Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is set to acquire famous Italian design firm Pininfarina in the coming weeks. Mahindra is buying the controlling share of Pininfarina owned by a company called Pincar, which means Mahrindra will have the controlling share of the famous yet struggling design house. Pininfarina was founded […]
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BMW Group posts record global sales in October, MINIs decline
BMW has posted its best-ever October sales figure this year, with 191,651 sales around the world. The figure is up four per cent on last year’s October effort. The increase in sales is thanks to a few new models hitting the showroom, including the all-new BMW X1 small SUV (pictured). […]
Greenpeace activists attack Volkswagen in latest campaign
Greenpeace has attacked Volkswagen following the recent emissions scandal, taking a creative photo with a VW sign in the background. Holding up a giant C and 2 next to the logo of the company, creating “CO2”, Greenpeace hung a banner on a bridge saying “The Climate Problem”. This was all […]
Toyota investing US$1 billion in development of artificial intelligence
Toyota is investing a whopping US$1 billion (AU$1.4 billion) over the next five years for research and development of artificial intelligence and robotics, at a new facility in Silicon Valley, California. A new company has been set up, called the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), with the headquarters situated near Stanford […]
Australian vehicle sales for October 2015 – new HiLux takes charge
VFACTS has released the national vehicle sales figures for Australia for October 2015, and what a surprise, the new Toyota HiLux has hit the ground sprinting. In recent months the popular HiLux has been overtaken in sales by newer utes. But now that the new model is out, it has […]
Local Motors unveils LM3D Swim; production-ready 3D-printed car
As part of its commitment to bring 3D-printed cars to the mass market, Local Motors today unveiled the LM3D Swim; a fully homologated production version of the Project Redacted competition-winning entry by Kevin Lo. Unveiled at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, the Swim is a […]
Volkswagen 3.0 TDI also has emissions cheat device: UPDATED
Things don’t look good for Volkswagen Group, as another engine has been cited by the Environmental Protection Agency as having an emissions cheating device. According to the EPA, the company’s 3.0-litre TDI turbo-diesel V6 also uses a defeat device to cheat its way through emissions tests. The engine is found, […]
iStream Carbon tub chassis revealed, ready for production
Gordon Murray’s iStream Carbon tub chassis is on display at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, giving the public its first look at the revolutionary platform. It’s being billed as the “world’s most affordable high volume carbon fibre chassis structure”, infusing F1 materials and technology into mainstream industry. It builds on […]