The fragility of the automotive supply chain has been highlighted by natural disasters, particularly in Asia over the past 18 months. Carmakers are looking again at their supply chain strategies in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the massive floods in Thailand last year.
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5 Sep, 2012
McLaren P12 supercar teaser picture previews Paris Motor Show car
Volkswagen will be quick to add further models to the new Golf line-up unveiled in Berlin on Tuesday night (4 September).
Volkswagen might regard the Golf as its "most important model" and a "global phenomenon", according to CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn but, in global sales terms, it is now playing second fiddle to the Passat.
Volkswagen's new seventh-generation Golf is between 40kg and 100kg lighter than the Golf 6, despite being larger, and is up to 23% more fuel efficient. The average fuel saving across the range is 14%.
Mitsubishi Motors' Outlander plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUV will make its global debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show (aka Mondial de L' Automobile 2012) later this month alongside the EU-specification version of the Thai-built Mirage global compact car.
Volkswagen has launched the seventh generation of its C-segment Golf best seller which is up to 100kg lighter and 23% more fuel efficient than the outgoing model.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) is playing down the impact of not being able to use Saab's historic Griffin logo following its purchase of the bankrupt automaker.
For all the similarity in the sheet metal to its predecessor, the 2013 Honda Accord is as close to a clean-sheet redesign as possible.
While the UK car market appears, at first glance, considerably healthier than many European national markets, trading conditions are especially tough for the mainstream volume brands with premium brands faring rather better, an Audi spokesman has told just-auto.
Former Porsche CFO Holger Haerter told a German court on the first day of his trial that he didn't make misleading statements in 2009 when the company refinanced a 10 billion-euro loan ($12.5 billion).
August's toasty temperatures didn't deter US car buyers. Light vehicle sales posted their best results for the summer holiday month since 2007, up 19.9% compared to August 2011 and 11.4% ahead of July 2012. Nearly 1.3m cars and light trucks changed hands producing a seasonally adjusted annualised rate (SAAR) of 14.52m units, second only to February's 15.1m.
Mazda is to launch R&D operations with a Chinese partner in 2013 to develop fuel-efficient vehicles for the local market.
Volvo said its operating profit fell 84 percent in the first half, hit by tough competition and the global downturn.
Volvo said its operating profit fell 84 percent in the first half, hit by tough competition and the global downturn.
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5 Sep, 2012
Mazda 6 estate and saloon will both be shown at the Paris Motor Show
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