What does it take to turn an old car into a robotic wonderland of manufacturing technology?

That is happening at Ford’s biggest European plant, in Spain’s south-eastern coastal city of Valencia. After a vehicle has been painted – using a more energy-efficient “3-Wet” painting process that applies layers without the need for each coat to dry – it is scanned by multiple hi-resolution cameras. The computer matches the surface to ideal

Toyota overtakes VW to regain lead in vehicle sales

Toyota has returned to the top slot in global vehicle sales after releasing figures for the first nine months of the year. The Japanese carmaker sold 7.5 million in the first three quarters of 2015, beating Volkswagen’s 7.43 million and General Motors’ 7.2 million. After six months of the year, VW was ahead of Toyota,