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Global sales of turbocharged vehicles to increase 35% by 2021

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar10 Dec 2016

Honeywell's Transportation Systems Forecast sees automakers continuing to adopt turbocharging technology to the tune of 48 percent of annual global sales by 2021, up 9 percentage points from 2016. Demand set to rise in the USA, China and In...

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New ZF airbag concepts raise the bar in passenger car occupant safety

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 Dec 2016

Tests with advanced ‘THOR’ dummies highlight enhanced safety performance of the innovative airbag system

Nissan’s ProPilot autonomous drive in new Serena wins Japan Car of the Year Innovation Award

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 Dec 2016

The Japanese carmaker says what’s key to the Serena’s success is ProPilot autonomous drive technology – a central part...

Ford tops industry with 1,500 US patents in 2016

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 Dec 2016

The number of U.S. patents awarded to Ford employees represents a 25 percent increase versus 2015; total Ford patents ...

New Subaru Impreza voted 2016–2017 Car of the Year Japan

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 Dec 2016

In about a month since its launch on October 13 in Japan, the new Impreza outsold its monthly sales target of 2,500 un...

Volvo Cars appoints Henrik Green as senior VP for research & development

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 Dec 2016

Green moves from his role as senior vice president of sales and production planning and customer service to replaces P...

Hyundai strengthens focus on connected car operating system

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 Dec 2016

The software will optimise the high-speed transmission and reception of data within the vehicle to support increasingl...

Strong XF demand in China drives Jaguar Land Rover’s November sales

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar08 Dec 2016

The British premium carmaker posted its best ever November sales despite the Land Rover’s sales going down by 14% year...

Faraday Future teases its first production electric vehicle

By Jimi Beckwith, Autocar UK calendar08 Dec 2016

The troubled Tesla-rivalling electric car maker has revealed more of its production model in preview images, which sho...

Toyota confirms next-gen GT86 by 2019

By Julian Rendall, Autocar UK calendar08 Dec 2016

Toyota has confirmed plans for a second generation of the 197bhp rear-wheel-drive sports car; soft-top version of the ...