Another Film Friday, another Jam Handy production for Chevrolet.
MG was one of the star performers in the UK market last year, with a 166% sales YoY gain. Glenn Brooks tries the new MG 6 diesel to see how the car measures up to its pricier class rivals.
Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of both Fiat and its majority-owned Chrysler Group unit, said he saw a 50% chance that Chrysler would go public but would prefer that it be fully merged with Fiat.
Though the Indian auto industry was hoping for excise duty reductions in the budget, the finance minister, instead, slapped a higher levy on SUVs, while increasing customs duty on imported cars and 800cc-plus motorcycles.
Maruti Suzuki India domestic new car sales in February fell 10.9% year on year to 83,865 units.
Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings has agreed with the Hangzhou Bay New Area in Ningbo of East China's Zhejiang province to set up a powertrain centre in the city.
PSA confirmed it is talking with Russian vehicle manufacturer AMO ZIL about the possibility of cooperating as the French company plans to boost sales in the country.
French automotive supplier body, FIEV, says Paris will not abandon PSA Peugeot Citroen as the manufacturer struggles in the face of declining European demand, although there is no immediate prospect of intervention.
With the 2013 Geneva motor show kicking off in less than one week, join Autoweek editors as we break down what to look out for.
Full year 2012 results continued rolling in this week with another set of read-em-and-weep figures (if you're at, say Ford of Europe, GME or PSA) from Volkswagen Group. There was a note of caution about 2013 before, a day or two later, came the news of EUR7,200 in annual bonus for each of the worker bees. Nice, if you can get it.
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5 Mar, 2013
Honda has revealed its latest NSX concept at the Geneva Motor Show
Toyota has said that its sales of cars in China in the first two months of the year fell 13.3% on the previous year to 108,800 units.
U.S. light-vehicle sales rose a modest 4 percent to 1.19 million units last month, with Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor Co.
French car registrations tumbled 12% in February, the country's main car industry body said on Friday, as a weak economy continued to weigh on demand for new vehicles.
Spanish car sales fell 9.8% year on year in February, mirroring January's fall of 9.6%, car manufacturers' association Anfac said.
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5 Mar, 2013
Chevrolet has given the Captiva a mid-life facelift, and the revised car has been unveiled at Geneva
Brussels Trade Commissioner, Karel de Gucht, says he has made it clear to Japan there will be no Free Trade Agreement (FTA) unless the contentious issue of its tariff barriers is addressed.
NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: I analyzed the 2013 Chevrolet Volt from both of its sides during my one-night stint.
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1 Mar, 2013
Our sister magazine, evo, has pitted the new MINI JCW GP against three track-focused rivals
Spanish car sales fell 10 percent year-on-year in February, mirroring January's decline, car manufacturers' association Anfac said on Friday.