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Chrysler Group and Ford Motor are testing the limits of truck buyers' appetite for pickups loaded with leather, chrome and heated seats at price tags that can top $50,000.

It's more than seven years since Opel last had more than a 10% share of its home market and it wants to get back there, sales chief Imelda Labbe said in an interview this week.

Honda Prospect Motor, the sole local distributor and assembler for the Japanese automaker in Indonesia, has begun building its second factory as part of its effort to expand into the low-cost car market here.

Ford is discussing launching a new low-cost brand for the Chinese domestic car market, David Schoch, chairman and CEO of Ford China confirmed in an interview.

Harman, a leading provider of automotive acoustic products, is using its acoustic research to help OEMs develop electric vehicle (EV) sounds that satisfy not only legislation, but also the expectations a consumer has about a brand or vehicle. With the initial rulemaking slated for the beginning of July, Matthew Beecham talked with Michael Mauser, Executive VP and Co-President Infotainment and Lifestyle about the research and how the legislative move may open as yet untapped opportunities for the marketers to use the vehicle's sound.

Isuzu Motors plans to establish a wholly owned subsidiary in Chennai, India, in August to market pickup trucks produced at its main assembly base in Thailand but will eventually produce them in India, possibly by 2016.

A Chinese-controlled consortium has completed a deal to buy the assets of bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab, media reports said. National Electric Vehicle Sweden will pay 1.5 billion to 1.

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European Commission-backed automotive grouping, CARS 21, says it wants any vehicle produced globally to have the possibility of being marketed in every part of the world.

The first two Nissan Leaf electric taxis licensed in Brazil started service this week in São Paulo city.

European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) president, Sergio Marchionne, says he is far more confident the latest CARS 21 initiative will succeed following his disappointment and scepticism at its predecessor five years ago.

New official images have been released of the upcoming Golf-sized family car, which goes on sale later this year

New official images released of upcoming Golf-sized family car, which goes on sale later this year

Nissan North America has built the first 2013 (fifth generation) Altima at its Canton, Mississippi assembly plant.

Mazda has launched a training programme for employees of the new Mazda Motor Manufacturing de Mexico (MMMdM) plant currently under construction.

Renault is working on its own version of the Nissan Qashqai, and our exclusive images show how it could look

A new Australian light vehicle sales record for the month was set in May according to official VFACTS data compiled by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).

Skoda reveals more rugged-looking variant of the Superb Estate, known as the Outdoor

Skoda reveals more rugged-looking variant of the Superb Estate, known as the Outdoor

Flammable fluids leaking from a BYD electric car battery might have contributed to a fire following a high-speed fatal crash in China last month, a U.S.-based BYD executive said.