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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

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

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

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: 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

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

Toyota’s October surprise

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Rich and powerful Toyota, stung by a stunning collapse in sales last month, will spend a ton of money in October on a nationwide TV blitz that brags about the company's captive finance arm. Read more ...
Oct
13th

The grim repo: Record defaults expected in ’08

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For Patrick Altes, business is brisk. His company repossesses vehicles in north and central Florida for banks and credit unions. Altes seizes vehicles of all sorts. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Nardelli warns of industry collapse

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Bob Nardelli, just 14 months into his tenure as CEO of Chrysler LLC, now fears the collapse of an "extremely fragile" auto industry amid the credit crisis and Wall Street meltdown. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Booth, a Ford star in Europe, lands CFO hot seat in U.S.

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Think of Lewis Booth as another European import that Ford Motor Co. is relying on to revive the Blue Oval. With Booth's move to CFO, Ford chief Alan Mulally is looking to tap into the management savvy that helped put Ford of Europe on an upswing. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Detroit dilemma: Big prices for small cars

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The Detroit 3 are adding premium equipment to small cars to replace lost profits from big trucks. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Conference panel explores future powertrains

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Which clean powertrains will emerge as winners? Learn the answers at the first Automotive News Green Car Conference and Exhibition on Nov. 13 in suburban Detroit. Read more ...
Oct
13th

2 views: How the candidates’ tax plans affect dealers

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If Barack Obama becomes the next president, Boston area auto dealer Ray Ciccolo figures his tax bill may go up nearly $1 million a year. Ciccolo, who owns seven luxury and import brand stores, supports Republican John McCain. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Do-gooder or pariah?

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Sunshine and sea breezes characterize the cozy auto retailing world of southern Florida. That and contempt for auto dealer Earl Stewart. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Chrysler looks at partners for mid-sized cars

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Chrysler LLC will decide by late winter whether to partner with another automaker on its global mid-sized car platform, known as Project D, says CEO Bob Nardelli. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM gets tough with minority suppliers

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General Motors purchasing chief Bo Andersson is taking a hard line, even with minority suppliers, and is eliminating poor performers. He said he cut 10 in the past year. Read more ...
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