Renault has targeted India as one of three key markets, along with Brazil and Russia, in its global expansion plans, senior executives said.
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Renault has confirmed that it will launch the Dacia Duster in India in the second half of next year. Units sourced from the Renault-Nissan Alliance factory in Chennai will also go on sale in the UK, where they will spearhead the Dacia brand launch in 2012, and other right hand drive markets, adding another export model to the local industry's tally.
Chrysler Group is making strides to improve handling and performance of its vehicles, but the gains vary from model to model, according to tests by Consumer Reports magazine.
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Scandinavian suppliers body FKG says Saab has sent letters to around 700 of its members detailing a potential offer to pay 10% of its debt.
June auto sales are on track to at least meet and perhaps exceed May levels, Ford's top executive for North America said today. The month is "off to a good start," said Mark Fields, who heads the No. 2 U.S.
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The chief executive of Volkswagen Slovakia, Andreas Tostmann, has told just-auto that the company's Bratislava plant is set to begin building three new small cars from the second half of 2011.
The chief executive of Volkswagen Slovakia, Andreas Tostmann, has told just-auto that the company's Bratislava plant is set to begin building three new small cars from the second half of 2011.
Nissan Motor Co. is reportedly developing a front-wheel drive adaptation of its in-house hybrid vehicle technology for the next generation Altima Hybrid as early as next year.
As in Thailand, growth in Indonesia's new vehicle market came to a halt in May, as key vehicle manufacturers struggled to maintain production levels due to shortages of components from Japan.
Automotive supplier Continental has acquired the Germany-based radar engineering unit of Magna Electronics, an operating unit of auto parts supplier Magna International anticipated to be effective 1 July.
Asian auto makers are increasingly looking at Latin America as the ideal region in which to expand their production facilities.
Spanish autoparts makers Cie Automotive and Hispamoldes have signed a joint venture to establish a factory in Tangier, Morocco that will supply Renault.
An Indian trade union federation says Maruti Suzuki workers have filed registration papers to establish a union at the Manesar plant - the cause of a massive recent strike.
Saab has asked its parts suppliers to accept 10 percent of what they're owed now and the rest in September, the chairman of Swedish auto-supplier association FKG said.