Volkswagen is reportedly considering adding the Polo hatchback to the models that it assembles locally in Malaysia.
Nissan Motor said chief operating officer Toshiyuki Shiga would step aside from the second to top post to a job handling external affairs in a management makeover as the company grapples with quality issues amid an ambitious drive to boost market share.
Research firm Frost & Sullivan expects that there will be 6m semi- and highly-automated vehicles in use Europe and North America by 2025.
Fiat says production has resumed at its Serbia factory in Kragujevac following a blockade of roads and railways by transport staff.
Suzuki Motor said its group net profit in the April to September fiscal first half period climbed 23.3% year on year to JPY51.65bn, led by brisk sales in emerging countries in Asia and the yen's depreciation.
Nissan Motor expects to win back by the end of the current financial year the 7.7% market share it had in China prior to last year's Japan-China diplomatic row, chief executive Carlos Ghosn said.
Daimler would like to expand cooperation with Tesla, a top Daimler executive has said.
US light vehicle sales are expected to be up 12% year on year as the federal government shutdown did not greatly impact consumer purchases.
German transmission supplier Getrag and partner Dongfeng Motor Corp. have launched construction of a dual-clutch transmission plant in the central China city of Wuhan.
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Visteon Corporation has raised its equity stake in its Russian joint venture, Visteon Avtopribor Electronics, from 49 percent to 68.77 percent.
Nissan's Europe boss, Trevor Mann, has been promoted to chief performance officer of the automaker as part of a sweeping management overhaul executed by CEO Carlos Ghosn.
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Nissan, in a wide-ranging management shuffle, has appointed Jose Munoz its new chief of North America. He replaces Colin Dodge, who will be assigned to special projects and report directly to CEO Carlos Ghosn.
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