Toyota, Lexus and Kia have been rated the most reliable brands by American not-for-profit Consumer Reports. It looked at 27 brands in its annual vehicle reliability survey, with Ram, GMC and Cadillac picking up the bottom three places.
Initial investigations by Toyota’s international head office into its vehicles made with potentially faulty product have come back clear. It has instigated the investigations after Japan’s Kobe Steel admitted faking inspections data on some products.
The different divisions of Mercedes-Benz look set to become legally separate entities. The Mercedes car and vans and Daimler truck and bus businesses would sit separately under German automaker Daimler’s business umbrella, AP reports.
Japan’s third largest steel maker Kobe Steel has admitted inspections data for metals used in a variety of vehicles was faked. The issue dates back to 2011 and involves vehicles including cars, bullet trains, aircraft, AP reports.
MiX Telematics has won a prestigious prize at the 2017 Brake Fleet Safety Awards. It picked up the Company Driver Safety Award and was highly commended in the Fleet Product Safety category at the ceremony held in Auckland.
There’s no doubt driverless cars are on the way. But an executive from ride-sharing company Lyft says that doesn’t mean human drivers will be out of a job.
Numerous infotainment options on car dashboards creates potential safety issues according to an American Automobile Association (AAA) study. Issues can include the driver taking their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for long periods of time, AP reports.
Nissan Japan has recalled all new cars it has sold in Japan over the last three years, after discovering dealers failed to correctly undertake pre-delivery inspections. The vehicles were sold between October 2014 and September 2017.
A 31% second quarter sales increase in the United States has seen ERoad continue its success overseas. The company sold 2313 units in the US in the three months to September 30, Businessdesk reports. That takes its total sales in the US to 9736.
Shelley Blackwell is Australian Motors Group’s new chief executive. She is the first female chief executive at the South Australian automotive company, which represents Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Isuzu Ute across five Adelaide sites.