Import brand automakers and dealers warned on Thursday that a vehicle scrappage proposal before the Senate would violate trade agreements and could weaken the economy.
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Import brand automakers and dealers warned today that a vehicle scrappage proposal before the Senate would violate trade agreements and could weaken the economy.
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Import brand automakers and dealers warned today that a vehicle scrappage proposal before the Senate would violate trade agreements and could weaken the economy.
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The Senate dodged a showdown between lawmakers who want to boost the auto industry with cash for buyers of U.S.-assembled vehicles and those who consider such proposals a return to protectionism. Sen.
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Following a strong outing at the Baja 1000 last November, the F-150 SVT Raptor R will gain even more off-road testing by entering the 2009 Best in the Desert series.
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Carmakers have their plans for this year's Geneva motor show lined up. But here's something that we expect to see at Geneva in 2010: Mercedes-Benz's new high-performance coupe.
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Mitsubishi Motors will halve production at its Thai plants in the first half of this year as the global financial turmoil takes its toll, a local representative said on Thursday. Manwhile, GM's rival local unit has asked for government aid.
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In a move that has become common as Japanese automaker accountants tally up their third financial quarter results, Suzuki Motor has slashed its annual operating profit forecast by a third. The reasons were familiar, too: falling global car sales and a strong yen.
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Around 600 jobs are to be axed from a General Motors plant in northern Mexico because of falling sales in the US, reports said today.
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Police clashed with about 100 Fiat SpA auto workers protesting layoffs today and arrested seven for identification, police said.
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General Motors' Chinese three-way venture light commercial vehicle venture with SAIC Motor and Liuzhou Wuling Automobile sold 75,168 vehicles last month, including about 47,000 Sunshine minivans.
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Japan has witnessed a significant fall in the number of sales of imported vehicles in the country as the economic crisis dragged figures down to their lowest levels since 1989.
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General Motors is talking with FAW Group about a light commercial vehicles joint venture to take advantage of government policies intended to boost demand for pick-up trucks and vans.
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Two US senators have asked the new Obama administration energy secretary to set out a time line for distributing up to US$25bn in loans to help US auto companies produce more fuel efficient vehicles.
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Expectations that the Italian government is about to unveil an auto industry aid package rose this week following comments by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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The US auto industry stands to gain from the stimulus package now going through the US Congress, a top Ford executive has said.
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Renault will offer a 500-euro satellite navigation system on its Clio small car.
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Calls for an old-car scrappage scheme here in the UK intensified today (5 February) as an auto workers union leader visit visiting workers at BMW's Mini plant in Oxford called for more support for the car industry.
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Honda Motor Co. wants to price its Insight hybrid hatchback under $20,000 in the United States -- and might build it there if U.S. sales hit and sustain the lofty target of 100,000 a year. Both goals will be tough.
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Vehicle makers Chery, Geely and BYD are reporting sales up in January over the same month last year, according to the Xinhua news agency.
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