The French paper Le Figaro has reported that Pardus, the US private equity firm which holds a 20% minority stake in the French Tier 1 supplier Valeo, is to submit a motion to shareholders for their 20th June AGM seeking
On 2nd May, Ford Global Technologies filed a Section 337 complaint at the International Trade Commission (ITC) against manufacturers and U.S. distributors of automotive collision repair parts alleging infringement of design patents for certain exterior repair parts for the 2005
The 2008 overall International Engine of the Year award is the sixth in 10 years for BMW, which this year scooped four category wins - one of them for the Hams Hall-built MINI engine. For the third time, Volkswagen's dual-charged
The organisers of the USA's Performance Racing Industry Trade Show have confirmed that the event will continue to be stage in Orlando, Florida until at least 2016
The Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) and a businessman called Grisha Ganchev have become partners in Litex Motors, a joint venture for the design and manufacture of cars, two-wheelers and other vehicles, as the online Engllish edition of Dnevnik Daily
Ford will more than double the number of North American vehicles equipped with more fuel-efficient, 6-speed automatic transmissions by the end of next year, it has announced. By the end of 2012, 98% of Ford's North American transmissions will be
New car sales in Western Europe rose by 9.9% year on year in April to 1,320,722 units, in part due to the early Easter this year providing extra sales days. J.D. Power Automotive Forecasting reported yesterday that the seasonally adjusted
Brian Spratt, chief executive of the Automotive Distribution Federation and Secretary to the Automotive Aftermarket Liaison Group of independent aftermarket bodies, has written an open letter to the Secretary of State for Transport, Ruth Kelly, urging an early start to
ZF's CEO Hans-Georg Härter and the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Michael Glos, officially inaugurated Germany's first production location for the industrial production of hybrid drive modules yesterday. Currently, release samples are being produced in a new production hall
A consultation on new proposals to reform the way people learn to drive and how they are tested has been announced by Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, criticized by the Driving Instructors Association and welcomed by the IAM (Institute of Advanced
New car registrations showed the best growth of the year in April with a 5,505-unit rise. The SMMT said three additional processing days in the month, due to the early Easter this year, may have helped sustain growth for a
