French, Spanish and Italian car sales rose in June, helped by extra incentives and demand for new models as Europe's vehicle sector steadily recovers from a six-year slump.
Porsche will increase its headcount by about 5,000 to underpin its global growth ambitions. The new jobs will be created in model development, production, sales and servicing, Porsche said.
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Volvo's global car sales rose 5 percent in June, helped by a 30 percent gain in China and a rise of 22 percent in Sweden.
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Toyota’s facelifted Yaris is now on sale, priced from £10,995 and set to arrive in August
Volkswagen Group premium car unit Audi is betting 'green' car fans are more interested in low emissions than distinctive designs.
Light-vehicle sales, led by Chrysler Group, Nissan and Toyota, rose 1 percent last month, exceeding many projections and helping the auto industry end the first half of 2014 on an unexpected upswing.
BMW on Tuesday started production of the new five-door Mini hatchback at its Plant Oxford here in England.
Mazda Motor has begun operations at its newly-established national sales company (NSC) in Taiwan, Mazda Motor Taiwan (MMT).
Royal Philips says it will start the process to combine its Lumileds (LED components) and automotive lighting businesses into a stand-alone company within the Philips Group.
Audi claims to be reinforcing its leading role in automotive lightweight construction by introducing new, lightweight suspension springs made of glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) which will appear in "an upper mid-size model" before the end of 2014.
Chrysler Group is expanding a previous safety recall to install a more robust ignition switch module detent ring.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced a five-year deal with Mexican distributor Chrysler de Mexico (CdM) to supply its global compact sedan for sales starting in November 2014.
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A new BMW car plant in Mexico will build 150,000 vehicles annually, a source said. BMW said it will make an announcement in Mexico on Thursday, although the company did not confirm it will be about a new factory.
Shanghai GM, General Motors' manufacturing JV in China, has recalled 194,107 Buick Excelle GT cars for headlight checks.
Denso says it will expand its plant in Apodaca, Mexico, to increase production of transmission components in the North American region.
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