PSA says it is stepping up production of transmissions at a plant in Valenciennes, northern France, to meet strong Chinese demand.
SENIOR MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: About 1,000 or so people are buying the Scion tC each month, and I imagine the majority of them are pleased with their purchase. For not a lot of coin,
NHTSA said it closed a four-month investigation of fires in the Tesla Model S this week, as Tesla announced a design change to better shield the electric car's batteries.
General Motors is requiring Chevrolet dealers to stop selling some 2013 and 2014 Cruze compact cars for an undisclosed issue, marking another setback as GM grapples with the crisis created by last month's recall of 1.
OK, OK, I admit it - just-auto.com this week is looking a bit like Assembly Plant News.com
Honda Motor has announced plans to begin public road demonstration testing of its driving support system in Japan in April, using traffic signal information.
Brilliance China Automotive has posted a 46.5% gain in profit for last year on the back of strong JV partner BMW's sales in China.
Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall of around 119,000 2003-2004 Avalon sedans.
Opel said it will build a Buick model for the United States at a plant in Germany. It said production would begin in the second half of the decade without naming the model. Opel also said it will stop exporting vehicles to China.
General Motors Europe's Opel unit said its main Ruesselsheim plant at its headquarters near Frankfurt, Germany, would gain two extra vehicles - one a Buick for North America - to build later this decade.
Dongfeng Motor Chairman Xu Ping said today that cooperation with PSA could be expanded to include Brazil and Russia, two regions where the French automaker must improve its financial performance.
PSA Peugeot Citroën is adding two shifts and taking on temporary workers at its Valenciennes plant in northern France to meet strong demand in China for automatic transmissions.
Russia's No. 1 carmaker, AvtoVAZ, slumped to a loss last year, hit by falling sales of its Lada cars, underlining the task facing new CEO Bo Andersson as he battles to revive the business amid economic uncertainty caused by the Crimea crisis.
China's Chery Automobile is planning to build a US$100m assembly plant in the Philippines within the next three years.
China's Shanghai GM Wuling, and BYD, have caused a surprise with world premieres at Algeria's national motor show. Renault and PSA should be taking note of a battle to come for control of this strategic regional market.
Ford is to spend US$500m to upgrade its Lima plant in Ohio, adding 300 new jobs to produce a new 2.7-litrem V6 EcoBoost engine designed specially for the redesigned 2015 F-150 [aluminium] pick-up.
Real-life Mario Kart is either really weird or very French.
President Barack Obama said his administration is moving forward on establishing a trade pact between the U.S. and EU. Automakers are lobbying hard for the pact to end import tariffs and adopt standard safety and environmental regulations.
Cadillac plans to open several test-drive centers, stand-alone service facilities and pop-up storefronts across western Europe. The idea is to expose prospective customers to Cadillac products without forcing them to visit a dealership.