EUROPE: W. Europe car sales up 16.5% in October [includes audio] 

Car sales in Western Europe grew by 16.5% year-on-year in October according to data released by analysts at JD Power who also told just-auto today that the outlook for 2010 is for a market drop of 10%.

CANADA: Magna books surprise Q3 profit, returns to core business (REG)

Magna International has reported a surprise third quarter operating income of US$81m, net income of $51m and earnings per share of $0.45, increases of $193m, $266m and $2.38, respectively, year on year, benfiting from cost cutting an restructuring started last year as the credit crisis hit the auto sector. Total sales fell 16% to $4.7bn.

THE WEEK THAT WAS: GM and that U-turn 

Thanks, GM. Months and months of coverage, analysis and speculation and what happens at the board meeting Tuesday night? "Tell you what, boys, why don't we just keep Opel and restructure it ourselves?"

• CANADA: Magna won't pursue GM for compo (MEM)
  Magna does not plan to seek compensation from General Motors after its decision not to sell subsidiary Opel to a consortium headed by the Canadian based supplier.
• US: GM targets fast Chevrolet Europe growth (MEM)
  GM is aiming for big growth of Chevrolet sales in Europe according to Chevrolet's global head.
• FRIDAY FEATURE: Did you know?
  If you turned the Jodrell Bank radio-telescope on its side and filled it with cornflakes to create one colossal breakfast bowl, you would still have fewer cornflakes than there are kilobytes residing in just-auto's automotive research archive. Dave Leggett dives in to the cornflakes, sorry kilobytes, in search of a few interesting factoids to brighten your Friday arvo (links are to articles freely available to all).
• GERMANY/US: GM readying Opel plan (MEM)
  General Motors has said it was readying a plan to restructure Opel and could pay off debt due this month as German workers went on strike to protest the automakers decision to keep the European unit.
• GERMANY: Government hints at Opel aid (MEM)
  Germany's finance minister on Friday indicated a readiness to offer General Motors aid to help restructure Opel/Vauxhall, saying the government felt a "responsibility" for the firm's 25,000 German workers.
• GERMANY: Forster quitting Opel - reports (MEM)
  Opel chief Carl-Peter Forster is leaving the company after the surprise decision by GM's board this week to block the sale to a Magna-led consortium, Spiegel Online reported on Friday.
• SOUTH KOREA: Court delays Ssangyong rescue approval (REG)
  A South Korean court Friday delayed its decision on whether to approve a rescue plan for debt-burdened carmaker Ssangyong Motor after creditors failed to agree on it.

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4th November 2009 18:48

Is Chrysler really going to fly in partnership with Fiat? It is perhaps coming off a low base where it has been stuck with the wrong products at the wrong time - and a poor image (read more >>

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The auto industry is one of the most globally integrated manufacturing industries on the planet, but national government sovereignty still dictates for most environmental rules that impact on the industry (except in most of Europe where EU laws are the legislation to follow). There are dominant jurisdictions of course, which influence the framing of laws abroad. In this month's briefing we look at the most important of these, examining the environmental legislation impacting on the industry in the US, EU, Canada, Japan, South Korea, India and China. We examine fuel and vehicles emission rules, new-for-old schemes, energy taxation and other associated legislation.

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