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Daimler raises its stake in Aston Martin to 5%, as alliance deepens

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 04 August 2014 17:42 Daimler has raised its stake in British sports car maker Aston Martin as the Anglo-German alliance strengthens, it emerged today. The Mercedes-Benz parent company grew its stakeholding by 1% on 31 July 2014, the company confirmed. Daimler now owns 5% of Aston Martin.

New Honda CR-V revealed ahead of Geneva

The Euro version of the 2012 Honda CR-V debuts at Geneva The new Honda CR-V has been revealed in European spec ahead of its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. We’ve seen the new Honda CR-V crop up a couple of times already. We had the Honda CR-V Concept and then we got a photo of the new CR-V cropping up on Honda’s Japan web site.

Land Rover DC100 Sport (2011) at Frankfurt motor show

Land Rover has unveiled a second Defender concept car at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show. We’ve already seen the DC100, and now there’s the DC100 Sport. Land Rover has built them both to gauge public interest and decide in which direction the next Defender – due in 2015 – should be engineered.