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Oct
13th

CHINA: BMW reports strong China sales

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BMW has reported strong sales growth in China this year. The company says that its January-September group sales in mainland China rose 30.4% to 47,342 units. Read more ...
Oct
13th

RUSSIA: Visteon opens St. Petersburg office

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Visteon has opened an office in St. Petersburg in order to provide an expanded level of service to Visteon's customers operating in Russia. Read more ...
Oct
13th

AUSTRALIA: Honda to launch Thai-built City

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Honda's 'emerging market' City sedan is to go on sale in Australia next February. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Four-Dollar Fun: Bikes:

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ENGINE: 25-hp, 16-lb-ft, carbureted 249-cc four-stroke parallel-twin; six-speed transmission Read more ...
Oct
13th

Four-Dollar Fun: High gas prices lead to creativity in vehicle choice

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OK, if you insist on panicking at the onset of $4-a-gallon gas, we will join right in. Go ahead, get off the grid, grow your own organic broccoli and wear hemp boxer shorts. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Four Dollar Fun: Bikes:

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ENGINE: 25-hp, 16-lb-ft, carbureted 249-cc four-stroke parallel-twin; six-speed transmission Read more ...
Oct
13th

Saleen dark horse: Yet another limited-edition Mustang

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Despite numerous executive departures from Saleen in the last month or two, the company is still making new products. This one could be the last special-edition Mustang . . . Read more ...
Oct
13th

Four Dollar Fun: High gas prices lead to creativity in vehicle choice

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OK, if you insist on panicking at the onset of $4-a-gallon gas, we will join right in. Go ahead, get off the grid, grow your own organic broccoli and wear hemp boxer shorts. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Dutch Mandel: The Car Clan Needs You

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We see it daily around these offices as our world gets smaller. The interaction, the communication, between us all happens virtually in real time. Read more ...
Oct
13th

BMW Jan-Sept China sales up 30% in 2008

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BMW, the world's largest premium carmaker, said on Monday it sold 30.4 percent more cars in mainland China in the first three quarters of 2008 compared to a year earlier. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM has not sought bailout, but options open

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General Motors said on Saturday it has not sought a federal bailout but did not rule out the possibility of approaching the U.S. government or taking other dramatic steps to survive a worsening downturn in auto sales. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Source: GM, Chrysler talking

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General Motors, battling shrinking U.S. sales and a plummeting stock price, is discussing a possible combination with Chrysler LLC, a person familiar with the talks said. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Beyond merger talks, GM eyes federal funds

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What's good for General Motors is good for the country. When former GM CEO Charles Wilson told the U.S. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Dealer casualties expected

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Dealer casualties may increase because of collapsing new-car sales. "There will be fallout but our goal is to minimize the impact as much as we can," said Brent Dewar, General Motors Europe's vice president of sales and marketing. Read more ...
Oct
13th

At risk: European car factories

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Automakers could be forced to close factories in Europe because of plunging new-car sales. Where are factories vulnerable to closure? Industry experts say Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Belgium and the UK are the countries where plants are most at risk. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Europe’s struggling Chrysler dealers form lobby group

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Chrysler's European retailers have formed a new dealer body. The association will represent the US carmaker's dealers in most European countries including Germany, France, Spain and Poland. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Award winner

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Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata accepted an Automotive News Europe Eurostar award. Other Eurostar winners included Ford of Europe CEO John Fleming, Robert Bosch Automotive Chairman Bernd Bohr and BMW's head of group purchasing, Herbert Diess. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Brilliance pledges to be Europe’s low-price leader

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Brilliance Jinbei Automotive is ready to fight to remain a low-price leader in Europe. "We have to have a lower price. That is clearly our advantage," said Hans-Ulrich Sachs, managing director of HSO Motors Europe, Brilliance's importer for Europe. Read more ...
Oct
13th

A Romania-built minivan for Ford

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Ford of Europe will build the replacement to its Fusion small minivan in Craiova, Romania, a person familiar with the matter told Automotive News Europe here last week. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Infiniti launches first European showroom

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Nissan has opened the first stand-alone showroom in Europe for its luxury brand Infiniti. The sleek, arty 500-square-meter shop is in the heart of an exclusive part of the French capital. Read more ...
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