Also in this episode, Fiat increases its stake in Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz plans to bring the new A-class car to the U.S. and Scion shows a sporty car that joins the lineup next year.
To help fund global relief efforts, Mini will auction four Countrymans emblazoned with the makeup likeness and autographs of Kiss band members.
Toyota Motor Corp. said today it would recall about 308,000 RAV4 and Highlander SUVs because of the risk airbags sensors could fail and cause the curtain airbags to deploy.
As a trend towards Chinese automakers' joint ventures with foreign automakers developing new own brands to target new markets - particularly the 'tier 3 and tier 4 inland cities - gathers pace, one of GM's is already talking expansion.
Principal union at Fiat's Officine Automobilistiche di Grugliasco plant near Turin, FIOM, is to ballot all workers on 2 May concerning the automaker's plans for the site.
The redesigned Kia Rio will be the Korean automaker's first gasoline-powered vehicle to achieve 40 mpg on the highway when it goes on sale late this year. The 2012 Rio sedan made its global debut at the New York auto show today.
Just two years after its launch, Kia is updating the Soul for 2012 with performance and technology improvements. The Rio gets a makeover, too.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: The A6, for me, remains the and#8220;just rightand#8221; size from Goldilocks. The A4 is a bit too small while the A8, beautiful in every sense, is a big car.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: The A6, for me, remains the and#8220;just rightand#8221; size from Goldilocks. The A4 is a bit too small while the A8, beautiful in every sense, is a big car.
"Saab's way of communicating is a catastrophe," FKG managing director Sven-Ake Berglie said this week in Sweden. "They must have seen this [the cessation of parts shipments] coming up before in December already, but they did not say anything." And: "When the suppliers did not get paid, Saab said it was a few [of them] and it was due to the [fact] the suppliers wanted improved payment terms, which was a complete lie." Not perhaps the best endorsement of an automaker customer by the head of its supplier group. And still the assembly line lies silent.
Nissan Motor Co. will pick up the pace for deliveries of the electric Leaf sedan in the United States, despite production headaches across Japan due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and will begin accepting new orders for the car.
Fiat has announced that it has reached a deal to buy an additional 16% stake in Chrysler, taking its stake to 46% and bringing the two companies even closer together.
Maybe it's a bureaucrat's revenge but it does seem a tad picky from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to have to pore over the Swedish National Debt Office's (SNDO) approval of Saab's property and loan-tweaking request.
Mercedes-Benz officials--while dodging the question of when--said Wednesday in New York that they plan to bring a newly redesigned A-class premium small car to the U.S. market.
Having said last week there would be "reduced work schedules" in May, Toyota's UK plant has now firmed up its plans: parts shortages from Japan mean only three days of half-shift working a week.
Saab is expressing frustration that approval from the Swedish National Debt Office (SNDO) to change its property and loan status now has to go through a European Investment Bank ratification.
Hyundai Automotive Group is considering building a fourth car factory in China to tap into the fast-growing market, just five months after breaking ground at its third.
Here in the UK we're looking forward to the Easter break and the customary long weekend of spring-time pursuits. Public holidays mean that we're off tomorrow (Good Friday) and on Monday (Easter Monday). We'll be back in your Inbox on Tuesday (April 26).
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