Maruti-Suzuki is confirming almost none of its workforce at the riot-torn Manesar plant near Delhi has been paid since a lock-out at the factory was imposed on 21 July.
China's largest automotive parts supplier is poised to take control of battery maker A123 Systems, which received a $249 million green-technology grant from the Obama administration in 2009.
Mitsubishi Motors has halted production of the Citroen C-Zero and Peugeot iOn electric cars for PSA because of slow sales. The two EVs are rebadged versions of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and are built at the Japanese automaker's plant in Mizushima, Japan.
BMW's joint venture with China's Brilliance plans to double its annual engine output to 400,000 units by 2015. The partnership last week unveiled plans to build its second engine plant next year in the northeast China city of Shenyang.
Lifan, a private Chinese automaker, says it has hired British engineering firm Ricardo PLC to develop a new turbocharged direct-injection gasoline engine.
General Motors could introduce its upscale Cadillac brand to South Korea in a bid to capture some of the premium sedan market, having struggled with the locally assembled Buick LaCrosse-based Alpheon which was launched two years ago.
Let's face it, exotic sports-car owners aren't necessarily known for racking up a lot of miles on their prized possessions, let alone for being track rats.
The redesigned 2013 Honda Accord will go on sale this fall with a shorter length, a new engine family and a continuously variable transmission -- huge engineering changes for a signature car that has slipped against mid-sized rivals.
Mitsubishi Motors has confirmed an earlier Nikkei report, saying it had "temporarily" halted shipments of its i-MiEV electric car to PSA Peugeot Citroen.
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and Italian labor minister Elsa Fornero have talked about meeting this month to discuss the Italian automaker's investment plans, Fornero told an Italian radio station on Wednesday.
Spyker and former Saab CEO, Victor Muller, is pouring cold water on suggestions Russian businessman, Vladimir Antonov or Chinese manufacturer, Youngman, are the unknown backers behind his audacious US$3bn lawsuit against General Motors.
Isuzu has signed a deal to step up its relations with Jiangling Motors, its Chinese partner in pickup truck production, by reorganising their jointly owned operation. This follows changes to its heavy truck JV with Qingling Motors last June.
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Vehicle production in Mexico rose in July, as did exports, from the same month a year ago according to the local Auto Industry Association (AMIA).
Global light vehicle sales are expected to reach 79.4m units in 2012, 5% up on 2011's record 75.5m, according to LMC Automotive.
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Our spies have caught the all-new BMW X5 testing, ahead of its arrival in showrooms next year
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson's conflicts with marketing boss Joel Ewanick started weeks before he was ousted for not properly disclosing as much as a third of the cost of a $559 million soccer deal with the UK's Manchester United team, people...
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