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Thailand: New car sales up 30.5 pct in April

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : New car sales in Thailand rose 30.5 percent in April to 87,788 units data published by Toyota Motor Corp's Thai unit showed. Sales of passenger cars increased 23.4 per cent, to 38,211 units, commercial vehicle sales went up 35.2 per cent to 49,132 units, and sales of ...
Subaru expands US Lafayette plant, creates 100 new jobs

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc.’s Lafayette plant will add an estimated 100 full-time jobs by 2014, the company said Wednesday. The company plans to invest $75 million on the central Indiana factory in order to increase production of its Outback and Legacy models. "It will create approximately ...
Official: GM to build next-gen Astra in UK at Ellesmere Port

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : General Motors today confirmed that production of its next-generation Astra compact vehicle will be built at the company’s manufacturing plant at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. Ellesmere Port will be the leadplant of only two in Europe building the new model. Mr Cable said: "Huge efforts have ...
UK Car production up 9.3 pct in April

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : Car manufacturing rose by 9.3 percent in April, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said, and was up 11.8 percent over the first four months of the year. Commercial Vehicles output rose by 3.2 percent in April, but was down 9.2 percent over the ...
Ford begins taking Orders for C-MAX Hybrid. Toyota Watch out

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : Ford Motor Co. announced that dealers are now taking orders for C-MAX Hybrid. The new hybrid minivan will have a base price of $25,995 when it goes on sale this fall. That's $500 less than Toyota's Prius V wagon. Like the Prius, the new compact vehicle ...
Factory Installed Automotive Navigation Solutions to surpass portable GPS devices by 2015

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : According to a report from ABI Research, the total in-car navigation market is set to grow with a CAGR of 25.9% over the next five years. Factory-installed navigation solutions are set to overtake PND shipments by 2015, reaching 25 million units. Much of this growth is ...
Opel’s U.K. Ellesmere Port plant saved. But Germany?

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : Vauxhall and its UK factory have been saved by a ground-breaking ‘round the clock’ flexibility deal that secures thousands of jobs. General Motors will build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain, rather than in Germany. "It's been confirmed this morning that they (the ...
Holden Commodore to be sold in US under the Chevrolet SS badge?

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : Since the demise of Pontiac killed the G8, reports and rumors have been flying around about the return of the Holden Commodore as a Chevrolet to the United States. But now, according to the Drive magazine, an announcement of an export program for the Holden Commodore ...
PSA Peugeot Citroen weakness can hit electric JV – BMW

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer, said that PSA Peugeot Citroen's current weakness can have an impact on its joint venture BPC Electrification. The German executive also said that the new alliance between PSA Peugeot Citroen and General Motors would not affect an engine partnership with the ...
GM ad withdrawal puts Facebook in dilemma

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 : General Motors pulled its paid advertising from Facebook yesterday - after concluding they were ineffective. The direct financial impact of GM's move is minimal for Facebook, but the decision drew attention to the network's advertising system, which some observers regard as immature. GM reportedly spends about $4 ...