Mercedes-Benz has kicked off the second half of the year by reporting its best ever July sales with 100,391 passenger cars delivered worldwide.
French car makers increased their worldwide production 2.2% in the first half of this year thanks to stronger demand than anticipated in some key European markets.
Continental says it takes a "zero-tolerance" approach to corruption following today's (4 August) news an employee from the supplier is being investigated.
GM chief Dan Akerson has dismissed the rumours of an Opel/Vauxhall sale. This is quite a departure in that his colleagues have now spent several weeks declining to do any such thing.
General Motors North America president Mark Reuss on Thursday announced the launch of two new luxury cars for Cadillac in 2012 and the pricing of a fuel-saving feature on the Buick Regal as he outlined parts of a plan to help GM attract more customers.
Two new Cadillac sedans will join the brand's lineup in 2012, the full-size
The Infiniti FX crossover gets a light makeover and a small price increase ($100) for the 2012 model year, plus a limited-edition model.
The Chrysler Group is recalling about 300,000 Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans to fix airbags that might deploy without warning.
General Motors on Thursday said it would spend US$117m to prepare its Oshawa assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, to build the new Cadillac XTS, creating or retaining 400 jobs on the 'flex line' there.
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General Motors on Thursday posted a profit of $2.5 billion for the second quarter, led by strong results in North America.
Chrysler Group LLC is recalling about 300,000 Dodge and Chrysler brand minivans in North America, citing a risk of air bags deploying when not needed and without warning.
General Motors North America President Mark Reuss announced a $2,000 price tag on GM's new stop-start technology and gave a sneak peek of the coming Cadillac compact codenamed the ATS.
TRW Automotive Holdings booked a second quarter 2011 net profit up 24% to US$293m or $2.21 per share on sales up 16% to $4.2bn.
Full results of the BMW Group's UK government-supported research into the day to day running of electric cars out on Thursday (4 August) revealed: over 250,000 miles were driven on local roads, the average cost to charge was less than GBP0.02 per mile, the average daily distance driven was 29.7 miles, virtually all recharging was done at home and that "almost all" participants said they'd consider buying an electric car as a result of taking part.
Figures issued by the SMMT show that new car sales fell in July by 3.5%, adding to concerns over the impact on vehicle sales of the UK's low rate of economic growth.
General Motors has announced second quarter net income up 89% year on year to US$2.5bn, or $1.54 per share, the restructured, post-bankruptcy automaker's sixth consecutive profitable quarter. Revenue increased $6.2bn to $39.4bn and adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) were $3bn compared with $2bn in Q2 2010. There were no special items in either period. GM Europe returned to positive adjusted EBIT, too.
Mercedes will introduce smaller luxury cars in India to attract middle-class consumers and close BMW's widening lead in Asia's second-fastest growing major economy.