Fiat Automobiles Germany CEO Manfred Kantner will leave the company to become head of Seat Germany. The exact timing of the move is unknown.
A Honda probe into CR-V headlights that may stop working has been upgraded to an engineering analysis by U.S. auto-safety regulators, a step that may lead to a recall.
So the West is all but done for and all future big news will come from the Chinese and Korean automakers huh? Someone tell the supervisory board at VW which has just opened der korporate wallet very wide indeed.
The Ram brand will get a commercial van based on the Fiat Ducato large paneled van, supplier sources said at the
The Volkswagen group has announced a spend of around EUR62.4bn on its automotive division in the next five years and that excludes the Chinese joint ventures which are self-funded.
Hyundai said it is recalling 205,233 Santa Fe and Veracruz sport-utility vehicles in the U.S. because front air bags may not deploy when needed.
Saab GB says it has between 400-500 new cars in stock as well as around 1,200 used models on its books and insists it is "business as normal" despite the crisis across the North Sea.
Jaguar and Land Rover owner Tata Motors had its biggest gain in 18 months after August sales at Land Rover increased at the fastest pace in more than a year.
Tyremaker Bridgestone has agreed to pay a US$28m criminal fine for taking part in bid-rigging and bribery conspiracies in 1999-2007 that influenced prices for ''hundreds of millions of dollars'' worth of marine hose and related products sold worldwide, the US Justice Department said.
Alcoa said it would expand its Davenport, Iowa rolled products plant to meet rising demand from automakers.
Battery maker Exide Industries cut Indian production of most automobile products by 10%-15% in September, up from a 5% cut in August, to reduce inventory amid slowing demand for vehicles, a senior company executive has said.
Renault and Volkswagen are planning to expand their Brazilian manufacturing operations, at a combined cost of at least US$1.2bn, according to Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico.
PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Electric have signed a European co-operation agreement to co-develop electric vehicles.
Nissan will build its next Infiniti models outside Japan for the first time to mitigate the effects of a strong yen, chief executive Carlos Ghosn said at the Frankfurt show.
Shanghai city government authorities have shut two Johnson Controls plants in China after claims they may be causing lead poisoning in children.
Volkswagen Group will invest 62.4 billion euros ($86.1 billion) over the next five years to underpin its goal of becoming the world's largest carmaker.
Volkswagen will invest 62.4 billion euros ($86 billion) over the next five years as it seeks to supplant GM and Toyota at the top of the industry.
PSA has halted production at its Slovakia assembly plant due to ongoing French supply problems.
Renault veteran Jean-Christophe Kugler will take charge of the automaker's key Euromed region on Nov. 1, succeeding Jacques Chauvet.