AB Volvo has signed a letter of intent with MAPE to sell the crankshaft plant in Leganes, Spain. The plant has 150 employees.
Ford is in discussions with several companies for the sale of its vacant Wixom assembly plant which was shut down in 2007. The automaker has been trying to sell portions of the 4m sq ft plant for a long time.
As part of a global recall of almost a half million vehicles, Honda's US unit is recalling 268,655 2002-2006 CR-V SUVs manufactured from 19 February 2002, to 28 July 2006. The driver side power window switch may fail or melt.
Mahindra is considering setting up an SUV manufacturing facility in the state of Madhya Pradesh with an investment of INR30bn (US$577.1m).
Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Chrysler is looking at introducing its Jeep models in India. The development is in line with the automaker's plan to establish the brand more firmly worldwide.
A Nissan spokesperson has told an Indian daily that its first car for the Datsun brand will be priced under INR400,000 (US$7,695).
PSA is cutting output of the Peugeot 208 subcompact because of slowing demand in Europe's weak auto market.
The expected slow-down ahead of the Bogotá show boost resulted in the lowest September new vehicle sales here in Colombia for three years.
Amid the gloom of the late-1950s recession, American Motors' compact Rambler rode a growing wave of discontent with Detroit-style fins and flash.
Toyota, Nissan and Honda plan to halve production in China because a territorial row between that country and Japan has affected sales of Japanese cars in the world's biggest car market, media reports on Monday said.
Japanese corporations are relying less on temporary workers from staffing agencies as stricter rules have been introduced governing their use in Japan.
Audi bucked Europe's economic downturn by increasing sales in the region last month. Growth in Europe, the United States and China helped the automaker to boost its September global sales by 13.6 percent.
Fiat said it was not aware of a probe by Italian stock market regulator Consob into its liquidity position after Rome-based daily newspaper said Consob was trying to determine the "size and purpose" of Fiat's cash pile.
DRB-Hicom, owner of Proton, has signed a joint venture partnership with Faurecia group to produce complete exhaust systems in Malaysia.
Car sales in Western Europe fell by 11.4% in September. It was the twelfth successive monthly year-on-year decline as eurozone economic gloom continues to dampen down new car demand across the region.
Hyundai and Kia forecast sales in China will exceed their targets as Korea's two largest carmakers benefit from a wave of anti-Japan protests in the world's largest vehicle market.
Some might see an eight-acre pond amid three auto dealerships as a big chunk of wasted space. Scott Casebeer saw opportunity. Casebeer, owner of Capitol Auto Group in Salem, Ore.
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