McLaren Group has announced a new multi-year partnership with global law firm Ashurst. The partnership sees Ashurst become the Official Legal Services Partner for McLaren Group. The partnership builds on Ashurst’s well-established relationship with McLaren Automotive, and now extends to cover McLaren Group and the McLaren Racing and the McLaren Applied Technologies businesses. With 26 [...]

Kia Motors has recorded its best-ever quarterly sales in Europe during the first three months of 2019, according to the latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). With 132,174 units sold year-to-date, Kia’s latest results represent sales growth of 0.6%. Outperforming the wider market, Kia’s European market share this quarter has grown to [...]

Five senior officials at Volkswagen during the emissions scandal, including former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, face prison after being charged in Germany with fraud. Martin Winterkorn has been accused of not telling authorities or drivers about the manipulation of diesel emissions, as well as approving software updates designed to conceal the true reason for higher [...]

Renault and Nissan have established a new joint venture in Shanghai, China, to develop autonomous, connected and electric vehicles. The Alliance Automotive Research and Development will be referred to as Alliance Innovation Lab Shanghai (AIL-SH). Renault and Nissan will each hold 50%. Takao Asami, Alliance SVP, research and advanced engineering, said, ‘China is not only [...]

Mercedes-Benz has reported a decline in worldwide sales of 5.6 per cent for the first quarter, with 560,873 passenger cars sold. In March, 227,644 vehicles were delivered to customers all over the world, a drop of 4.1 per cent. However, the company expects to see an increase in global sales during the year following anticipated [...]