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- New Bentley Continental GT3 racer revealed – Autocar: Race-going Continental GT3 has weighs almost 1000kg less than the road-going version, and has a 543bhp V8 under the bonnet
- 2018 Aston Martin Vantage to be revealed 21 November – Autocar: First official pics of next-generation, almost-production-ready Aston follows several sightings of test cars
- Continental eyes strong fourth quarter as electric-car push boosts orders – Reuters: Germany’s Continental (CONG.DE) expects strong profit and sales in the fourth quarter as carmakers’ accelerating embrace of …
- Michigan drivers friendly to Tesla’s electric car design – Freep: Matt Visk of Grosse Pointe leaned into a sleek Tesla Model X as his little boys climbed around the back seat. “Tesla is doing things that should’ve been…
- Canadian auto parts maker Magna beats profit estimate – Reuters: Canadian auto parts maker Magna International Inc’s profit topped analysts’ estimates, helped by higher sales in North America, and …
- Peugeot speeds Opel technology shift to cut emissions – Reuters: Peugeot maker PSA Group vowed to move Opel/Vauxhall models onto its own technology faster than initially planned …
- Opel aims to avoid plant closures with post-takeover cost-cutting plan – FT: Opel and Vauxhall will aim to avoid closing car plants under a plan to slash costs, shorten working hours and improve profitability under the ownership…
- Jaguar Land Rover will roll out more models to boost demand – Automotive News: Jaguar Land Rover said it will roll out more products next year to boost sales and profit as the luxury unit of Tata Motors is fighting slowing…
- South Korea says to fine BMW, Mercedes, Porsche units on emission rules breach – Reuters: South Korea plans to impose a combined fine of 70.3 billion won ($63.1 million) on units of automakers BMW AG, Mercedes-Benz …
- Opinion: Can the PSA Group really save Vauxhall and Opel? – Autocar: Vauxhall and Opel has been haemorrhaging money, but so was the PSA Group in 2013, and that’s now the envy of the car industry
- Vauxhall readies new large SUV to rival Skoda Kodiaq – Autocar: New SUV, due in 2020, will share much with the Citroën C5 Aircross and Peugeot 5008, including a later PHEV version
- PSA’s Opel-Vauxhall Will Concentrate On Electrification, Expand Globally – Forbes: Opel-Vauxhall, sold to France’s PSA Group by General Motors, plans to concentrate on electrification and expand its sales outside of Europe for the…
- Continental CFO eyes business from EU’s emissions push – Reuters: Germany’s Continental (CONG.DE) bets that the European Union’s ambitious car-emissions targets may boost demand for its …
- Tata Motors second-quarter profit jumps three-fold on Jaguar Land Rover strength – Reuters: India’s Tata Motors Ltd reported a nearly three-fold rise in … Brexit and possible levies on diesel cars hit Europe’s second-biggest market.
- Jaguar Land Rover to Roll Out More Models to Spruce Up Demand – Bloomberg: Jaguar Land Rover’s Indian parent reported its biggest profit jump in six quarters after the luxury car brand began selling new models. Tata Motor’s…
- Opel’s 2020 vision: Profit, finally – Yahoo: Opel unveiled Thursday a plan to jump start its financial performance with a return to profit in 2020 thanks to savings its new owner French auto giant…
- Hyundai Mipo sells stake in brokerage unit for 450 bln won – Yonhap: Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a mid-sized shipyard here, said Thursday that it has sold its stake in a stock brokerage…
- Tata Motors Q2 profit jumps three-fold, beats estimates – Reuters: … reported a nearly three-fold rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, blowing past estimates, helped by higher sales from its Jaguar Land Rover business.
- Four Reasons Uber Won’t Upend the Car Industry – Bloomberg: Two of the three shifts currently sweeping the global car industry are genuinely revolutionary. Electric vehicles plan to consign Gottlieb Daimler’s…
- Opel bets on electric power in bid for profitability – Automotive News: Lohscheller said Opel’s PACE plan will “unleash automaker’s full potential.” He is pictured at a news conference in Ruesselsheim on Thursday.
- PSA Group reveals plan to make Vauxhall and Opel profitable by 2020 – Autocar: All future Vauxhalls and Opels will be based on PSA architecture; new Corsa confirmed for 2019; No planned factory closures
- Ford Turn Itself Into a Tech Company? – New York Times: Ford’s big, blinking target is 2021 – the year it hopes to release a vehicle that meets the Society of Automotive Engineers International’s definition of…
- Opel speeds shift to PSA vehicle platforms – Reuters: PA) faster than previously planned, as the Peugeot maker pursues 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) in savings from its acquisition of the loss-making …
- China electric car startup Nio raises over $1 billion from Tencent, others: sources – Reuters: Chinese electric vehicle startup Nio has raised more than $1 billion in its latest fundraising round, led by existing investor …
- New Delhi declares emergency as toxic smog thickens by the hour – Reuters: The Indian capital declared a pollution emergency … Illegal crop burning in the farm states surrounding New Delhi, vehicle …
- Opinion: why the Mercedes G-Class outlived the Land Rover Defender – Autocar: The Land Rover Defender is dead. The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is not, yet. We discuss why that is
- 2018 Mercedes-Benz G-Class to benefit from S-Class tech – Autocar: New Merc G-Class will go on sale in the UK next spring Big Mercedes 4×4 will mix luxury, advanced technology and rugged off-road prowess as it enters its second generation
- Qatar retools after boycott by top auto parts supplier Dubai – Reuters: In a dusty industrial zone in the south of Doha where the city’s auto repair shops are clustered, one unlucky blue Hyundai Santa Fe …
- Audi’s new flagship A8 is a technology showcase – Detroitnews: The Great Recession knocked the stuffing out of the luxury-car flagship segment, and it has never recovered. Today, sales of full-size luxury sedans…
- Self-Driving Bus Crashes on its First Day in Las Vegas – Fortune: A big public debut for a self-driving bus in Las Vegas turned out to be trouble. An autonomous shuttle bus collided with a semi-truck just a few hours…
- VW names agency exec Zabel to head US marketing – Automotive News: Earlier in his 19-year career, Zabel worked for Nissan North America as a manager in both dealer operations and marketing for Infiniti. He replaces…
- Ford Signs on for New EV Venture in China – Detroit Bureau: The new agreement with the Chinese company Zotye established a new venture called Zotye Ford Automobile Co. Ltd., a 50:50 joint venture that will…
- Hackett’s First Bold Move At Ford: A $750 Million Factory To Build Electric Vehicles For China – Forbes: It’s working with a new Chinese partner, Zotye, and together they will invest 5 billion RMB (about $756 million) for the new 50-50 jointly owned factory,…
- Volkswagen has still not fixed one in three dieselgate cars in Britain – Reuters: Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) has yet to … Additional reporting by Andreas Cremer.; Editing by Adrian Croft and Elaine Hardcastle.
- What Uber Brings to the Flying Car Game – Fortune: This article first appeared in Data Sheet, ‘s daily newsletter on the top tech news. Sign up here. Good morning from the coldest day of the…