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Lear Corp to acquire Grupo Antolin's automotive seating business

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Grupo Antolin is divesting its seating and metal business unit to focus its growth strategy on key businesses with international presence

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Schuler sells engineering centre in Tianjin, China to Feintool

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Machine and plant construction specialist Schuler divests its vehicle components arm.

GM to deploy 9-speed transmission for high-volume SUV in China

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The state-of-the-art transmission, which GM says optimises efficiency, performance and refinement, will be adopted in ...

Ford to invest $200m in new wind tunnel complex

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The facility will have a new rolling road aerodynamic tunnel, an environmental simulation facility with airflow up to ...

Mercedes-Benz’s lead engine plant in Germany gears up for electric mobility

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With a new e-technology centre the Untertürkheim plant will be developed into a competence centre for electric drives ...

Toyota’s updated Prius for Japan gets longer EV mode range   

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New Prius plug-in hybrid gets an EV mode range of 68.2km, which is more than twice that of its predecessor.

Jaguar F-Pace, XF and XE ranges updated with three new Ingenium engines

By Sam Sheehan, Autocar UK calendar15 Feb 2017

New diesel and petrol engines added to existing line-ups.

Lexus LS 500h flagship hybrid reveal at Geneva Motor Show

By Sam Sheehan, Autocar UK calendar15 Feb 2017

Electrically-assisted version of Lexus’s new luxury saloon will share its powertrain with the LC 500h and get more tha...

GM in talks for sale of Vauxhall and Opel brands to PSA

By Greg Kable, Autocar UK calendar14 Feb 2017

Talks between General Motors and the parent company of Citroën, DS and Peugeot are said to be at an advanced stage.

Toyota Hybrid global sales cross 10 million units

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Twenty years after launching the iconic Prius, Toyota now sells 34 different hybrid models in more than 90 countries a...