Porsche has dropped plans to build a two-seater vehicle which would have been smaller and cheaper than its Boxster model.
Tier One supplier Brose North America said on Monday it would expand manufacturing in New Boston, Michigan, and add 450 jobs as a result of "significant growth" in orders from domestic OEMs.
Four German State Prime Ministers have urged Opel production stay in Germany and that global markets be opened for its models.
BMW has revealed the wagon version of the fifth-generation 3-series. The company says that the new 3-series Sports Wagon, known as the 3-series Touring in Europe, will reach U.S. showrooms about a year from now.
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Chevrolet will debut the Trax, a small sport-utility vehicle, at the Paris motor show in September.
BMW has revealed the wagon version of the fifth-generation 3-series.
Ford says it is planning to more than triple the production of its vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 a year by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011.
Federal safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into the 2012 Hyundai Elantra after a side curtain airbag allegedly injured a driver in a crash.
Michelin is to stop production at its Dundee plant in Scotland for three weeks at the end of this month in response to falling demand across Europe, although no jobs will be lost.
Panasonic Automotive Systems' operating profit for full year 2011 plunged to JPY4.9bn (US$61.2m) from JPY22.7bn a year ago due mainly to insufficient cost cutting.
UK-based automotive and motorsport engineering company Prodrive is reporting a surge in business from UK-based OEMs this year.
Recruitment of 55-60 team leader positions at the Spring Hill General Motors plant will begin in two weeks - and all of them will be filled locally, a top union official told local government officials.
Opel is open to alliances beyond that with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and could build a Chevrolet model to take up excess capacity and help it return to profit.
Opel is open to alliances beyond that with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and could build a Chevrolet model to take up excess capacity and help it return to profit.
Chinese vehicle manufacturing joint venture Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor (SFTM) has held a line-off ceremony to mark the start of Corolla sedan production at its new 'West Plant' in Changchun.
Auto supplier Asahi Glass net income fell 53.8% year on year to JPY17.75bn (US$221.8m) for the first quarter ended 31 March 2012.
BMW may increase dividends to as much as 40 percent of profit in coming years if earnings continue to rise, a German newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Chief Financial Officer Friedrich Eichiner.