Toyota Motor Corporation will put to bed claims from US customers that their vehicles’ value decreased as a result of the 2009 and 2010 recalls for unintended acceleration issues, with a US$1.63 billion ($1.8 billion) settlement being ...
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Iconic American car maker Cadillac – once the self-proclaimed ‘standard of the world’ – is reportedly planning to overhaul the design of its company emblem for the first time in over a decade by removing the laurel ...
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Mercedes-Benz has used the Open Championship at Muirfield in the UK to unveil its take on the humble golf buggy. Dubbed the Mercedes-Benz Vision Golf Cart, the design study is the result of an international competition that saw people ...
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Japanese car maker Mazda Motor Corp. Sold 82,531 cars in the Chinese mainland in the first half of this year, down 20.6 percent from a year ago. Data released by Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. recently shows that Mazda saw sales volume ...
The first Porsche Macan will leave the luxury German car maker’s Leipzig factory in December. Noted during an announcement regarding the completion of Porsche’s new paint shop at the plant, Chairman of the Executive Board of ...
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More European Union nations may join France in banning the sale of certain Mercedes-Benz vehicles containing a prohibited refrigerant after the 28 member governments agreed to take action against the defiant German car maker. Reuters ...
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General Motors has reportedly pushed pack the launch of the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze by 12 months as a result of engineering changes. According to a report from Reuters, sources with knowledge of the US car maker’s plans say ...
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Chrysler, Ford and General Motors have thrown their support behind Detroit after the automotive industry hub known as ‘Motor City’ filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in US history. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder ...
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The Irish telecoms regulator Comreg is planning to release one billion new phone numbers for machine-to-machine communications. The initiative will see phone numbers assigned to cars, industrial equipment and household appliances, such as ...
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Land Rover’s second-generation Range Rover Sport has been officially launched in Britain’s idyllic Cotswolds this week, headlined by a global drive program for the international press. The new Range Rover Sport represents the ...
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The Infiniti Q50′s world-first steer-by-wire system has been detailed ahead of its introduction later this year. The jet aircraft-inspired technology, which Infiniti calls direct adaptive steering, will be standard on the Q50 3.5 ...
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"Dodge is here to stay!" That's the word from SRT president and CEO Ralph Gilles, who took to social media on the weekend to deny rumours that the 99-year-old car maker's days are numbered. In response to a question about Dodge's future ...
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Start-up sports car maker Automobile Ron Mexico has released initial images and details of its first model, the Ron RXX. Described by Ron as a super-lightweight tandem two-seater, the RXX features an aluminium chassis and a body and ...
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The first official images and details of the Opel Monza concept have been revealed ahead of the striking coupe’s Frankfurt motor show debut in September. Despite bearing a name that harks back to the 1970s, Opel CEO Dr Karl-Thomas ...
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It’s official; BMW has announced production of the BMW M3 coupe has come to an end. Tracing its heritage back to the first-generation E30 from 1986, more than 40,000 examples of the fourth- and final-generation BMW M3 coupe have ...