Britain may overtake France as Europe’s second largest automotive producer within the next five years if UK car sales and exports maintain current strong growth, industry executives said.
Nissan, BMW’s Mini brand and Jaguar-Land Rover are among automakers exporting vehicles from their factories in England.
Volkswagen will recall almost 26,000 cars in Australia in response to potential problems with its DSG dual-clutch transmission, mirroring recalls already ordered in China, Singapore and Japan.
Volkswagen Australia will recall Golf, Jetta, Polo, Passat and Caddy models manufactured between June 2008 and September 2011, the company said today.
The new Porsche LMP1 gasoline hybrid prototype was rolled out on Wednesday at the carmaker’s Weissach test track at its research and development facility in Germany, by factory driver Timo Bernhard.
Model offensive in the luxury segment: Start of Production for the New S-Class at the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen Plant. Daimler is investing around €1 billion at the site in 2013.
Ford engineers have developed the industry’s first robotic test driving program – now in use at the company’s Michigan Proving Grounds in Romeo, Mich. – to meet demands that Ford trucks undergo ever more strenuous Built Ford Tough testing with greater frequency.
