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Volkswagen Group insiders say Lamborghini's Urus SUV will be built in Bratislava, sharing its production line with other group SUVs and benefiting from new aluminium pressing facilities.
Toyota is reintroducing skilled manual work in key manufacturing roles, aiming to strengthen quality and expertise by giving humans tasks once handled by robots.
Ford will spend $500 million upgrading its Lima, Ohio engine plant to build a new 2.7-litre six-cylinder EcoBoost, adding 300 jobs and supplying the next F-150.
Honda will shed around 340 jobs at its Swindon factory after falling export sales forced the company to scale back production and consolidate operations onto a single line.
BMW is expanding production at its Spartanburg and Chinese joint-venture plants as it aims to surpass two million vehicle sales worldwide in 2014.
BMW will expand its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant to boost output beyond 400,000 vehicles and add a new X7 SUV to its model line-up.
With Honda and Mazda opening new plants and major investment from Volkswagen to Chrysler, Mexico’s car output is set to approach 4.5 million units by 2020.
General Motors will expand its Tychy plant to produce a new 1.6-litre diesel, targeting 200,000 engines a year as part of Opel’s European recovery plan.
BMW is in advanced talks with Mexican officials about a potential $1.5 billion plant that could build 1 and 3 Series models for export as early as 2016.
Volkswagen has agreed to allow workers at its Chattanooga, Tennessee factory to vote on United Auto Workers representation, marking a potential first for a foreign-owned US car plant.
Chrysler will halt its Sterling Heights plant for 30 days to retool for the new 200 sedan, as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles projects €8 billion in group capital expenditure for 2014.
BMW will add 1,000 permanent positions at its four UK manufacturing sites, with the majority of new roles based at the Mini plant in Oxford.
Volkswagen is under pressure from IG Metall to establish a works council at its Chattanooga plant, but faces legal and political obstacles to union representation in the US.
BMW commits £750 million to UK MINI production, increasing local supplier content and introducing new engines at Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall sites.
BMW is preparing to expand the Mini range to as many as ten different variants, with future models based on the group’s new front-wheel-drive UKL architecture.
Volkswagen’s global works council chairman Bernd Osterloh has publicly supported the UAW’s efforts to represent workers at the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee factory, intensifying debate over unionisation at foreign-owned US plants.
A century after Ford’s Highland Park plant revolutionised car manufacturing, the moving assembly line remains the backbone of global automotive production.
Renault's Oran facility will assemble the Symbol saloon from late 2014, marking the company's first manufacturing venture in Algeria and creating hundreds of jobs.
Elon Musk says Tesla is planning factories in Europe and Asia to support future mass-market electric car production as Model S demand outpaces current capacity.
Volkswagen is preparing to invest in a new assembly facility in Indonesia, with plans potentially tied to the country’s green car incentives and eco-friendly vehicle production.
More than 2,150 workers walked out at BMW’s Rosslyn plant near Pretoria, stopping 3 Series output and disrupting export schedules to key global markets.
Bentley will enter the luxury SUV market in 2016 with a new model built at its Crewe plant, targeting global growth and a base price of €180,000.
Dacia’s Mioveni plant has produced its 100,000th 0.9-litre TCe turbocharged engine, less than a year after the unit’s introduction in the brand’s core models.
Opel is weighing a move to assemble the Mokka subcompact SUV at its Figueruelas plant in Zaragoza, Spain, as European demand outpaces expectations.