Toyota said it will build a small hybrid car in France.
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Daimler is cutting borrowing costs with a 7 billion-euro ($9.4 billion) credit line to refinance debt. Growing car sales in the U.S. and China are helping the automaker negotiate better terms for its borrowing.
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Volkswagen unit Audi AG has announced plans to invest almost EUR900m in its Hungarian operations during the next three years, as it expands its production plant in Gyor. just-auto, with the help of Business Monitor International, takes the opportunity to look deeper into the Hungarian auto market.
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Hero Motors Limited has set up a joint venture with a unit of Magna International, Magna Steyr India Pvt Ltd.
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Vauxhall releases more info and pictures of the GTC Paris concept including engine details.
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Saab Automobile and American Axle Manufacturing (AAM) today (24 September) announced the formation of a jointly-owned company for the engineering, development and marketing of electric all-wheel drive systems, as well as electric and hybrid driveline systems.
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Audi is to invest close to EUR900m in its Hungarian operations over the next three years, as it expands its production plant in Gyor.
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Volkswagen of America is meeting its 582 US and 130 Canadian dealers to prepare them for the new 2011 Jetta, which arrives in showrooms today (24 September).
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Skoda aims to at least double its annual production within the next 10 years to 1.5 million cars, a Czech newspaper reported. The carmaker plans to boost its sales in growth markets such as China, India, Russia and eastern Europe.
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Subaru of America (SOA) has today (24 September) announced the appointment of Alan Bethke as director of marketing communications.
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Russia's biggest automaker, AvtoVAZ, said on Friday it expects sales of its Lada cars to rise by 46 percent in 2010 to more than 510,000 units.
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The latest forecasts from JD Power suggest that the sluggish outlook for the European economy is creating risks on the downside that could drag vehicle output in Europe down by almost 10% in 2011. JD Power's base case forecast is for a more modest 1% decline.
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More details, including 50-mile range on electric power alone, released of hybrid 5-Series rival.
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Eco versions of Skoda’s Yeti and Superb Estate set to debut at the Paris show.
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BMW's Mini brand is bringing its electric-powered Scooter E concept to this year's Paris auto show. It gives Mini a response to the electric-powered scooter concept being shown by the Smart brand of German rival Daimler.
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Limited edition drop-top 599 debuts at Paris. All cars already sold.
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India's second largest maker Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) says it is studying the feasibility of setting up a diesel engine plant and would be in a position to announce its decision early 2011.
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India's second largest maker Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) says it is studying the feasibility of setting up a diesel engine plant and would be in a position to announce its decision early 2011.
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New vehicle registrations in Malaysia rose 13% to 55,208 units in August, from 48,937 a year earlier, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
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