RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ to raise prices
AvtoVAZ has said that it will raise prices on all of its 2009 Lada models by an average of 2.5% starting from March 30.
Read moreAvtoVAZ has said that it will raise prices on all of its 2009 Lada models by an average of 2.5% starting from March 30.
Read moreAuto interiors and battery maker Johnson Controls Inc. said it would close an additional 10 plants and cut more jobs than planned as it expects no near-term recovery in global auto production.
Read moreThe German scrappage bonus has triggered a boom in demand for Opel, the struggling German unit of General Motors that is looking for a new investor. “We forecast some 120,000 customer orders in the first quarter of 2009.
Read moreAccording to the National Business Daily, FAW-Toyota is likely to postpone its CNY4bn Changchun plant project due to financing problems.
Read moreContinental will move its next works council meeting from northern France to the Riviera because at the last one angry workers burst in and pelted managers with eggs.
Read moreMagna International will continue to wind down its Syracuse, New York, New Process Gear plant because it would still be unsustainable even if it qualified for US government aid, according to a company memo to staff yesterday cited by a Toronto newspaper.
Read moreFiat CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed today the Italian industrial group’s aim to reach a trading profit exceeding 1.0 billion euros ($1.36 billion) this year despite the crisis ravaging the car industry.
Read moreWhen Volkswagen hopped up a Golf back in 1976, it invented a niche that came to be known as the Hot Hatchback segment. With just 100 hp, itÂ’s difficult now to think that was hot . . . but it was.
Read moreRussia will begin car assembly this year in its far east in a bid to wean the local market off foreign imports, deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov announced on Thursday.
Read moreGeely Automobile is to acquire bankrupt Australian automatic gearbox manufacturer Drivetrain Systems.
Read moreChopping the top off a car isn’t as easy as it sounds, especially when the fixed roof is replaced with a folding one of the steel variety – the panels and system of motors and hinges add significant weight. Worse, in order to get the whole mess to fit in the trunk, folding hard tops often require a bubbly, arching roofline and an ungainly, long rear deck. If you’ve had the displeasure of studying a Volkswagen Eos, you know what we’re talking about.
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The arrival at the US ports of Baltimore and Oxnard of 100 new European-built and specification Ford Fiestas marked the start of a very long launch for the new small cars.
Read moreMercedes-Benz plans to shut its production plant in East London, South Africa, for four weeks next month and for a further four weeks from the last week in May, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
Read morePeugeot has announced plans to auction off part of its massive rare car collection in June to raise funds for future conservation efforts.
Read moreFormer Continental AG CEO Manfred Wennemer has joined the supervisory board at Knorr-Bremse AG. He will serve as deputy chairman of the German brake systems maker.
Read moreFisker Automotive has chosen its first 27 retailers, including dealership groups led by John Bergstrom and Ron Tonkin, as part of the automaker’s effort to build a boutique of low-volume green cars with price tags approaching $100,000.
Read moreElectric car start-up Tesla Motors Inc. on Thursday unveiled its newest, lowest-cost vehicle, a family sedan the company says will go into production during the third quarter of 2011. Tesla’s Model S four-door sedan will cost $49,900, after a U.S.
Read moreFisker Automotive has chosen its first 27 retailers, including dealership groups led by John Bergstrom and Ron Tonkin, as part of the automaker’s effort to build a boutique of low-volume green cars with price tags approaching $100,000.
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