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GM has confirmed what we’d already been expecting: the 40-day United Auto Workers strike has indeed delayed the start of production for the new Chevrolet C8 Corvette. Motor Authority reports production will start in February 2020 at GM’s Bowling Green Assembly instead of this December. According to the Chevrolet website, the first deliveries to customers will take place in “early 2020”.

Lovers of pure, Italian driving excitement will be distressed to hear the Alfa Romeo 4C has ended production. Che tristezza! Motor1 reports Alfa Romeo has officially cancelled the shapely mid-engine coupe and drop-top. Both models have already been removed from the brand's Italian website.

Volvo Car Australia has issued a recall for more than 2000 vehicles across the 2016-2019 model-year V40, S90, V90 Cross Country and XC90 model lines fitted with diesel engines over concerns the engine intake manifold could melt. The Swedish manufacturer reports that the engine valve may leak in affected models, causing the intake manifold "to melt or deform".

The all-electric Ford Mach-E crossover has been spied wearing nothing but a skimpy wrap, as the Blue Oval gears up for its launch on November 17. Ford has teased Mustang-inspired SUV with a number of shadowy sketches, but this is our first proper look at the electric crossover in production spec. Up front, the Mach-E has a closed-over grille and slim, aggressive headlamps clearly inspired by those of the current Mustang. There's also a hint of Nissan Ariya Concept about the headlamps.

BMW has taken the unprecedented step of asking owners of 12,663 of its 3 Series models made from 1997 to 2000 to stop driving immediately because their cars may have faulty airbags linked to a fatality and a serious injury in two separate crashes in Australia.