BMW and Toyota Motor Corp.
Matt Russell, BMW M brand manager, said of the M6, and#8220;It's the fastest convertible we've ever made.and#8221;
Rolls-Royce has boosted the importance of its China operations by appointing a director for the market for the first time. Henrik Wilhelmsmeyer becomes the BMW-owned brand's director for mainland China on July 1.
BMW and Toyota have formally inked a memorandum of understanding aimed at collaborating on a wide range of shared fields, including fuel cell development.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has opened a new battery manufacturing and research facility following a US$3m from the US Department of Energy (DOE).
General Motors India has revealed the model name it will use for its locally-built version of the Wuling Hong Guang. The new Chevrolet Enjoy (codename: N100) will be launched in the fourth quarter.
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Plastic Omnium says it will open a new EUR50m (US$63m) international research and development centre in Compiègne, France, for its Inergy Automotive Systems division, in the summer of 2014.
Nissan says it will commence building the all-new Sentra at its Canton plant in Mississippi from Q4. The car will also be made at Aguascalientes in Mexico, where North America's current model is manufactured.
The flow of trade between Europe and South Korea in the 11 months since the free trade agreement (FTA) came into force is unbalanced, according to ACEA, the European car makers' association.
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Shanghai Automotive Industries Corporation USA (SAIC USA) has unveiled its new North American Operations Centre in Birmingham. The new centre is an SAIC hub for purchasing, international logistics and design engineering.
June auto sales in the US continued at a healthy pace for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 13.9m light vehicles, according to Edmunds.com.
BMW and Toyota today said they will develop a sports car together and cooperate in fuel-cell technology, powertrain electrification and lightweight technologies.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is targeting China's luxury buyers as it strives to win a bigger share of the world's largest auto market and expects sales there to reach 15 percent of its global total by 2015.
BMW and Toyota today said they will develop a sports car together and cooperate in fuel cell technology, powertrain electrification and lightweight technologies.