French car registrations fell 7% in July, the country's main CCFA automakers' association said on Wednesday.
French and Spanish car registrations declined in July. French registrations fell 7 percent, outpaced by plunging sales at PSA and Renault. Spain posted a 17 percent drop in car sales last month.
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Sales in China by Toyota Motor and its two local joint venture partners fell 5% in July from a year earlier to about 78,400 vehicles, according to a company spokesman.
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Spain's new car registrations fell 17.2% year on year in July, car manufacturers association ANFAC said on Wednesday, marking the 23rd month of declining sales in two years.
Stick shifts are making a small comeback in the US with 7% of new cars sold this year equipped with manual transmission, according to Edmunds.com.
Toyota has developed a version of the Prius hybrid vehicle that runs on ethanol-blended petrol for launch in Brazil later this year.
Audi's first half operating profit rose 13.2% to EUR2.9bn (US$3.6bn) compared to the same period last year as it registered sales of EUR25bn, up 16.2%.
Brembo has unveiled first half net profit up 44% to EUR35.6m (US$43.9m) and although revenue increased 11% to EUR702.6m, the company is keenly eyeing the economic crisis in southern Europe.
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BMW has offered to increase its domestic work force of full-time staff by a net 3,200 jobs by the end of next year to settle a long-running dispute with its German unions over its widespread use of temporary workers, two sources told Reuters.
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne can't stop the financial bleeding in Europe, so he's shifting the automaker's growth and profit focus to Chrysler Group in the United States.
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne can't stop the financial bleeding in Europe, so he's shifting the automaker's growth and profit focus to Chrysler Group in the United States.
BMW reported its first drop in quarterly profit in almost three years on increased spending on new models and pricing pressure. Second-quarter EBIT declined 19 percent to 2.27 billion euros.
Brake maker Brembo said its net profit rose 7.6 percent to 14.5 million euros in the second quarter from a year before, bolstered by strong sales in its main market, Germany.
Mazda reported a narrower fiscal first-quarter loss on demand for more fuel-efficient models in its home market. The net loss was 6.5 billion yen ($83 million) in the three months ended June 30, compared with a loss of 25.