Honda Motor and Nissan Motor plastic supplier Nihon Plast has resumed production of steering wheels and other parts in China after giving workers at a south China plant higher wages and more benefits.
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The Renault-Nissan alliance wants to take its share of the Chinese market from 6% to 10% by 2013 while also growing US share from 8% to 10%, CEO Carlos Ghosn told Paris Match magazine.
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SAAB SUV enters production ahead of late 2010 on sale date.
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New vehicle sales in Malaysia rose by 15.6% year-on-year in May to 50,845 units, from 43,985 units, according to data published by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
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Chevrolet’s Zafira-rivalling people carrier gets closer to production.
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Volkswagen production chief Jochem Heizmann will become the new CEO at German truckmaker MAN AG, a German newspaper reported. VW is MAN's largest shareholder. Porsche CEO Michael Macht is the favored candidate to succeed Heizmann.
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As the era of the electrified car shifts into second gear, a central question looms: Can electric vehicles gain mass acceptance despite their limited range? Or must electric cars have gasoline range-extenders so the car can meet all its owner's...
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By the middle of this decade, Mike Jackson wants all 200-plus AutoNation stores using the same approach to pricing. His vision: Low everyday prices, limited negotiations and third-party validation for customers.
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Motor supplier John Weber should be sitting on a gold mine right now, considering North America's growing interest in hybrids and electric vehicles. But an odd thing is happening. His potential customers are entering his business.
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With their breakeven levels way, way down, long-suffering suppliers are poised to make a boatload of money with the slightest uptick in production. And don't look now, but North American production is booming.
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Nissan has received more than 14,000 reservations for its Leaf electric sedan, about 90 percent of which are from current owners of non-Nissan vehicles, said Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan North America Inc.
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Toyota has named new bosses for its businesses in Turkey and Finland. Starting July 1, Orhan Ozer, 53, takes over as president and CEO of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey and Mika Elojarvi, 44, becomes president of Toyota Finland.
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A Japanese supplier of plastic parts to Honda Motor and Nissan Motor in China said it had settled a labor dispute with workers at a south China plant after offering a bigger wage hike and more benefits.
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Auto supplier Continental projects a tenfold expansion in its electric and hybrid vehicle business within five years.
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Volkswagen is dumping its premium pricing strategy in the United States and will instead compete head-on with Japanese competitors in the compact and mid-sized sedan segments.
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Ford Motor Co. will tout in advertising its high scores on the closely watched Initial Quality Study by J.D. Power and Associates.
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Porsche CEO Michael Macht is the favored candidate to succeed Jochem Heizmann as Volkswagen production chief.
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Jason Castriota, the U.S. designer known for creating the Ferrari P4/5 and Maserati GranTurismo, will head Saab Automobile's design team to help the Swedish carmaker take on BMW and Audi.
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