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Jul
16th

Porsche still rates as most appealing brand in U.S.

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Porsche again ranked as the industry's most appealing brand, while Dodge and Ford scored big gains in a U.S. rating of vehicles' ability to excite owners. Porsche's victory was its fifth straight in the annual APEAL study, released today by J.D. Full story...
Jul
16th

Porsche retains rating as industry’s most appealing brand

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Porsche again ranked as the industry's most appealing brand, while Dodge and Ford scored big gains in a U.S. rating of vehicles' ability to excite owners. Porsche's victory was its fifth straight in the annual APEAL study, released today by J.D. Full story...
Jul
16th

JAPAN: Nissan EV battery JV starts production trials

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Nissan Motor, NEC and NEC subsidiary NEC Tokin said on Thursday their joint venture had started trial production of auto lithium ion batteries at Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture. Full story...
Jul
16th

JAPAN: Incentives work for JAMA too

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Fuel-efficient cars eligible for government tax breaks made up more than half of new domestic car sales in June, the chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said on Thursday. Full story...
Jul
16th

SLOVENIA: Renault wins more state aid for Revoz

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The Slovenian government is to invest EUR14.3m (US$19.9m) in Renault's Revoz factory for the production launch of a new city car, the country's economy minister said. Full story...
Jul
16th

Audi at 100: German carmaker celebrates a century of technology, speed and luxury:

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Audi traces its roots to the dawn of the auto industry, and today, the iconic company known by four intertwined rings celebrates its 100th anniversary. Full story...
Jul
16th

Audi at 100: A timeline of significant events:

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1885--Establishment of Wanderer, which ultimately will be a branch of Audi AG. Full story...
Jul
16th

Audi 100: A timeline of significant events:

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1885--Establishment of Wanderer, which ultimately will be a branch of Audi AG. Full story...
Jul
16th

Audi 100: German carmaker celebrates a century of technology, speed and luxury:

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Audi traces its roots to the dawn of the auto industry, and today the iconic company known by four intertwined rings celebrates its 100th anniversary. Full story...
Jul
16th

GERMANY: Battle for Opel intensifies

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The German economics ministry has denied a report that investment group RHJ International is emerging as the ministry's favourite to take over General Motors' European Opel/Vauxhall operations, despite the Magna International-led consortium being selected as the preferred bidder. Full story...
Jul
16th

GERMANY: Porsche denies CEO job is under threat

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Porsche has denied newspaper reports that its embattled CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking, would leave the company after Volkswagen takes a 49% percent stake in the business. Full story...
Jul
16th

BELGIUM: Toyota Europe drops 26% in first half

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Toyota Motor said its sales in Europe fell 26% year on year in the first half of this year to 452,350 vehicles. Full story...
Jul
16th

BRAZIL: Renault looks to boost market share

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Renault could do better in Brazil, according to CEO Carlos Ghosn who added that the French carmaker's 5-6% market share is "below our potential." He wants to increase that to 10% although he did not give a timeframe for the rise. Full story...
Jul
16th

GERMANY: Audi rolls out large five-door hatchback

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Audi from September is bringing back the big five-door hatchback in the form of its new A5 Sportback, third model in a line begun with a coupé and followed up by a cabriolet. Full story...
Jul
16th

Germany’s Merkel backs Magna’s Opel bid, says issues to be cleared

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed support today for Magna International's bid for Opel and said her government aimed to clear up outstanding questions in the next few days. Full story...
Jul
16th

Germany’s Merkel supports Magna bid for Opel

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed support today for Magna International's bid for Opel and said her government aimed to clear up outstanding questions in the next few days. Full story...
Jul
16th

Germany denies report that RHJ leads Opel race

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Germany dismissed a report on Thursday that RHJ International had overtaken Magna International as the front-runner to take over Opel, saying the race remained wide open. Full story...
Jul
16th

Germany denies report that RHJ leads race to get control of Opel

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Germany dismissed a report on Thursday that RHJ International had overtaken Magna International as the front-runner to take over Opel, saying the race remained wide open. Full story...
Jul
16th

Germany denies report that RHJ leads race for Opel

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Germany dismissed a report on Thursday that RHJ International had overtaken Magna International as the front-runner to take over Opel, saying the race remained wide open. Full story...
Jul
16th

UK: European market improvement continues

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The European new car market continued to improve over the first six months of the year although sales were still significantly down on 2008. At the end of June the market was down 10.3% YTD, a 15.7% improvement on the January figure of 26.0% demonstrating a slow but progressive improvement each month, UK analysts JATO Dynamics said on Thursday. Full story...
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