SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL: So, I'm first. I am not a huge Prius fan, but I did appreciate that the plastic surfaces in the Prius interior aren't meant to look like leather. Instead,
Hyundai Motor saw its profitability match the level of BMW, far outperforming several major automakers such as Volkswagen and General Motors.
General Motors China has opened a second plant to build its low-cost Baojun brand models. The plant in the southern city of Liuzhou will have a 400,000 annual capacity and sell cars costing from CNY40,000 (US$6,400).
Chery Automobile, once China's largest home-grown automaker and Tata Motors' JLR's partner in the country, is relying on government subsidies to turn a profit while domestic rivals Great Wall Motor and Geely Automobile Holdings pull ahead, a media report said.
SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), General Motors (GM) China's joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, opened its new passenger car production base on 18 November in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
BYD says that it will start supplying several cars fitted with its in-house developed dual clutch transmission in 2013
Following a second, five-year postponement agreed in 2008, free trade within the Mercosur region for vehicles and parts will be postponed yet again beyond previously planned full liberation in July 2013.
Chryslers are going back on sale in Japan for the first time in more than four years.
Britain's iconic black cab maker could be rescued within weeks.
Volvo has started production of the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid powertrain which has gone into its V60 model.
Former heated discussions between Ford's Belgian unions and management appear to have thrown any new date for negotiations into disarray as both sides attempt to meet to discuss the planned Genk plant closure.
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19 Nov, 2012
This year's Los Angeles Motor Show sees 25 world debuts, including the Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series
Daimler has taken full control of the Mercedes Formula One motor racing team after buying a 40 percent stake from a Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund for an undisclosed sum.
Daimler has taken full control of the Mercedes Formula One motor racing team after buying a 40 percent stake from a Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund for an undisclosed sum.
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19 Nov, 2012
JLR and Chery will invest £1.1billion in a Chinese factory to open in 2014
A month after receiving government approval for the joint venture, Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile have laid the foundation stone for a new manufacturing facility in China.
German supplier Schaeffler Group has named Dharmesh Arora, a former General Motors executive, as head of its operations in India.
Turkey's auto industry is one of the great growth stories of the past decade. The nation's government aims to triple vehicle production over the next decade.
Carroll Shelby, the wild-spirited 89-year-old racing icon and king of thundering garage hot rods, lay on his deathbed last May struggling to talk. He urged his younger friend and business partner John Luft to lean closer.