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Jaguar touts aluminum features on upcoming XE
Redesigned Mercedes-Benz C-class sedan packed with new tech
Land Rover preps Discovery Sport with room for 7
Kia hints at next Sorento with design sketches
Lexus' plans exclude China plant
Chrysler recalls nearly 30,000 Fiat 500L cars for airbag glitch
Germany's ZF in advanced talks to buy TRW for near $12 billion, report says
GM resumes pickup output at Indiana plant
GM, too, removes parts to weigh pickups, boost payload ratings
Penske Q2 net income rises 18% on strong gains in all segments
Toyota luxury boss says sub-$30K car 'wouldn't be a Lexus'
Dahlheim named CEO of VW Credit
BMW Group tops dealer finance satisfaction survey
Calif. ballot proposal misses cut for November vote
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Fiat would find a safe haven in VW
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Manufacturing
Gentex Q2 net income grows 47 percent 3:19 pm U.S. ET | July 24, 2014
Automotive mirror supplier Gentex reported $76.7 million in net income with total revenue of $338.4 million for the second quarter....Read More »
GM may put Brazil workers on paid leave 9:21 pm U.S. ET | July 24, 2014
GM wants to put nearly a fifth of its workers at a factory in Brazil on paid leave, an auto workers union says, amid falling output in Latin America's largest economy....Read More »
UK car output boosted by new models in first halfJuly 24, 2014 10:41 CET
UK car production grew by 4 percent in the first six months thanks to new models, but the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders warned that further growth must be backed by bolstering the UK's parts supply chain....Read More »
THE GM RECALL
GM recalls 717,950 vehicles, pushing year's recall tally to 60 2:07 pm U.S. ET | July 23, 2014
General Motors is recalling another 717,950 vehicles in the United States, mostly 2010-12 model year cars and crossovers, lifting its total for the year to a record 60 safety campaigns covering around 29 million vehicles globally....Read More »
Brakes supplier Brembo to build new U.S. plantJuly 23, 2014 12:05 CET
Italian brakes manufacturer Brembo will build a new foundry in Michigan to expand its manufacturing capability in the United States, betting on the continued strength of the country's automotive sector....Read More »
Chrysler recalls older Jeep Commanders and Grand Cherokees for ignition switch 4:15 pm U.S. ET | July 22, 2014
Chrysler Group will recall as many as 792,300 2006-07 Jeep Commanders and 2005-06 Jeep Grand Cherokees globally to fix ignition switches that could be knocked out of the “on” position, causing a stall and possible loss of power to the airbags. Engineers are still developing a fix, and the company says it is initiating a recall “out of an abundance of caution.”...Read More »
Kia in talks to open $1.5 billion Mexico assembly plant, report says 6:52 pm U.S. ET | July 22, 2014
Kia is in talks with Mexico to open a new auto assembly plant worth at least $1.5 billion, officials from Nuevo Leon's state government told Reuters. The factory, which sources say will have an annual capacity of some 300,000 cars, would be built on the northeastern fringe of the city of Monterrey....Read More »
New F-150's fuel economy will improve, but can it best Ram 1500? 2:50 pm U.S. ET | July 22, 2014
Ford's new aluminum-bodied 2015 F-150 pickup coming this fall might not be able to beat Chrysler Group's Ram 1500 and claim best-in-class fuel economy....Read More »
Germany's Rheinmetall forms new JV with China's HascoJuly 22, 2014 13:16 CET
Rheinmetall will shift a unit making aluminum engine blocks to a joint venture with China's Hasco to help finance growth at its automotive business, the German company said....Read More »
BRADFORD WERNLE
Gobsmacked by Nick Scheele's kindness 5:34 pm U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
I'll never forget the day Nick Scheele helped me clean the fresh paint off my suit....Read More »
Tesla idles California plant to retool for electric SUVs 3:37 pm U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
Tesla Motors today halted production at its sole assembly plant for the first time for a revamp the company said is necessary to speed Model S output and prepare it to make electric crossovers....Read More »
Russia's Severstal sells U.S. steel plants to AK Steel, Steel Dynamics 8:48 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
Russia's Severstal said it agreed to sell its two steel plants in the United States for $2.3 billion, withdrawing from the market at a time of rising tension between Russia and the West and turning its focus to its domestic business....Read More »
THE SUPPLIER SPEAKS
American Axle's push to diversify drives growth 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
CEO David Dauch continues his father's quest to diversify American Axle & Manufacturing Inc....Read More »
Why refresh Expedition? For Texans, Saudis 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
The Ford Expedition, the last full-sized, truck-based, body-on-frame SUV in Ford's lineup, is getting a new look, a new engine and a load of new technology for the 2015 model year....Read More »
More power to the redesigned Mustang 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
Ford Motor Co. last week finally answered the two questions Mustang fans have wondered about all year: weight and power....Read More »
KEITH CRAIN
No end in sight to GM mess 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
Last week brought more revelations about General Motors and the infamous ignition switch, and there was more grueling testimony, from executives at GM and Delphi....Read More »
Can Linux speed in-car systems? 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
The auto industry is exploring open-source operating systems such as Linux more seriously than ever, hoping that sharing the work and making code available to all will lead to more rapid development cycles, lower costs and happier drivers....Read More »
THE SUPPLIER SPEAKS
Valeo boosts its N.A. r&d with hundreds of engineers 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
French supplier Valeo SA is hiring hundreds of engineers in North America and is opening an office in Silicon Valley....Read More »
THE RUSH TO ALUMINUM
Aluminum's per-vehicle use expected to rise 56% from 2012 to 2025 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014
The advent of the 2015 Ford F-150 pickup has monopolized the aluminum vs. steel debate, and understandably so....Read More »
Tire makers roll into South Carolina 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 19, 2014
South Carolina became the nation's leading tire producer in the fourth quarter last year with estimated daily output of 89,000 tires, edging Oklahoma's 88,000 units....Read More »
Silverado, Sierra, Yukon Denali with V-8 to feature new 8-speed transmission 1:57 pm U.S. ET | July 18, 2014
A new eight-speed automatic transmission will come standard on some 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and GMC Yukon Denali/Yukon XL Denali models with a 6.2-liter EcoTec3 V-8 engine, GM said today....Read More »
Mitsubishi to recall some 2004-05 Lancer sedans in U.S. with defective Takata airbags 9:58 am U.S. ET | July 18, 2014
Mitsubishi Motors is recalling cars made with Takata Corp. airbags in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mitsubishi is one of nine automakers to say it will conduct a recall that includes those areas....Read More »
VW goes local in India to lift salesJuly 17, 2014 16:52 CET
VW will increase the amount of locally made parts in the cars it sells in India to help lift falling sales. Five years after entering India, VW has captured just 2.1 percent of the market because its cars are seen as relatively expensive....Read More »
Mazda2 output begins in Japan 7:34 am U.S. ET | July 17, 2014
Mazda began manufacturing the next-generation Mazda2 subcompact in Japan today and unveiled the first pictures of the production model....Read More »
BMW recalls 1.6 million 3-series cars to replace airbagsJuly 16, 2014 13:59 CET
BMW is recalling 1.6 million 3-series cars globally for a front-passenger airbag defect that has caused automakers including Toyota and Nissan to repair millions of vehicles....Read More »
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