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Byline: David Leggett Tenneco says its Advanced Suspension Technologies (AST) business unit is poised for growth in China and aiming its portfolio of electronic suspensions at Chinese OEMs. The company [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Volkswagen Group’s British luxury car unit Bentley Motors achieved record operating profits for the first nine months of 2022, despite what it described as “continuing challenges and [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Tenneco said it is supplying electronic suspension technology for the upcoming Li Auto L9 electric luxury SUV. The suppliers Advanced Suspension Technologies (AST) business will manufacture Monroe [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Volkswagen’s British luxury car unit Bentley Motors announced plans to change agencies “across the marketing mix” to “help the brand evolve and transform its entire marketing communications [...]

Byline: Mike Vousden Some EVs aim to offer long driving ranges or rapid acceleration, but a growing number are leaning into the luxury angle as a means to draw in [...]

Byline: David Leggett Lexus has shown the fifth generation of the RX, describing it as a completely reinvented model that opens a new chapter for the original luxury SUV. Three [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts New vehicle sales in Indonesia continued to grow strongly in March 2022, by 16% to 98,536 units from 84,910 units a year earlier, according to member wholesale [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Thomas Mueller has been named Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover's executive director of product engineering. Mueller began his role immediately, taking responsibility for the technical development [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Indonesia's new vehicle market continued to rebound strongly in December 2021, by over 69% to 96,673 units after plunging by 35% to 57,129 units in the same [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Company unveiled three electric vehicle (EV) prototypes at its Tech Day event in the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Centre. The company, widely known [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Indonesia's new vehicle market continued to rebound strongly in September 2021, by 73% to 84,113 units after plunging by 48% to 48,554 units in the same month [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Indonesia's new vehicle market continued to rebound strongly in August 2021, by 123% to 83,319 units from depressed year-earlier sales of 37,291 units, according to member wholesale [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Hyundai Motor Group announced its luxury vehicle brand Genesis would only launch hydrogen fuel-cell and battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) from 2025, in line with competing global luxury [...]

Byline: David Leggett Indonesia's new vehicle market continued to rebound strongly in July 2021, by 164% to 66,639 units from depressed year-earlier sales of 25,283 units, according to member wholesale [...]

Byline: just-auto plus The world's first evolvable SUV, the HiPhi X, officially began delivery to users the first week of May. Designed and manufactured by industry-leading new mobility and intelligent [...]

Byline: Simon Warburton PCTEL has acquired Smarteq Wireless, a European supplier of antennas for vehicular, energy and Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications, from Allgon. Smarteq Wireless, based near Stockholm, Sweden, provides [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Today marked a pioneering moment for Cadillac that illuminates the brand's future and resets the fundamental notions of luxury motoring. The production debut of the 2023 Cadillac [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Luxury electric car startup Fisker has passed 14,000 reservations for its Fisker Ocean SUV, boosted by interest and orders from the fleet market globally. In Q4 last [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Porsche procurement chief Uwe-Karsten Staedter will retire next August, after 47 years with the VW Group, replaced by Barbara Frenkel who starts on 1 June. She previously [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Global automakers will soon be able to offer 3D surround-view systems in more vehicles, thanks to Magna's new surround view cameras and electronic control units. Starting with [...]

Byline: Glenn Brooks Having doubled its home market vehicle deliveries in 2020 to 200,000 units, surging past the totals of built-in-China Lincolns, Volvos, and Teslas, Hongqi is on a roll. [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Lucid Motors, which is setting new standards for sustainable mobility with its advanced luxury EVs, has unveiled new details about the full Lucid Air model range, including [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Unveiling of the Acura MDX Prototype previews the fourth-generation of the class-defining Acura MDX, America's all-time best-selling three-row luxury SUV. On sale early next year, the new [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Mercedes-Benz confirms expansion of the electric car range with six new models from EQ. The new generation of electric vehicles in the luxury and executive segment is [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Luxury brands including cars in Thailand have turned to selling their products on Japanese chat app Line amid the coronavirus pandemic, tapping the country's growing appetite for [...]

Byline: just-auto plus The Range Rover Velar is now even more desirable, sustainable and intelligent with the introduction of an electric plug-in hybrid option, advanced new infotainment technology and elegant [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Karma Automotive announced it will be introducing a new name for a family of vehicles in 2021 called the GS Series. The lineup will include updated electrification [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Our future models reports continued this week with a look at Honda: Thanks to its sales and production records being broken in China, Honda has been able [...]

Byline: Glenn Brooks Acura has so much going for it yet it can't quite seem to break through with luxury car buyers in the same way that Lexus has, particularly [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Karma Automotive has partnered with Connecticut-based Premier Financial Services to provide a new leasing program designed to deliver a cost-effective ownership experience for Karma's Revero GT. 'We [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Delphi Technologies PLC continues to demonstrate its leadership in advanced fuel injection technologies as it secures new business, while expanding its current business with several global original [...]

Byline: Matthew Beecham While advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) technologies have appeared in luxury cars for some time, they are increasingly appearing in less expensive cars. Continuing just-auto/AIC's series of [...]

Byline: Glenn Brooks Until COVID-19 hit, Rolls-Royce was starting to perform at a level which BMW AG had demanded of it. Thanks to the addition of the Cullinan, sales exceeded [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Karma Automotive, the Southern California-based luxury electric vehicle manufacturer and the developer of advanced technologies in automotive industry, and PATEO, an IoV enterprise combining the best of [...]

Byline: just-auto plus From July 2020, new straight six-cylinder diesel engines will enhance both the supremacy and efficiency of numerous models of the BMW 7 Series. The comprehensively further developed [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Hyundai Motor said it had been forced to stop deliveries of diesel versions of its new Genesis GV80 luxury SUV due to excessive engine vibrations. The [...]

Byline: just-auto plus The team members at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) take pride in every vehicle they build, but a very special individual rolled off of one of the [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Bentley Motors confirmed it is introducing a set of around 250 comprehensive and wide-ranging new hygiene and social distancing measures under an employee programme called 'Come Back [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett The BMW Group saw operating profit decline by 17% in 2019, but says it successfully met its targets, helped by a strong fourth quarter and sales of [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts General Motors has shared its electric vehicle (EV) strategy at a special gathering of 'hundreds' of employees, dealers, investors, analysts, media and policymakers. The automaker has developed [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett China-based GAC Motor has officially launched the luxury SUV GS8 across Russia, with newly opened stores in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Vladimir offering test drives. The GS8 [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Hyundai Mobis entered the global head up display (HUD) market with the Hyundai Motor launch of the Genesis GV80 in South Korea in January. South Korea's [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Southern California-based luxury electric vehicle automaker and high-tech incubator Karma Automotive unveiled its new dedicated design studio at its global headquarters in Irvine, Calif., before a group [...]

Byline: just-auto plus At the 2020 Chicago Auto Show, the LC 500 Convertible will feature a new color exterior for the first time, offering drivers a vibrant and eye-catching ride. [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Kevin Pavlov, an accomplished global-operations executive from the transportation and consumer electronics industry, has joined Karma, the Southern California-based high-tech mobility incubator and creator of luxury electric [...]

Byline: Matthew Beecham Although not a direct successor to the Volvo S80, the S90 replaces it as the flagship in the Swedish carmaker's line-up. Continuing QUBE/just-auto's review of interior design [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Aston Martin has confirmed it is evaluating various funding options and is in talks with potential investors. The publicly listed company is seeking additional outside investment to [...]

Byline: Matthew Beecham For some time, we have seen cockpit designers working on ways in which to display more information yet make the dash appear less complex. The second-generation Range [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Luxury sports car maker Aston Martin is entering a new segment with its Wales-made DBX luxury crossover, which is now on sale. The car will be priced [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team India's Tata Group is looking for a strategic partner for its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) subsidiary to share the cost of new technology development. According to [...]