FCA Italy and LexisNexis Risk Solutions are developing a way of teaming up to offer European FCA customers the possibility of accessing a range of new, customised and advantageous car insurance services based on driving style and vehicle safety systems.

More specifically, the collaboration will involve connected FCA vehicles on the roads of Europe. LexisNexis Risk Solutions will use its technological expertise in data analysis and management to provide innovative telematics solutions bespoke for each individual consumer to car insurance companies.

FCA and LexisNexis will develop their collaboration through a ...

Acura is moving a step closer to dusting off one of its most popular product lines - Type S performance models - by releasing a teaser photo of the Type S Concept before its debut at Monterey Car Week in mid-August.

The Type S variants were last seen on Acura products in the 2000s, starting with the 3.2CL Type S coupe in 2001 and ending with the TL Type S sedan in 2008. Acura is resurrecting Type S performance variants and has chosen the first two models to feature the upgrade ...

Monte Carlo is synonymous with lifestyle, elegance and motor racing. Škoda has claimed some of the greatest victories in its motor racing history at the famous Monte Carlo Rally. As far back as 1936, the company released a limited edition of 70 vehicles bearing the Monte Carlo name.

Since 2011, select Škoda models with a particularly sporty design and numerous black elements have commemorated this tradition, which is now continued by the Scala Monte Carlo and the Kamiq Monte Carlo. Both vehicles will be premiered at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor ...

It was the year man walked on the moon for the first time, the legendary Woodstock festival took place and the very first Boeing 747s reached for the skies. In that same year, half a century ago, Ford’s Capri hit Europe’s roads for the first time.

When it launched in 1969, it was billed as “the car you always promised yourself” and more than 1.8 million people would make good on that promise. The demand saw Ford’s Cologne plant in Germany produce Capris for the next ...

BP (originally British Petroleum) is joining forces with Didi to create a new charging network for electric vehicles in China.

BP opened a pilot site in May 2019 in collaboration with Didi. It’s already powering motorists on their way in Guangzhou, in the south of China. The joint venture plans rapid expansion of the network across China.

Tufan Erginbilgic, BP chief executive said: «As the world’s largest EV market, China offers extraordinary opportunities to develop innovative new businesses at scale and we see this as the perfect partnership ...

Volkswagen Group is expanding its activities in the field of charging infrastructure and is to cooperate closely with has·to·be, a leading provider of operating systems for e-mobility. Volkswagen Group company Elli is to acquire a minority stake in the company.

Together, has·to·be and Volkswagen will forge ahead with the expansion of the pan-European charging network and participate in the rapidly growing market for charging solutions. Some of the Group’s own charging stations are already operating using has·to·be software and are therefore part of ...

Pagani Automobili announce the world premiere unveiling of the latest creation of the Atelier, the Huayra Roadster BC, within Zynga’s CSR Racing 2, the mobile drag racing game.

Pagani’s newest model, the result of a continuous and meticulous improvement work that sees the light after years of study and development. Roadster BC embodies the quintessence of Pagani Automobili's artistic and scientific research, combined with an unprecedented research on every aspects of the design.

This is the first time ever Pagani unveils every detail of the new production ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) passed the milestone of exporting 4m vehicles from Thailand, and held a ceremony at Laem Chabang, Chonburi Province.

Its subsidiary in Thailand, Mitsubishi Motors Thailand, has three car production plants and an engine factory in Chonburi Province which has become the company's largest manufacturing centre outside Japan.

MMC started operations in Thailand in 1961 and became the first automaker to export vehicles in 1988. Last year, it exported almost 80% of the 440,000 vehicles manufactured there.

A subsidiary in Thailand now employs more than ...

Toyo Tire Corporation announces to establish a subsidiary in the Republic of Serbia, to construct and operate a new tire manufacturing plant in Indijia City.

Toyo intends to continuously strengthen its business platform by producing highly added value product with timely supply to the global market. In such connection, Toyo Tire announced within the 2017 mid-term plan to consider a new manufacturing platform with a focus on sustainable growth in 2020 and onwards.

The producer is supplying tires for the European and Russian market from factories in Japan and Malaysia ...

Automobili Lamborghini officially opens its exclusive lifestyle Lounge in Porto Cervo on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda for the 2019 summer season. Situated on the Promenade du Port, linked to Porto Vecchio (Old Port(, the Lounge provides a refined experience and insight into the world of Lamborghini, sharing the brand’s news and events with guests in an intimate and relaxed space, open to clients and VIPs through 8 September.

Making its debut in 2017 in New York, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the Lamborghini Lounge concept is a luxurious ...