Toyota Boshoku's Chinese joint venture recently started production of seats and other interior components for the Toyota Corolla built at JV Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor's (SFTM) newly commissioned west plant in Changchun, China.
It should be good news for Chrysler Group and GM dealers in the United States if Ally Financial can divorce itself once and for all from its troubled ResCap mortgage subsidiary.
PSA Peugeot Citroen is declining to be drawn on widespread reports its new alliance partner GM will produce the C5 at an unnamed Opel plant in Europe.
Workers at General Motors' UK Opel/Vauxhall car factory near Liverpool are waiting anxiously for news this week over the future of the plant which currently builds some Astra models.
Taiwan has, due to its geographic position, political stance and population size, traditionally had both its import and export potentials defined by external factors. This quarterly report from Business Monitor International assesses prospects for its automotive market and industry.
New vehicle sales in Vietnam fell by over 37% year on year in April to 6,004 units, from 9,558 units a year earlier, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers' Association (VAMA).
Francois Hollande, France's new president, will give PSA a boost when he arrives at his inauguration on Tuesday in an upscale Citroen car.
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, the two automakers planning to take a controlling stake in carmaker AvtoVAZ, said that the Russian company should sell all of its assets that are unrelated to making automobiles.
In December, when Hyundai wanted to make a big splash during an unveiling of its Veloster coupe near Los Angeles, the company had two options: Buy a 30-second commercial or rent the side of a building. The building won.
A publicity stunt in Nanjing, China, turned into a public relations nightmare for Italian sports car maker Ferrari last week.
John Maloney, 50, was Volvo's top U.S. marketing executive before being named CEO of Volvo Cars of North America in January.
Nick Bunkley has joined Automotive News as an enterprise reporter covering industrywide issues at the paper's Detroit headquarters.
BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch expects BMW to remain No. 1 in U.S. luxury-vehicle sales this year. BMW claimed the title in 2011 for the first time, ending Lexus' 11-year run as the luxury leader.
After stumbling in China, Subaru is doubling down on North America. The brand has abandoned a plan, rolled out just 10 months ago, to start building cars in China by 2016.
Sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia rose 14 percent year-on-year in April to 266,267, the Association for European Businesses (AEB) said, slightly more than the 13 percent growth rate seen in March.
Steve Cannon was no more than a dark horse candidate to become head of Mercedes-Benz USA last fall after his boss, Ernst Lieb, departed.
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