Classic British V-twins including this 1926 Brough Superior SS100 will star at the Bonhams annual Spring Stafford Sale on April 27-28. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Executive Briefing.
Today’s Headlines:
+ Jaguar Land Rover won a legal victory and compensation as a Chinese court ruled that Jiangling Motor’s Landwind X7 SUV was too similar to the Range Rover Evoque. More at Automotive News Europe.
+ At a Chrysler LX convention in Pomona, California, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles showed off a Widebody Charger concept that could be headed for production. More at Autoblog.
+ The taxi fleet in Oslo, Norway is the first to adopt a city-wide inductive charging system that uses programmed wireless charging plates embedded in the pavement. More at CNBC.
+ At the inaugural IndyCar Classic at Circuit of the Americas, Colton Herta became the youngest driver in history to score an IndyCar victory at 18 years and 11 months. More at the Indianapolis Star.
+ Contradicting reports that the Toyota 86 sports car will not return for a second generation, a European executive confirmed that a new version is indeed in the works. More at Motor Trend.
+ Apple and Tesla have filed suit against Chinese billionaire He Xiaopeng and his company Xpeng Motors, charging that the automaker stole critical technology. More at The Detroit News.
+ Arlen Ness, the famed designer and builder of Harley-Davidson motorcycles who helped to establish custom bikes as an art form, has passed away at 79. More at RideApart.
+ Ford is reportedly working up a version of the F-150 Raptor pickup equipped with the Mustang Shelby GT500’s supercharged V8 for availability in 2020 or 2021. More at Car and Driver.
+ Exotic V-twin motorcycles from Brough Superior, Zenith and Coventry-Eagle will be featured at the Bonhams annual Spring Stafford Sale on April 27-28. More at Classic Cars.com Journal.
+ Renault Formula 1 team principal Cyril Abiteboul says that agreeing on team budget caps should take priority over the crafting of new technical regulations. More at Motorsport.com.
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Chinese copying somebody else? Who would’ve thought that? Not like they haven’t been reverse engineering stuff for years. All these companies that thought they could go to China and make stuff with their cheap labor and return it back to the States and sell it for the same prices deserve what happens to them. The quest for cheaper labor and higher profits has finally started to bite them in the rear end, even if the copied products are only sold in China. I’ve never been a big fan of globalism, if you have a product you want sold here, it should be made here. Look at the Japanese and the Germans, they figured that out a long time ago. And they have made our companies step up to compete with them.