Jaguar Land Rover and Glasurit, BASF’s premium refinish paint brand, have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement that goes well beyond the industry standard. As part of the deal, Glasurit is not just JLR’s sole preferred paint partner, but will also provide dedicated programme managers to implement JLR’s body and paint programme throughout Europe. Glasurit will [...]

In the first half of the year, Groupe Renault recorded 1,938,579 vehicles sold, down 6.7 per cent in a market that fell 7.1 per cent. Sales remained stable in Europe in a market that fell by 2.5 per cent. In regions outside Europe, the Group’s sales followed the sharply declining global trend. In the electric vehicle [...]

SEAT Componentes, together with Martorell and Barcelona, one of the three production centres for the Spanish brand and simultaneously part of the production portfolio for Group Components, has started production of the new MQ281 gearbox. Up to 450,000 units can be built per year. It will be used by the brands Audi, SEAT, Škoda and [...]

AIWAYS, the Shanghai-based personal mobility provider, is poised to embark on what is believed to be the longest point-to-point drive of a prototype electric vehicle ever attempted. The initiative is part of the comprehensive test and development programme for the AIWAYS U5 battery-electric SUV, which will be the first vehicle of its kind to be [...]

The Volkswagen brand completed June with higher deliveries. Throughout the world, 542,300 vehicles were handed over to customers, 1.6 per cent more than the same month last year. In predominantly shrinking overall markets, Volkswagen succeeded in maintaining stable market shares or further expanding them. As expected, Volkswagen once again delivered fewer vehicles in Europe following [...]