General Motors Co GM.UL said on Tuesday it would have a Flint, Michigan, plant retooled to produce engines for its upcoming Cruze small car and its Volt electric vehicle by late 2010.
Mexican auto production rose in September on a monthly basis for a third consecutive month, suggesting the sector is pulling out of a deep slump.
Agreement between Magna and a UK labour union on Tuesday brought closer a final deal for General Motors [GM.UL] to sell a majority stake in its European carmaking arm Opel to a Canadian-Russian consortium.
France, Italy and Germany have written to the European Union's executive asking for a delay or softening to planned curbs on carbon dioxide emissions from new vans, EU diplomats say.
Ford Motor Co is expanding its largest ever recall -- involving faulty cruise control deactivation switches that have caused fires -- by 4.5 million vehicles, regulators and company officials said on Tuesday.
Ford Motor Co said its China vehicle sales in the third quarter jumped 79 percent from a year earlier as Beijing's stimulus policies bolstered auto demand.
General Motors Co GM.UL aims to grow faster than China's auto market in 2010, its China chief said on Wednesday, after outperforming the country's overall market in the first three quarters.
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co have reached a tentative agreement on contract changes the automaker wants to bring labor costs in line with U.S. rivals, the union and company said on Tuesday.
Italy's Fiat (FIA.MI) car sales in Western Europe in September will increase 14.8 percent from the same month last year, to 106,100 units, the director of research group IHS Global Insight, Pierluigi Bellini, said on Monday.
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc (DTG.N) said on Monday it would slash its 2010 car rental purchases from Chrysler and that its average fleet costs had stabilized at levels it hoped to maintain next year.
Car sales in India rose an annual 21 percent in September for their eighth straight rise, with industry officials expecting continued robust growth as the economy improves and consumer confidence grows.
Chinese car sales soared to a record in recent months on government incentives, but the same money tap that turbocharged sales could easily be turned off in 2010 if Beijing frets about an overheating economy.
General Motors Co GM.UL may finalize a deal this week to sell a majority stake in its European carmaking arm Opel to a Canadian-Russian consortium, its chief executive said on Tuesday, as the firm sheds unwanted brands.
Britain said Monday progress was being made in negotiations over the future of GM Opel car plants in Britain but there were still issues to be settled.
GB Auto (AUTO.CA) is considering issuing five-year bonds worth one billion Egyptian pounds ($183 million) to fund regional expansion and new service centres in Egypt, the company said on Monday.
Israeli chip maker Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TSEM.O) said on Monday it would be the exclusive manufacturer of power automotive devices for C&S Technology in South Korea.
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (0175.HK) said on Monday that it posted record sales of 32,053 cars in September, more than double the same month last year and up 40 percent from August.
General Motors GM.UL is on track to sign a contract this week to sell a majority stake in European carmaking arm Opel to a Canadian-Russian consortium, Opel labor leader Klaus Franz told Reuters.
Germany could end up shouldering the entire burden of aid for Opel because Britain and Spain remain reluctant to support the planned sale of the carmaker to Canada's Magna, a Free Democrat (FDP) politician said.
The auto boom came fast to this harbor town on Lake Michigan where Ramblers first rolled off the line a century ago.
Kenosha, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan has a long history in automotive history that will die if a Chrysler engine plant is shut as planned next year.
Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE) said on Monday it expected its sales in mainland China and Hong Kong to grow more than 30 percent this year, after rising 37 percent in the first nine months thanks to government stimulus measures.
China's Commerce Ministry said on Saturday that it has not yet received an application about machinery maker Tengzhong's bid to buy General Motors' Hummer brand.
A management buyout of Malaysia's national carmaker Proton Holdings (PROT.KL) could be possible, the firm's chairman was quoted by the Star newspaper as saying.
Germany's Economy Minister sought to shore up support for his government's rescue plans for Opel amid signs of growing opposition at home and abroad to the Berlin-brokered deal with Canadian automotive firm Magna (MGa.TO).
General Motors Co GM.UL is looking for a new advertising agency for its luxury Cadillac brand as it tries to reverse a slide in sales in its home market.
General Motors Co's flagship Chevrolet brand expects to boost sales driven by new launches such as the Cruze small car and may represent 70 percent of the automaker's North American sales, the brand's chief said on Friday.
Canada's largest public sector union said on Friday that the strong Canadian dollar is hurting manufacturers and called on the government to take action to help pull the currency closer to its historic range.
General Motors Co GM.UL said on Friday that its China vehicle sales in the first nine months of this year jumped 55.6 percent from a year earlier, boosted by Beijing's stimulus policies and boding well for record sales for the full year.
Ford Motor Co (F.N) is getting close to a deal revising its contract with the United Auto Workers, according to a person briefed on six-week-old talks in which the automaker has aimed to gain concessions the union has already granted to GM and Chrysler.
