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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble pressed General Motors Co. on Sunday to shed light on its plans for Opel and said the U.S. automaker has a responsibility for workers at its European unit. Nov. 22 17:01 CET

A group led by a former Ford director will make an offer for Volvo next week, rivaling a bid from China's Geely, a Swedish newspaper reported. Media reports put the bid by the U.S. Crown consortium at between $2 billion and $2.5 billion. Nov. 21 10:46 CET

Fiat may have to close factories in Italy, given sharp falls in auto sales which have changed the sector dramatically, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. Keeping all the factories open "is a request that is not feasible," Marchionne said. Nov. 21 06:01 CET   

Vladimir Putin said Russia will launch a car scrappage scheme to help jolt the country's economy out of the worst recession in 15 years. ...

Vladimir Putin offered Renault control of AvtoVAZ, Sergei Chemezov, head of Russian Technologies, said. Renault would "think about it," he said, adding "I think (it could ...

Spain's industry minister Miguel Sebastian said GM will cut no more jobs at Opel's Zaragoza plant than previously agreed with Magna. He wants GM to make an electric car i ...

VW completed its long search for a top sales executive. ...
   • VW appoints Stadler as board member
   • VW to open new car plant at Karmann site
   • Volkswagen to invest 19.9B euros in 2010 to 2012
   • VW board approves details on Porsche tie-up

The supervisory board of indebted automotive holding Porsche Automobil Holding SE signed off on a contract to merge with its majority-owned, cash-rich subsidiary Volkswag ...

The UK's scrappage incentive doesn't appear to be helping the country's domestic car producers as many buyers are using the bonus to buy foreign-made models. While Britis ...

VW will export right-hand drive models of its new Polo to the UK, Ireland and other global markets from its South African plant. VW plans to almost double South African c ...

Geely has told unions that it will keep Volvo production in Europe if it buys the Swedish carmaker. Union leaders at the Ford Motor Co. ...

Italian businessman Gian Mario Rossignolo plans to revive the De Tomaso sportscar brand. The former Fiat executive aims to build 8,000 De Tomaso cars a year in a former P ...

VW raised hopes that the 90,000 workers in its high-wage western German plants could extend their job guarantees a further three years until 2014. VW wants to be able to ...

Ricardo said it still anticipates lower H1 trading, but expected a strong order book to help it return to normal levels in H2. Ricardo expects increased orders in the new ...

BMW became the latest Tier One partner for the London Olympics on Wednesday, joining an impressive list of major companies already signed up by the 2012 organizing commit ...

Toyota Motor Corp.'s global vehicle sales rose 5 percent in October to about 640,000 units, marking the first year-on-year increase in 15 months, the world's biggest auto ...

India's Tata conglomerate is looking for a successor to Ratan Tata, the 71-year-old chairman of the sprawling salt-to-automaker group. Local and foreign candidates are be ...

Norwegian electric car maker Think Global is preparing to launch its vehicles in the United States and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility, a ...

Continental is poised to issue new shares worth about 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in January to reduce debt taken on for acquisitions. ...