TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. is planning to sell 7.5 million shares of its common stock in a secondary public stock offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
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The Las Vegas spectacular of cars and sin known as SEMA is suddenly getting competitive. For the first time, the show will hand out three awards for hottest car, truck and four-wheeling SUV. Winners will be chosen by the exhibitors.
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EXECUTIVE EDITOR--AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: I filled up the Infiniti M56 twice, with the first tank averaging 18.5 mpg and the second returning 24.5 mpg.
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There's an all-new Corvette coming in about three years. Why should you care now?
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Daimler Group is to begin production of its Mercedes-Benz Actros truck in Brazil from 2011, as the company makes efforts to meet growing demand for its trucks in the country.
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Fiat Industrial SpA, the unit that will be spun off from Fiat SpA by the end of the year, will have a board with a majority of members who aren't Fiat executives, company documents show.
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Hyundai Motor plans to open its car plant in St Petersburg on 21 September with mass production slated to start in January.
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Ford thinks the global auto industry will improve this year despite uneven performance in several regions around the world.
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Subaru plans to extend its lineup in late 2011 or early 2012 by adding a sporty coupe developed with Toyota.
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American Suzuki's product plans are murky--partly as a result of Volkswagen's acquisition of 20 percent of Suzuki Motor Corp. this year and partly because of the growing strength of the yen against the dollar.
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The Brand Finance consultancy said General Motors and Volkswagen slumped in the Brazilian ranking of most valuable brands last year, compared to 2008.
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Worldwide deliveries by the Volkswagen Group for the first eight months of the year rose 13.4% to 4.7m vehicles, outperforming the global automotive market for both the month and year to date, it said.
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French industrial production rose strongly in July, propelled by a recovery in auto industry production.
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Toyota Australia will begin manufacturing a new fuel efficient and more environmentally sustainable engine for its Camry and Hybrid Camry sedans at its engine plant in Altona, Melbourne.
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Volkswagen said deliveries advanced 11 percent last month, helped by increased sales in China and the U.S. August sales gained to 545,000 vehicles from 490,600 a year earlier, the carmaker said. July deliveries climbed 2.9 percent.
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Volkswagen said deliveries advanced 11 percent last month, helped by increased sales in China and the U.S. August sales gained to 545,000 vehicles from 490,600 a year earlier, the carmaker said. July deliveries climbed 2.9 percent.
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Talk of emerging markets in recent years has been so dominated by the BRIC markets - an acronym first coined by the investment bank Goldman Sachs in 2001 - that the term's constituents, Brazil, Russia, India and China, have left little room for discussion of other markets.
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Vietnam's vehicle market declined by 17.6% to 8,745 units in August, from 10,616 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA). This follows a 13% drop in sales in July, after a strong second quarter for the market.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up