News
1 Sep, 2016
Skoda is planning a twin-turbo diesel version of the Kodiaq SUV with Sportline and Scout variants also on the cards.
Canadian auto sales are on pace to set a record in 2016 despite falling for a second consecutive month in August, as low oil prices and consumer demand for light trucks and crossovers drive the market, forecasts said on Thursday.
GM's sales in the U.S. fell for a fifth consecutive month amid 'very tight dealer inventories,' but its average transaction price climbed to a record, and Cadillac sales rose for the third month in a row.
Canada's autoworkers union will face additional pressure to accept less generous retirement benefits for new hires in contract talks due to a 2013 deal signed by workers at one General Motors plant, according to a top union official.
Volkswagen has been ordered by the National Labor Relations Board to begin bargaining with skilled-trades workers represented by the UAW at its Chattanooga plant.
Ford Motor Co. posted its largest year-over-year U.S. sales decline in six years and its third in the past four months. Ford's light-vehicle sales fell 8.8 percent in August, including a 6.1 percent slide for the F-series pickup.
FCA US reported August U.S. sales rose 3.1 percent from a year earlier, based on 2015 numbers that were adjusted downward sharply as part of a five-year restatement of sales released in late July.
Lectra, an equipment supplier to fabric, leather, textile and composite material processors, said Japanese side-curtain airbag cushion supplier Sumisho Airbag Systems is introducing its new laser airbag cutting system FocusQuantum OPW.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' said today its Canadian auto sales declined 20 percent in August, compared with the same month a year earlier, shortly after announcing the revision of more than five years of monthly vehicle sales data.
A complex credit system has left California well off the pace needed to meet clean-vehicle sales goals.
Nissan Group sales dropped 6.5 percent in August, with a sharp decline in car sales accounting for the decrease.
Canadian labour body, Unifor says it will announce its template automaker for this year's bargaining negotiations next Tuesday (6 September).
Ford and Nissan posted their biggest U.S. sales declines in years in August as the industry fell 3.5 percent. Volume at GM, Honda and Toyota also dropped, while Fiat Chrysler advanced. The SAAR fell to 16.
The head of Germany's powerful IG Metall union, Joerg Hofmann, reportedly has demanded Volkswagen request talks with the United Auto Workers union (UAW) over a dispute about how to represent some workers at VW's Tennessee plant in the US.
Although worries persist over the long-term outlook for China's vehicle market, analysis of the latest sales data shows that the SUV segment is continuing to show strong growth that is benefitting Japanese and domestic brands in particular.
French road hauliers are denouncing as "a racket" the ability of British immigration officers to impose severe fines on lorry drivers found with stowaway migrants, as the refugee situation in the northern French port of Calais continues to worsen.
Daimler has announced all Mercedes-Benz Trucks 'genuine parts' can now be ordered via the global, cross-brand replacement parts platform partslink24.
South Korean steelmaker Posco said it had completed construction of an automotive steel plant in Thailand as it looks to grow its presence in south-east Asia.
Critics of embattled airbag manufacturer Takata Corp.