Skoda plans to start imports to China next year through two possible distribution channels, according to management board member for sales and marketing Werner Eichhorn.
Ford and Mazda are to spend an additional US$37.3m with their Chinese partner Changan on their engine plant venture.
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Opel is set to make its return to motorsport, with a new Adam R2 rally car for a one-make rally Cup
The dangers for the US economy posed by the so-called 'fiscal cliff' of tax rises and spending cuts if agreement is not reached on closing the yawning federal budget deficit, are now causing concern among automakers.
Francois Dossa, currently Nissan Brazil's general director of finance and administration, is appointed president from 1 January.
Denso has developed a new and higher-performing millimetre-wave radar that has a longer and wider detection range, which helps improve the responsiveness of an active safety technology.
China has established a goal of making China the world leader in plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales with a target of manufacturing 500,000 PEVs per year by 2015. According to a recent report from Pike Research, annual sales of PEVs will reach only 45,000 units by 2015, increasing to 152,000 vehicles in 2017. That figure represents less than 1% of the total light duty vehicle market in China.
Mazda Motor has launched its redesigned Atenza in Japan, aiming to sell 240,000 units a year world-wide.
The South Korean government will make it mandatory for local carmakers to disclose vehicles' fuel economy starting in the second half of next year.
Toyota's global output, which currently stands at roughly 9.89m units, is not expected to surpass 10m units in fiscal 2012.
Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 4.72m (4.24; +11.2%) vehicles to customers worldwide in the year to the end of October. The brand developed particularly well in the Central and Eastern Europe region, where 223,100 (173,100; +28.9%) units were delivered.
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Ford is working on a 150bhp version of its efficient 1.0 EcoBoost engine
It was raining, one of the world's toughest road courses was pretty wet and all the cars had 640 hp. What could possibly go wrong?
Renault aims to grow its market share in emerging markets with the launch of two low-cost vehicles, one of which would challenge the Tata Nano in India, a French news Web site reported.
China's passenger-vehicle sales will expand by an average 8 percent a year to reach 22 million in 2020, driven by demand for SUVs and rising incomes in smaller cities, according to a report from McKinsey.
The battle for the top spot in luxury car sales over the next decade likely will be decided by who wins the largest share of the expanding market for smaller premium cars. Current No.
Toyota is rolling out two precrash safety systems that it says will help prevent high-speed collisions and pedal-misapplication accidents. The technology will debut soon in a high-end Toyota-brand sedan.
The battle for the top spot in luxury car sales over the next decade likely will be decided by who wins the largest share of the expanding market for smaller premium cars. Current No.
China's passenger-vehicle sales will expand by an average 8 percent a year to reach 22 million in 2020, driven by demand for sport-utility vehicles and rising incomes in smaller cities, according to a report from McKinsey and Co.
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