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  Thai BMW PHEV battery production starts next month

  24 June 2019 / 0 comments

  BMW plug-in hybrid vehicles assembled in Thailand will soon get PHEV batteries from a local source. The premium carmaker’s supplier Draexlmaier will start high-voltage battery production in July, in a Rayong factory that’s just 14 […]

  
  

   

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  Mercedes-Benz to recall ’12-’15 GLK 220 CDI – report

  24 June 2019 / 7 comments

  Daimler has been required by the German transport ministry to recall 60,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Germany following the the discovery of ‘software aimed at distorting emissions tests’, Automotive News Europe quoted Bild am Sonntag as […]

  
  

   

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  2019 MINI John Cooper Works GP prototype unveiled

  24 June 2019 / 0 comments

  The forthcoming MINI John Cooper Works GP is slated for debut in 2020, though for now the brand has released images of the range-topping three-door hatch ahead of its launch. Production for the JCW GP […]

  
  

   

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  Young buyers still prefer sedans, Nissan survey finds

  21 June 2019 / 31 comments

  Nissan, on the back of a survey which found that younger buyers still gravitate strongly towards sedans, has announced that it will be doubling down on sedans, with plans to grow its global line-up of […]

  
  

   

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  2019 Peugeot 2008 revealed – based on new 208 with lots of tech, electric e-2008 variant with 310 km range

  21 June 2019 / 11 comments

  Remember the Peugeot 2008? It was one of the first of the current crop of B-segment SUVs, introduced back in 2013. Six years is a lifetime in the automotive world, so Peugeot has wheeled out […]

  
  

   

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  PSA opens $630m plant in Morocco, 200k capacity

  21 June 2019 / 3 comments

  Groupe PSA – the maker of Peugeot, Citroen, DS and Opel/Vauxhall vehicles – has started production at its new $630 million Kenitra plant in Morocco, near the capital Rabat. The project started with an agreement […]

  
  

   

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  MG ZS EV B-seg SUV launched in Thailand, 1.19m baht

  21 June 2019 / 18 comments

  The electric-powered version of the MG ZS SUV has been launched in Thailand at an attractive price of 1.19 million baht (RM160,384). The ZS EV – previewed at this year’s Bangkok Motor Show – joins […]

  
  

   

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  Porsche GT models to be spared from electrification

  21 June 2019 / 0 comments

  Following the debut of the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 and Boxster Spyder, the automaker’s GT division has revealed that it has no plans to electrify the cars under its portfolio, Autocar reports. Electrification, says division […]

  
  

   

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  Renault Nissan Mitsubishi alliance to partner Waymo

  21 June 2019 / 0 comments

  Groupe Renault and Nissan have entered into an exclusive agreement with Waymo to explore all aspects of driverless mobility services for passengers and deliveries, in France and Japan. This agreement aims to expand all parties’ […]

  
  

   

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  2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 is the most powerful street-legal Ford – 5.2 litre V8 makes 760 hp, 847 Nm!

  21 June 2019 / 8 comments

  When the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 first debuted earlier in January, Ford levelled the floor with some bold claims, including that the Shelby GT500 would pack over 700 hp and is by far the most […]

  
  

   

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