Last year was the second year in a row in
terms of positive growth in car sales in Euope, with the increase driven by
Spain and Italy and other smaller markets
As the world's leading provider of confidential insider information from 1979 to 2000, Auto Industry Newsletter has now re-emerged by popular request to provide chief executives with the insight necessary to meet today's challenges. Editor: John Mortimer
Friday 29 January 2016
Thursday 28 January 2016
BMW commits to GKN's new CV joint
GKN
Driveline has been able to reveal itself as vendor of choice
for new lightweight constant velocity joint (CV Joint) system
in the BMW 7 Series, production of which began over six months ago at Plant
Dingolfing, Germany.
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Daimler set to launch DI CNG in cars?
Bosch and Daimler are working on a joint programme to introduce direct injection (DI) CNG engines in passenger cars.
Monday 25 January 2016
McLaren sets ambitious targets
McLaren Automotive
will be hoping that the economic storms buffeting emerging regions, such as
Brazil, Russia and China (how long before China - already dumping steel - starts dumping cars in Europe), will not swamp its forecasts for this year and next.
Sunday 24 January 2016
‘Defeat device’ all-clear for Renault, as…
Tests conducted so far
on a number of Renault vehicles have not revealed the presence of any ‘defeat
devices’.
Master achieves record output in 2015
According to Renault
sources, the company's Sandouville plant in France built 93,000 New Trafic
and vehicles for Renault and its partner GM in 2015.
Thursday 21 January 2016
Vauxhall builds 60,280 Vivaros in 2015
Vauxhall
built over 60,000 vans in the UK last year, making it Britain’s leading van
maker for the 14th year running, according to SMMT figures.
Ricardo to support US natural gas engine work
Ricardo will partner
with Gas Technology Institute (GTI) to enable natural gas engines to provide a fuel-efficient,
low-emissions alternative to diesel power in California, US, for medium and heavy-duty commercial
vehicles (excluding Class 8).
Proton low-emission engine set for 2017 launch
Proton of Malaysia and Ricardo of the UK have just celebrated the ‘first
fire’ of the prototype of an innovative new engine family set to spearhead the
next phase of the Malaysian automaker’s growth, even to the point of making a return to Europe.
British car output rises 4% in 2015
British manufacturers made more cars in 2015 than any year since 2005.
Thursday 14 January 2016
LDV Maxus sets van sights on UK and Europe
Plans are in place to
import 3,000 LDV Maxus V80 vans, made in China, into the UK where the design
originated in 2000, when it was a joint venture between LDV in Washwood Heath,
Birmingham and Korea's Daewoo.
Tuesday 12 January 2016
As VW shrinks, 2016 will be ‘challenging’
Volkswagen Group
suffered a two per cent sales drop in 2015 caused by its diesel crisis and
shrinking markets, as the boss plans for 2025.
Monday 11 January 2016
BMW sets sales record in 2015
BMW’s sales seem
unchallenged by world events. In 2015, BMW scored its most successful year ever
for the BMW Group with annual sales climbing six per cent to set a new record for the fifth year in
a row.
Friday 8 January 2016
JLR sees 5 per cent sales growth for 2015
JaguarLandRover (JLR) has achieved its best ever full
year global sales performance in 2015, retailing 487,065 vehicles, up 5 five
cent on the prior year.
Thursday 7 January 2016
Ricardo fires up three-cylinder engine
A new prototype engine
has been fired-up for the first time at a ceremony held at Ricardo’s Shoreham
Technical Centre, UK.
VW’s MEB offers ‘breakthrough’ technology
No doubt in an attempt to take
the US public’s eye off its woes with diesel car emissions and point the eye to
the future, Volkswagen AG has launched its BUDD-e, an idea of motoring life in
2019 – one year ahead of Audi’s 2018 e-tron.
Audi e-tron set for 2018 production
The Audi e-tron
quattro concept, launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is an
all electrically-powered sport SUV set for 2018.
Wednesday 6 January 2016
VW shares fall after US lawsuit
The supervisory board
of VW faces a difficult time. Yesterday, shares of Volkswagen AG fell six per
cent following plans by the US government to file a lawsuit.
Tuesday 5 January 2016
Robot man Engelberger dies aged 90
Joe Engelberger,
who did more than almost any man to introduce robotics into the automotive
industry, has died aged 90
KERS production "on track" for mid-2016
Torotrak has begun
detailed testing of its ‘second generation’ KERS design on rigs and in a new Wrightbus
Euro VI StreetLite bus.
Monday 4 January 2016
Ricardo triples niche-engine capacity
Ricardo’s
niche engine assembly plant at Shoreham, UK, has now tripled in size to provide
improved technical capabilities, paving the way for future low-volume,
multi-variant engine production. The site can now produce 5,000 engines a year,
100/week.
Cummins, Eaton receive ‘killing’ remark from Daimler
Frank
Reintjes, Daimler Trucks’ global head of powertrain and manufacturing, has said
that for proprietary, that is independent, suppliers of engines, transmissions
and drive axles in North America, the complexity of meeting the operating
requirements ‘of all customers and all their different applications, is killing
them’.
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