Hundreds of jobs to go at Nissan’s UK car plant

Collapse in diesel sales leads to declining production at Sunderland site

S Korea offers GM $470m to stay in country as bankruptcy looms

Group pressing for more concessions from workers before making final decision

Tencent and JD.com lead $437m investment in LeEco unit

LeEco founder Jia Yueting also buoyed by $2bn injection into EV start-up Faraday Future

Cars/China: dog’s breakfast

There are benefits to maintaining status quo with local partners

GKN takeover to be waved through by UK government

Melrose bid avoids referral to competition authority after no security concerns found

General Motors replaces Cadillac boss with GM Canada chief

Nickel prices jump by 10 per cent in biggest one-day move since 2008

Porsche and Audi raided in latest diesel probe

China car group shares hit by liberalisation fears

Investors unsettled by decision to lift foreign investment restrictions

Aluminium and nickel jump as Russia fears grow

Continental issues €150m profit warning 

China makes trade concession to US by opening car industry to foreigners

Beijing accompanies new carrot for Trump with stick of raised sorghum tariffs

French car parts group poised to kick off IPO deals

High valuations to spark activity — but geopolitics and looming trade wars pose risks

The Bounce Back: Thailand’s rubber farmers fight for survival

Tyremaker Continental is now looking elsewhere for its supply, including at dandelions

Tesla denies Model 3 production line shutdown is safety-related

Plant set to be offline for up to five days with staff having to take vacation time

Vauxhall and Opel to slim dealer networks in cost drive

Lossmaking car brands try to boost profitability under new ownership

Vauxhall to trim dealer network by third in profitability drive

Carmaker to shake up franchises of all its 326 UK showrooms

Deutsche Bank and VW pay price for shambolic governance

Shortcomings of two-tier board structure evident at teetering German titans

Ford plans driverless network ‘at scale’ by 2021

Custom-built vehicles for passengers and goods part of business model

Jaguar Land Rover blames diesel slide for loss of 1,000 jobs

UK’s biggest carmaker warns of Brexit impact on consumer confidence after sales fall