Toyota's China sales increased 15.3% year over year to 125,000 vehicles in December.
Nissan will make a new three-cylinder, one-litre engine in its powertrain plant at its Resende Industrial Complex in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.
PSA will move out of its Paris headquarters in 2017 to a location in the city's suburbs as part of a cost-cutting drive under its new part-Chinese ownership structure.
Hyundai Auto Canada has received its first shipment of the Tucson Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV).
Toyota Australia has brought forward substantial price cuts stemming from planned tax reductions on vehicles imported from Japan.
Volkswagen group's Bentley reported 2014 sales grew 9% to a record 11,020 cars.
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) will relocate its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia, in a move, it said, was designed to better serve its growing customer base and strengthen the company's position for long-term, sustainable growth.
News
7 Jan, 2015
Audi's updated Prologue Piloted Driving Concept debuts at the CES 2015 show, while a driverless A7 completed a 560-mile trip across the US
News
7 Jan, 2015
Bentley CEO interested in derivatives of its first SUV due later this year, while 2014 sales figures set new record
More water leaking overnight into the stricken Hoegh Osaka car ship stranded on a Southampton sandbank has forced the postponement of any refloat today (7 January).
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, the world's fifth-largest automaker, said it would spend $73 billion over four years on expanding capacity, building a new headquarters and developing new vehicles.
Opel/Vauxhall sales rose 3 percent in Europe last year, boosting market share for GM's European unit by 0.1 percentage points to 5.74 percent. The carmaker plans to launch several new models this year including the Karl entry-level minicar.
Robert Melville has been promoted to the role of chief designer at McLaren Automotive bringing with him more than a decade of experience covering a wide range of projects for leading brands in the luxury segment.
Bentley expects its first SUV to help almost double its vehicle sales after reporting record deliveries last year. The ultraluxury brand expects to increase annual sales to 20,000 units by 2020 after previously targeting 15,000 deliveries by 2018.
Ricardo said it had worked with Qoros on NVH for the brand's new 3 City SUV.
Opinion
7 Jan, 2015
Auto Express columnist Mike Rutherford is looking forward to a penny-pinching 2015
FCA's Jeep brand booked sales of over 1m units worldwide in 2014, a record for the third consecutive year.
The UK car market grew 9.3% to just under 2.5m units in 2014, reaching a 10-year high, according to data released by the SMMT today.
News
7 Jan, 2015
SMMT says any road tax increase for motorists would damage buoyant UK car market