Ford Motor Co's Volvo Cars denied a Swedish newspaper report on Thursday claiming that the unit's chief executive would leave the company by the end of the year, dismissing the article as pure speculation.
BMW (BMWG.DE) posted its first year-on-year volume gain this year in September and forecast this would become a trend during the rest of 2009 thanks to new model launches and barring any unforeseeable shocks.
A powerful typhoon approached Japan's main islands on Wednesday, closing car factories and disrupting some refinery shipments.
A U.S. trade panel that hears patent disputes said it would investigate allegations that Toyota Motor Corp, the world's largest automaker, infringed patented technology to make its popular hybrid vehicles.
Loss-making car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said on Wednesday it had secured a 175 million pound ($277.7 million) loan from the State Bank of India (SBI.BO).
U.S. traffic safety authorities have launched an investigation into Toyota Motor Corp's (7203.T) 2000 and 2001 model year Tundra pickups following complaints alleging that severe frame corrosion caused brake system failures or spare tire separation.
General Motors Co is on track to hit the financial restructuring targets set in its U.S. government-sponsored bankruptcy, but still faces risks as it tries to win back consumers in an uncertain U.S. economy, the automaker said on Wednesday.
Auto sales in Vietnam surged 104 percent in September from a year earlier to 11,071 units after a 31 percent increase in August, an industry report said on Wednesday.
French car maker Renault (RENA.PA) is looking to replace its Indian partner Mahindra & Mahindra (MAHM.BO) in their struggling Logan joint venture, the Economic Times said on Wednesday, a report refuted by the French firm.
U.S. auto parts maker Delphi ended four years in bankruptcy on Tuesday, emerging from Chapter 11 as a private company and removing a major uncertainty for former parent General Motors Co [GM.UL].
German Carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) is considering building the next generation of its Mini brand at a domestic plant rather than adding to production at its factory in Cowley, Oxford, according to a report on Sunday.
German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) plans to invest 2.2 billion rand ($288 million) at its Rosslyn plant in South Africa to boost production capacity by 45 percent, boosting capacity to 87,000 units.
Toyota Motor Corp is considering working with affiliate Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd to develop its electric vehicles, slated for a global launch in 2012, the Mainichi newspaper said on Tuesday.
The Swedish government said on Tuesday it had asked the European Commission to assess whether proposed loan guarantees to Saab Automobile would break rules on state support.
The booming Chinese auto market continues to be one of the few bright spots for German luxury carmakers, which have drawn few benefits from a flurry of subsidy programmes like the U.S. cash for clunkers scheme.
Czech car sales fell almost 14 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the year, from a 12 percent fall in the first half, the country's Car Importers Association said on Tuesday.
Japan's Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) said it would raise up to $1.1 billion in a share sale and invest most of the funds to develop hybrid and other technologies in what analysts said was a long-overdue bid to close the gap with rivals.
British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Monday he was prepared to discuss support for Vauxhall with parent Opel's new owners, Magna (MGa.TO), noting that representatives from the Canadian auto parts supplier were due in Britain this week.
A U.S.-led group has entered the race to buy Ford Motor Co's (F.N) Volvo cars unit, the Financial Times reported, in a challenge to China's Geely Automotive (0175.HK) which last month confirmed its interest in the loss-making Swedish carmaker.
Labor costs at Ford Motor Co (F.N) are about $16 an hour higher in Canada than in the United States, the Canadian Auto Workers confirmed on Friday, but union said it needs guarantees on production levels before it agrees to concessions to level the field.
Chrysler Group LLC said on Friday it will idle production of its Jeep Wrangler SUV for a week starting Monday due to part shortages from an unidentified supplier.
Alexander Afanasyev, a veteran worker at Russia's largest car plant, fears he could one day be stabbed by a friend.
The chief executive of Motors Liquidation Co (MTLQQ.PK), the old shell of General Motors that remains in bankruptcy court, is hoping that the company will get court approval for a plan of liquidation by the middle of next year, he said on Thursday.
Ford Motor Co of Canada (F.N) bucked the trend in September, posting comfortably higher auto sales as the broader Canadian industry continued to slide.
Germany's new car market grew by 21 percent in September and orders fell a less-than-feared 12 percent even as a scrappage scheme for old autos ran out of money, the VDA vehicle manufacturers association said on Friday.
The global auto industry would have collapsed if the U.S. government had not provided taxpayer-backed financing for automakers General Motors and Chrysler, according to the chief executive officer of Motors Liquidation Co (MTLQQ.PK).
Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) moved on Thursday to boost its presence in the Russian market by signing a letter of intent to create a truck and bus joint venture with local partner Kamaz (KMAZ.MM).
Chrysler Group LLC still plans to shutter eight North American plants according to its initial schedule, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Thursday, as he dismissed recent reports that a Detroit-area plant would get a reprieve.
France will invest 2.5 billion euros ($3.6 billion) over 10 years in research, subsidies and infrastructure development for electric cars as automakers race to get the vehicles on the road, its energy minister said.
Sales in Japan of new cars, trucks and buses fell about 3 percent in September from the year before, a source said on Wednesday, underscoring the fragile state of the stimulus-driven recovery in Japanese vehicle demand.
