The federal government shutdown has prompted Nissan's US financial services division, Nissan Motor Acceptance, to offer customers an extension of payments up to 90 days.
German car production jumped 14 percent to 515,200 vehicles in September, driven by strong demand for exports, the country's auto industry association VDA said.
BMW South Africa is warning that continuing industrial action in South Africa is damaging the reputation for reliability of South Africa's automotive manufacturing sector and threatening future investment.
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Dacia has sold its 10,000th car in the UK only ten months after its official launch
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's minicar joint venture with Nissan has announced a new 'super height wagon' model which MMC will sell as the eK Space in Japan from the beginning of 2014.
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Road safety charity wants bigger fines as a greater deterrent to careless driving
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Peugeot 308 hatchback is due on sale in January 2014 and gets a starting price of £14,495
Russia's largest carmaker, AvtoVAZ, which Renault-Nissan plan to take control of by mid-2014, had a first-half net loss of $80.7 million.
BMW has put on hold expansion in South Africa following labor strikes that have disrupted the country's auto industry.
Toyota was the top selling brand in Australia last month with 17,492 vehicles sold.
German car production jumped 14% to 515,200 vehicles in September, driven by strong demand from Asia, according to the auto industry association.
Vehicle sales in Turkey fell 2.4% year-on-year to 67,963 vehicles in September according to the Automotive Distributors' Association (ODD).
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Porsche is said to be mulling focusing production of the next Panamera at its plant in Leipzig, Germany, in a move that could cost 800 jobs at parent Volkswagen.
Porsche is said to be mulling focusing production of the next Panamera at its plant in Leipzig, Germany, in a move that could cost 800 jobs at parent Volkswagen.
Porsche is said to be mulling focusing production of the next Panamera at its plant in Leipzig, Germany, in a move that could cost 800 jobs at parent Volkswagen.
Johnson Controls Power Solutions has expanded its Zwickau, Germany, AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) battery plant with a 100 million euro investment, making it the world's largest production facility for AGM batteries. This technology is used mainly for Start-Stop vehicles.
Magna International Inc. has announced that its Magna Seating operating unit has opened a new seat component manufacturing facility in Odzaci, Serbia, which will supply OEM customers including Smart, Renault and Ford.
The UK's telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has published plans for a major trial that will test wireless transmitting technology to and from vehicles on a public road in Britain.
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