Contract negotiations between the UAW, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group continued tonight with no announcements or updates released by any of the parties.
Negotiations between the UAW, General Motors and Chrysler Group continued past midnight after the existing labor contracts expired.
Infiniti brand plans to build a compact car based on a Mercedes small-car platform, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said. Nissan did not comment on reports that the car will be built in Europe where it will challenge the Audi A3 and BMW 1 series.
Toyota Motor formally announced plans to build a second plant in Indonesia, next to its existing plant in Karawang - some 70km (40 miles) east of Jakarta.
Yo-Auto is a new name in the car business - a joint venture between truck maker Yarovit and Onexim investment group, owned by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov who also owns the American basketball team, the New Jersey Nets.
Alain Visser, sales and marketing head of GM Europe's Opel and Vauxhall brands, would like to see some evening out of environmental standards across Europe.
GM Europe chiefs at Frankfurt said sales over the coming months are difficult to predict.
After a quiet few months, Honda's UK unit is gearing up for some much needed new product with the launch of the redesigned Civic hatchback at the Frankfurt show.
General Motors' European unit Opel/Vauxhall believes it will re-establish itself as the leader for MPV [minivan] innovation with the new Zafira Tourer that will go on sale early next year.
Question: will Peugeot get away with calling its new diesel hybrid wagon RXH when Lexus also has a four-wheel drive SUV with a similar name?
Honda says that nothing was sacrosanct when it set about developing the new Civic that was finally revealed in full at Frankfurt after a seemingly interminable teaser campaign of photos of 'disguised' prototypes, corporate propaganda videos and a photo of the newly aerodynamic tail light cluster.
Audi has developed a new engine, which can be a V8 for high performance driving and a V4 when cruising, to help reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
Jokers at the Frankfurt show have already found a new name for Volkswagen's new city car, the Up, as a result of the vast array of different body styles and personalisation possibilities making their simultaneous world debut. It is being called the Up Yours.
Volvo gives its big SUV a facelift, with new styling and added technology
Sales of Volkswagen Group cars rose by double figures in August as the automaker continued to defy a downturn in the global economy.
Saab's first bankruptcy hearing will be held on September 26, a district court in Sweden said.
Alfa Romeo will start selling the 4C rear-wheel-drive coupe in 2013.
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of both Renault and Nissan wants to address the French carmaker's valuation before a possible adjustment to the structure of the Renault-Nissan alliance.
The Volvo Concept You follows in the path of the Universe concept shown in Shanghai -- with more sporty styling and a strong emphasis in the interior. Chief designer Peter Horbury says the fastback shape was dictated by customer preferences.
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