Honda Motor's union will not call for wage hikes for fiscal 2010 from April, for the first time in five years, during annual wage negotiations with the management in the spring, union officials said.
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Statistics released by South Africa's auto industry body NAAMSA show that the vehicle market grew by 15.5% year-on-year in January, though the organisation warned that January last year was exceptionally weak.
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Exports of US made vehicles to the Middle East, Africa and Latin America may spread the US 'pedal recall' to those markets as well though climatic conditions may mean the problem of friction-related wear is less likely.
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Vehicle sales in Brazil slumped 27.33% in January from December, cooling off after a streak of monthly gains that pushed 2009 to a record in sales, national automobile dealers association Fenabrave said.
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Russia has offered to supply Venezuela 2,500 Avtovaz cars including the Lada Kalina, Russian deputy prime minister Igor Sechin said.
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BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën last week signed an agreement in Paris on further development of four cylinder petrol engines.
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Volvo Car UK says its decision to launch two new low-CO2 DRIVe versions of its S80 saloon and V70 estate models, addresses increased emphasis on the British carbon tax environment.
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Toyota Motor's quality and customer service operations chief Shinichi Sasaki on Tuesday apologised to customers for a massive recall that could reach up to 4.45m vehicles worldwide over potentially defective accelerator pedals.
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Honda UK's share of a 646,000-unit global recall of Jazz/Fit models and derivatives is 171,372 2002-2008 model year Jazz hatchbacks (built in both Japan and, later, China) which will be called back to check the master power window switch.
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Germany wants General Motors to increase its contribution to Opel's reorganisation before considering whether to provide state aid, sources have told Bloomberg News.
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Tunit release new diesel performance device which aims to reduce owners carbon foot print by up to 18 percent.
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Tunit release new diesel performance device which aims to reduce owners carbon foot print by up to 18 percent.
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A well thought-out Eastern Europe strategy has enabled Ford to bring some 'white space' thinking to the US market, says white van man Mark 'Coolbear' Bursa
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After a severe downturn in 2009, Ireland's new car market is off to a positive start in 2010 according to data released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).
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Dutch supercar maker outlines its dream for a raft of new Saab cars, starting with a new 9-3.
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AvtoVAZ will go ahead with the production of a car based on the Dacia Logan platform at its Togliatti factory in Russia after receiving approval from the Renault-Nissan strategic committee.
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New car registrations in Germany fell for the second month in a row in January as the market still suffers a hangover from the ending of the country's scrappage subsidy.
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PSA's recall of its Peugeot 107 and Citroën C1 models will concentrate on vehicles of roughly the same age as those affected by Toyota's eight-model European recall that includes the Aygo built in the same Czech Republic plant.
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Spyker said on Tuesday its purchase of Saab would give it a rare opportunity to acquire and rebuild a global car brand which will be "repositioned towards an independent performance-oriented niche car company with an industry-leading environmental strategy". There are no surprises in the initial product line which will be built in Sweden and Mexico.
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Toyota may have to repair the accelerator pedals of up to 1.8m vehicles sold in Europe, its Brussels headquarters announced.
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