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2017 Subaru Forester Gets Better Eyesight, Torque Vectoring
4/15/2016Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. is giving its 2017 Forester SUV a minor facelift and upgrading its driver-assist features.
GM Recalls 1 Million Pickup Trucks to Fix Seatbelts
4/15/2016General Motors Co. is launching a global recall to repair faulty seatbelts in 1 million of its Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 fullsize pickup trucks.
Japan Earthquake Idles Two Assembly Plants
4/15/2016Nissan Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. each have idled an assembly plant in Japan following a major earthquake and aftershocks in southwest Japan on Thursday that killed at least 10 people.
Partners Team Up on Self-Driving Mining Truck
4/15/2016Scania AB is working with Autoliv Inc. and researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Linkoping University as part of a government-funded program to develop a self-driving mining truck.
Denso Invests in Lidar Developer
4/15/2016Denso Corp. has made an unspecified investment in Trilumina Corp., an Albuquerque, N.M.-based company that specializes in solid-state lidar (light detection and ranging) and other laser-based technologies.
New-Car Deliveries Up 6% in Europe
4/15/2016Registrations of new passenger vehicles across Europe climbed 6% to 1.7 million units in March, industry group ACEA reports.
China’s Economic Growth Slows to 6.7%
4/15/2016China’s gross domestic product expanded 6.7% year on year in the first quarter of 2016, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Mini Names New Chief for the Americas
4/15/2016BMW AG has named Thomas Felbermair to take over as head of its Mini brand in the Americas on May 1.
Geely Plans New Brand for China
4/15/2016Next year Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. will introduce a new brand in China with vehicles that ride on the “compact modular architecture” platform developed by its Volvo Car unit.
Luxury Models Dominate Best Interiors List
4/15/2016Luxury carmakers accounted for six of the vehicles on this year’s 10 Best Interiors list selected by WardsAuto.