PSA/Peugeot-Citroen said production at its European plants is returning to normal in the wake of supply disruptions caused by the Japanese earthquake
PSA Peugeot Citroen "expects to see a gradual return to normal conditions, beginning Thursday, 31 March," after disruptions announced last week in some of its production in Europe, caused by difficulties in deliveries of electronic components from Japan, the group said on Monday afternoon (28 March).
Volkswagen, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Ford and other European automakers may be forced to halt production in coming weeks as component suppliers in earthquake-ravaged Japan struggle to restart factories, weekend media reports said.
Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile expects to increase production next year. TPCA's factory in the Czech Republic built 11 percent fewer cars last year than in 2009.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has started to reduce production at some European factories after Hitachi, which supplies it with diesel engine components, was hurt by the Japan earthquake disaster.
TPCA, the car-making joint venture between Toyota and PSA Peugeot Citroen in the Czech Republic, said 2010 profits were flat compared with 2009 despite a drop in both sales and output.
Franck Montagny is leading midway through the 12Hours of Sebring. His teammate Stephane Sarrazin started on pole position and kept up the pace through the first stint. They share the wheel with Pedro Lamy. Audi is down to 7th and 10th place in the general standing.
Stephane Sarrazin took the pole position of the 12Hours of Sebring on Friday. His Peugeot 908 had the best of the Audi R15 of rival Tom Kristensen. But if Peugeot managed to stay on top at the beginning of the race, Audi is now back in first place, three hours into the event.
The 12 Hours of Sebring will be given a green flag next Saturday. The first event of the 2011 season of the American Le Mans Series promises yet another Peugeot/Audi fight on the track.
Vincent Besson, Products and Markets Manager at Peugeot-Citroën, confirmed that the French automaker is currently working to resurrect the 2CV, a true automotive icon in the same league as the Ford Model T.
Nicolas Minassian will not be behind the wheel of a turbo diesel Peugeot 908 at the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring.
Peugeot on Tuesday unveiled a hybrid version of its 908 HDi Le Mans contender during the Geneva motor show, and the French manufacturer could try out the energy-retrieval technology it plans to race at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans on the famous...
Following the unveiling of the 908 in February, a diesel hybrid version of the new car has been unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show.
BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroën plan to spend EUR100mon their hybrid technology joint venture named BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification, both companies announced at a press conference in Geneva on Monday.
PSA Peugeot Citroën celebrated the 10th anniversary of its first plant in Brazil and outlined some of its plans for the next few years during the launch of the medium-compact 408 sedan (a 308 spin-off) in Rio de Janeiro.
Peugeot aims to expand its Mu pay-as-you-go car hire scheme to most European cities.
Nicolas Minassian has had a massive accident aboard the new Peugeot 908, while performing an endurance test aboard the new Peugeot Le Mans car.
Peugeot's Malaysian distributor, Nasim Snd Bhd, is ramping up production of the newly-launched 207 range, with a view to expanding exports to more markets in the region
Austrian contract manufacturer Magna Steyr took the Peugeot RCZ from concept to production in less than two years by using virtual development techniques that allowed it to forgo making a physical prototype.
Peugeot is counting on China and growing demand for station wagons in Europe to help make its new 508 large car a success.