General Motors chief executive Dan Akerson has said GM and PSA Peugeot Citroen aim to begin joint development of at least two passenger cars by this autumn and described the new alliance between the companies as a changed way of doing business for the Detroit-based automaker.
General Motors' European employee forum has asked GME/Opel/Vauxhall management to begin talks on a business plan for the years leading to 2016.
How could we let that happen?" was the frustrated response from Scandinavian supplier body FKG managing director Fredrik Sidahl to me earlier today (19 March) in his Gothenburg office.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: It's interesting in how the Sport model here is basically the entry-level trim package. I guess "sport" means different things to different people and manufacturers.
Nissan Motor and Dongfeng Motor Group will sell off the heavy truck segment of their Chinese joint venture to Dongfeng's state-owned parent, paving the way for local production of Renault and Infiniti cars as well as a possible new Dongfeng-Volvo truck tie-up, media reported on Monday (19 March).
Mazda joint venture partner, FAW Car, a listed subsidy of FAW Group, booked an 88% fall in 2011 net profit to only CNY217m due to slow sales and the high value of the Japanese yen.
Another large investment in Indonesia's automaking industry has been announced by a government minister.
Citroen UK has slashed the price of its rebadged Mitsubishi i-MiEV C-Zero electric car from GBP33,155 to GBP26,216. The GBP5,000 government plug-in car grant further reduces the 'on-the-road' price to qualified applicants to GBP21,216, GBP4,700 less than Nissan's larger Leaf which costs GBP25,990 after the grant.
Nissan boss confirms Datsun brand will return in 2014 to increase sales in developing markets
A second General Motors plant in Joinville, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, will start producing gearboxes (transaxles) from 2014. The new factory will be located beside a new engine factory due to start production by the end of this year.
The world's most fuel efficient car is spotted testing ahead of its on sale date in 2013
Porsche great Hans Herrmann was inducted into the
Longtime Autoweek contributor Patrick C. Paternie passed away at the age of 65. He had just completed a vintage race in his Porsche 911.
Also in this episode: Chrysler plans a smaller Pentastar V6 for its Jeep Liberty replacement,
Subaru is bundling adaptive cruise control, crash-sensing and lane-departure-warning technologies into a package branded EyeSight.