Japanese light vehicle manufacturers produced a combined 19,115,573 vehicles overseas in the last fiscal year ending 31 March 2017 - a 5.8% increase year on year, according to reports in Japan citing industry sources.
French registrations fell 6 percent in April on two fewer selling days. Domestic automakers Renault and PSA saw sales fall while VW Group's volume rose as its Seat and Skoda brands showed strong growth.
French registrations fell 6 percent in April on two fewer selling days. Domestic automakers Renault and PSA saw sales fall while VW Group's volume rose as its Seat and Skoda brands showed strong growth.
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2 May, 2017
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Lithia Motors acquired Baierl Auto Group in Pittsburgh, giving the Oregon dealership group its first retail foothold in Pennsylvania.
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General Motors said it opened the Durant-Dort Factory One in Flint, Mich., after four years of restorations.
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Autonomous vehicle start-up Zoox said Corrado Lanzone, former operations director of Ferrari's racing division, has joined the company as its vice president of manufacturing operations.
Opel will use PSA's technology in the next generation of its Corsa. Opel had previously said the Corsa, slated to be launched in 2019, would be built with GM technology.
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EU antitrust regulators scrapped an investigation into Faurecia, Eberspaecher and Tenneco, three years after raiding the suppliers and others on suspicion of anti-competitive practices.
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