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UK car production hits 16-year high even as industry dwells on Brexit

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The rise was driven by exports, with demand in 2016 up 14.9% and accounting for 695,139 units of the total of 897,157 manufactured to date. Production for the home market also rose 7.1%.

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Volkswagen Group sells 5.12 million vehicles, pips Toyota in H1-2016

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar28 Jul 2016

Group sales grew in the month of June by 5.1 percent compared with the prior year, selling over 883,400 vehicles globa...

Nissan reports net income of 136.4 billion yen for Q1, FY2016

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar28 Jul 2016

Operating profit was 175.8 billion yen (Rs 9,282 crore) for the period, representing a 6.6% margin on net revenues of ...

PSA Group: From pull over to premium profits

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar28 Jul 2016

The company’s automotive division saw its profits leap from £817 million in the first half of 2015 to £1.09 billion in...

All-wheel drive systems fuel expansion for GKN Driveline in China

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar28 Jul 2016

GKN’s Chinese joint venture, Shanghai GKN HUAYU Driveline Systems (SDS), has added five new AWD production lines acros...

VW emissions scandal USA: $14.7 billion settlement gets initial approval

By Jimi Beckwith and Doug Revolta, Autocar UK calendar28 Jul 2016

The money will be used to compensate some 475,000 drivers, and the settlement figure could get final approval on Octob...

Honda sets monthly production records in N America, USA, Asia and China

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Honda Motor Co today announced a summary of automobile production, Japanese domestic sales, and export results for Jun...

Mercedes-Benz unveils its first all-electric truck

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Daimler Trucks already has an electric presence in the light distribution sector since 2014 with customer trials of th...

Tesla could build a Gigafactory in India too

By Jimi Beckwith, Autocar UK & Autocar Pro News Desk calendar27 Jul 2016

Tesla's Elon Musk has revealed more details about the new factory in Nevada, as well as suggesting plans for Europe, C...

Aston Martin rolls out its final DB9

By Sam Sheehan, Autocar UK calendar27 Jul 2016

The final nine examples of Aston’s 13-year-old grand tourer have been built; production for the DB11 starts next month...