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A report overnight claimed Nissan is considering selling some or all of its stake in Mitsubishi Motors, a move Nissan's COO has come out to flatly deny.

EV lobby says the South Australian government now has the 'dubious honour' of becoming the only jurisdiction in the world to disincentivise the purchase of electric vehicles, as FCAI and Hyundai also take aim

Showrooms were closed in Melbourne for most of October for public health reasons, but if you take out the state of Victoria, the rest of Australia had a pretty positive October in new-car sales terms. It bodes well for the rest of 2020.

Australia's new car market showing signs of recovery. SUVs take half the market total, while HiLux and Ranger top the charts. And watch out establishment, Chinese brands are booming.

New law is expected to compel car manufacturers to share all mechanical repair and service information with the independent auto repair sector on “fair and reasonable commercial terms”.

The COVID-19 pandemic saw supply of new cars slow in the first half of 2020, driving unprecedented demand for used cars.

With this latest approval, Stellantis, the merged form of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the PSA Group, looks set to come into being during the first quarter of 2021.

We talk about COVID-19, market recovery, digital retail, electric vehicles, grey imports, independent repairer data, the Takata disaster and clean-up, Vinfast buying the Holden Proving Ground, and whether new cars are getting too expensive.

“We can’t be a group of staid old men sitting around saying ‘this is how we used to do it in the ’70s’", says Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber

The Toyota Corolla and Mercedes-Benz A-Class top their respective price segments. Here we discuss every competitor, and also forecast new and updated models due before the end of 2021.

Renault's new CEO, Luca de Meo, looks as though he secured Alpine's future with a new organisational structure that makes it a core brand for the automaker.

GM and Honda are looking into a "strategic alliance", which could see the two firms jointly developing platforms and drivetrains for North America.

The market tumbles again, down 29 per cent to the worst August tally in 23 years. If the 'Toyota RAV4' was a standalone brand, it would've outsold Hyundai, Kia and Ford.

Osamu Masuko, the long-time chairman and CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, has passed away under a month after suddenly resigning.

Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed it will take over production of the AJ-V8 from Ford, meaning the rumoured adoption of BMW V8s is at least a few years away.

Officials close to the Japanese PM reportedly pushed for merger talks to begin between Honda and Nissan, but the call was rejected by both automakers.