s
- China vehicle sales rise for fourth straight month – industry body – Reuters: China’s vehicles sales rose in September for the fourth consecutive month, an industry body said on Thursday, …
- Great Wall Motor Halts Trading After BMW Tie-Up Reports – Bloomberg: Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd., which makes cars in a venture with BMW, rebounded 4.9 percent at 10:01 a.m. in Hong Kong after falling…
- Polestar: first performance coupe will have ‘no compromises’ – Autocar: The new video shows close-up detail of Polestar’s first standalone cae Volvo’s standalone brand releases teaser video ahead of 17 October launch; snippets of model shown in images
- Kobe Steel crisis deepens as more data tampering revealed; shares tumble – Yahoo: There have been previous cases in Japan involving falsified data, including at Nissan Motor <7201.T>, Mitsubishi Motors <7211.T> and Takata, which…