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Brazilian vehicle sales plunged 31% in September from a record-breaking August as the effect of extended tax breaks wore off for consumers.
Sales of new cars fell across all major European markets in September, according to figures released this week. The UK reports its sales figures on Thursday.
Fiat will stop production at its plant in Pomigliano, Italy, for two more weeks at the end of October because of a weak European market.
Magna International has expanded its engine and transmission pump business with the acquisition of Germany's Ixetic Verwaltungs, a manufacturer of automotive vacuum, engine and transmission pumps.
Supplier Cooper-Standard Holdings is hiring Johnson Controls executive Jeffrey Edwards as its new president and CEO. Edwards will succeed longtime Cooper-Standard executive James McElya, effective Oct. 15.
Electric car technology provider Better Place said it has replaced chief executive officer Shai Agassi with the CEO of its Australia unit, five years after Agassi founded the company.
Toyota was again named the world's most valuable automotive brand in the recently published Best Global Brands 2012 by Interbrand. This year's report saw the brand valuation rise 9% top an overall top 10 place across all industries.
The Chrysler Group reported a 12 percent rise in U.S. sales in September, helped by a 27-percent increase in car deliveries and big gains at the Fiat and
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Germany may subsidize electric cars after the next general election in order to meet a lofty goal of 1 million emission-free vehicles on the road by 2020, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany may subsidize electric cars after the next general election in order to meet a lofty goal of 1 million emission-free vehicles on the road by 2020, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Market leader Maruti Suzuki and utility vehicle major Mahindra and Mahindra provided some relief to the intensifying gloom in the Indian auto sector that saw most automakers registering double-digit year on year sales declines in September.
Maruti Suzuki India's domestic sales in September grew 12.7% year on year to 88,801 new cars, after a sharp 35% drop in August affected by worker violence at the Manesar facility.
U.S. auto sales, led by Toyota, Kia, American Honda and Volkswagen, rose 13 percent to 1.19 million last month as the annualized pace of sales accelerated to 14.9 million -- the highest rate since March 2008.
GKN Driveline says Europe could see a 75g limit for C02 imposed by Brussels as early as 2025 as legislators increasingly turn their attention to low-carbon vehicles.
Toyota South Africa will look to increase the local content of the vehicles it produces and its Durban plant, Johan van Zyl, president and CEO, said at the opening of a new parts distribution warehouse in Ekurhuleni.
VW, Opel and Ford all suffered as new-car registrations in Germany fell 11 percent in September.
The mature European automotive paint additives market is being driven mainly by new technology and product innovation. Sizeable R&D investments are aimed at developing competitively priced, high performance additives that meet legislative requirements.
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