France's Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) union let drivers pass without charge through motorway tolls last week in an extraordinary bid to highlight its continued high-profile protest against PSA Peugeot-Citroen's plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs and close the Aulnay plant near Paris.
Mahindra & Mahindra, maker of utility vehicles, tractors, SUVs and owner of Ssangyong, is opening a technical centre near Detroit to supply engineering services to the huge US car industry.
General Motors and Ford plan a series of launches in volume segments and to improve their reach and service to make a dent in the Indian car market where leader Maruti Suzuki and runner-up Hyundai Motors are slipping.
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Toyota Motor wants to triple its car production in Indonesia to 300,000 vehicles as it plans to introduce four or more new car models there over the next four years, a senior official said.
General Motors is recalling the Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saturn Aura to fix a problem with the transmission shift cable. GM says the tabs on the cable end may break.
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The SEAT Leon has been unveiled ahead of the Paris Motor Show
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus has launched mass production of the Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck at a plant near Lisbon, Portugal, targeting the European market.
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The facelifted Honda CR-Z has made its world debut at the Indonesian International Motor Show
A program to cut costs and improve profits at Daimler's Mercedes-Benz cars division will have a volume of significantly more than 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The cost of insuring PSA/Peugeot-Citroen soared more than any company in Europe on concern that asset sales won't be enough to bolster the carmaker's worsening finances.
New car sales in the United Arab Emirates have grown around 20% in the first eight months of this year and growth is expected to continue due to a resilient economy underpinned by high oil prices.
Porsche expects to hit new sales heights in 2013 beyond this year's target of 140,000 vehicles, chief executive Matthias Mueller said.
PSA Peugeot-Citroen is looking to tie up all the elements of Russian Railway's (RZD) share investment into its Gefco subsidiary by the end of December.
The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, which reached an agreement earlier this week with Ford, has now struck a deal with GM that will preserve full employment as well as create 1,750 new jobs.
General Motors said today it is recalling 426,240 Chevrolet, Pontiac and Saturn sedans in the United States to fix a condition that could lead to the cars rolling when the drivers think they are in park.
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