Edmunds.com is predicting an April SAAR in the range of 13.3m to 14.1m and a possible 700,000-unit hit to the full-year tally if earthquake-related Japanese supply problems last through the summer.
Defunct British van maker LDV's Maxus van has been revived by new owner SAIC in time for the Shanghai motor show next week.
National carmaker Proton has secured GBP270m (US$440m) to fund a five-year turnaround at its loss-making British-based unit Group Lotus.
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's biggest carmakers, are running full shifts at their U.S. plants with overtime, unscathed by parts shortages that are curbing local output for Japan-based competitors.
General Motors chief executive Dan Akerson has said the automaker is working through the Japan 'quake-related parts shortage and also is facing a shortage of engineers in the US.
Tata Motors Group global wholesale sales, including Jaguar Land Rover, rose just 1% year on year to 110,785 in March 2011.
Jaguar and Land Rover sales rose 2 percent to 24,101 units last month, driven by an 8 percent rise in Land Rover sales.
Left-wing metalworkers union Fiom will appeal to a Turin court to try to annul automaker Fiat's plant-level accords on working conditions approved in workers' referendums, Fiom leader Maurizio Landini said on Friday.
Volkswagen Group has set a first-quarter record with almost 2m vehicles delivered between January and March.
Geely-owned Volvo Car Corporation has appointed Toscan Bennett as head (VP) of product planning.
Mitsubishi Motor suspended production at its Okazaki and Mizushima plants in Japan on Friday but operated at Pajero Manufacturing Company (PMC).
Russian financier Vladimir Antonov -- who is trying to buy a stake in Saab -- expressed optimism on Friday that a deal with Sweden's Debt Office to solve a cash crunch at the automaker was close.
Toyota Motor Corporation on Friday said vehicle production in Japan from 10 May to 3 June would be at about half the usual rate.
Toyota said it would keep building cars in Japan at half of original plans at least until June 3 in a move estimated to cost the world's biggest automaker another 120,000 vehicles in lost production.
Toyota said it would keep building cars in Japan at half of original plans at least until June 3 in a move estimated to cost the world's biggest automaker another 120,000 vehicles in lost production.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance plans to invest an initial 230 million euros ($333.6 million) in producing a new diesel motor at Renault's Cleon factory in France, Renault said on Wednesday.
Chrysler is close to launching a debt refinancing package to repay its U.S. and Canadian government loans and has selected four banks to lead the deal, sources say.
Ford will introduce 15 new vehicles in China by 2015, as part of its expansion in fast-growing Asia, the company said in an statement today.
Toyota is considering delaying its announcement of this year's earnings forecasts until after it releases its fourth-quarter and full-year results on May 11, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Chevrolet Europe hopes seven new model launches this year will help it equal or beat the 2.5 percent market share it won in Europe last year, the head of the GM subsidiary, Wayne Brannon, said in an interview.
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