Regulators in the USA have expanded the recall of vehicles with defective Takata airbags by five million. This latest development adds to the large-scale recall of vehicles fitted with Takata bags. In all, 28 million vehicles worldwide have been affected, with 24 million of the vehicles recalled from the United States. The increase comes after a tenth death [...]

Toyota was the world’s highest selling maker of new cars for the fourth consecutive year. The Japanese company sold 10.15 million vehicles in 2015, which was slightly higher than expectations, although it did see a fall of roughly 0.8% from its 2014 sales. Toyota was also the only carmaker to sell more than ten million new vehicles in 2015. Volkswagen [...]

Symach has just designed, built and delivered its first FixLine bodyshop. The FixLine formula, which includes staff training, enables the bodyshop to repair 120 cars per week. It was delivered to Dennis Bogemans in Brussels, who said last week he was impressed with the speed of installation and training, adding that production is already benefiting. [...]

Axalta Coating Systems has awarded its first annual scholarship for the 2015-2016 academic year. The merit-based Axalta Scholarship is open to both national and international students at the Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. This year’s scholarship was awarded to Carolin Höfner to support her MBA programme. Carolin already holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical [...]

BMW and Jaguar Land Rover have joined forces to create a learning programme intended to drive up managerial skills in the UK automotive industry. The ProLead training programme combines existing qualifications to provide automotive leaders with in depth management and technical knowledge. The programme was developed using best practice from the worldwide operations of UK [...]