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The boss says quality is key to Infiniti's future.

Volkswagen Group sold 3.05m vehicles from January to April, boosting sales 5.6% year on year, and topping the 3m mark for the first time in the first four months of a year.

Exports are top of the agenda for Luiz Moan, the new president of Anfavea, the lobby group for Brazil's auto industry. He wants to see a foreign sales recovery by 2017 as his tenure's legacy.

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PSA Peugeot-Citroen's factory at Aulnay is thought to be restarting work tomorrow (21 May) after a bitter four-month strike protesting against its closure next year that unions claim has cost almost 40,000 vehicles.

German supplier Continental has named veteran executive Ralf Cramer to head its operations in China, which it sees as the main driver of its growing business in Asia.

Chrysler Group's Toledo (Ohio) assembly complex has built its millionth JK series Jeep Wrangler.

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2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed 12-14 July, will feature seven F1 teams and a celebration of fifty years of the Porsche 911

Seat manufacturers must develop seats that are lighter, offer more space for occupants and incorporate environmentally friendly materials. Yet space creation inside the vehicle has become critical with the explosion of added content and features. Discerning tastes also mean consumers want more flexible living space within their cars. To find out how Magna Seating is meeting these demands, Matthew Beecham talked with three of the company's top executives, namely Randy Koenigsknecht, VP Sales & Marketing, Jeff Lambert, VP Engineering and Global IT Services, Dino Nardicchio, Executive Director, Advanced Engineering and Consumer Interface Products.

BMW UK has announced the network of dealers that will sell and service its new i sub-brand using electric drive systems and offereing 'premium mobility services'.

It was a telephone call from then UK prime minister Tony Blair that prompted Martin Leach to form Magma, the multi-faceted automotive industry consultancy and service provider.

New vehicle sales in Thailand increased by 24.9% to 109,658 units in April, compared with 87,788 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Federation of Thai Industries.

Magna's Cosma unit has opened a plant in southwest China to supply body and chassis parts to automakers in the area including Ford and Volkswagen.

Magna's Cosma unit has opened a plant in southwest China to supply body and chassis parts to automakers in the area including Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen.

Italian supplier Sogefi sold $115 million in bonds to U.S. investors in a private placement and is planning to sell another 25 million-euro ($32 million) note, a person familiar with the transaction said.

Mercedes-Benz led the U.S. premium-brand sales race through April of 2013, but BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch expects BMW to repeat as No. 1 for the year.

When Chris Morrison started out as a car salesman 30 years ago in the placid southern Mississippi city of McComb, he spent every Tuesday at local employers handing out business cards and shaking hands.

Mark Reuss, president of General Motors North America, says GM is staying vigilant on the June launch of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-sized pickups, its most important rollout since the company's 2009 bankruptcy.

Mercedes-Benz led the U.S. premium-brand sales race through April of 2013, but BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch expects BMW to repeat as No. 1 for the year.