EUROPE: Light vehicle production forecast to grow 3% in 2010 (MEM)

Analysts at JD Power Automotive Forecasting say that after a year that has seen unprecedented destocking by manufacturers, the outlook for European light vehicle production is forecast to turn positive in spite of an expected downturn to the market in 2010.

BELGIUM: GM Europe plan expected this week 

General Motors was expected to present a restructuring plan for Opel and Vauxhall to European Union ministers by the end of the week, the head of the Belgian region of Flanders said on Monday.

GUANGZHOU SHOW: Carmakers see robust growth in 2010 (MEM)

Most of the world's carmakers, in Guangzhou for the city's motor show, expect China to keep providing much-needed relief from weak car sales elsewhere next year, even as local brands raise their game to grab a bigger slice of their home market.

• GUANGZHOU SHOW: VW eyes triple south China sales
  Volkswagen plans to more than triple its sales in south China by 2018 as a key part of its strategy to double sales to 2m units in the entire country by then, its local chief has said.
• COMMENT: Greater economic stability can't hide Europe's looming overcapacity problem
  As the end of the year rapidly approaches, thoughts are turning increasingly to prospects for 2010. There are a few worries circulating. One of the biggest is that the nascent and rather fragile economic recovery recorded in the second half of this year will run out of steam.
• GERMANY: Minister urges GM to clarify Opel plans (MEM)
  Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has pressed General Motors to provide more details of its plans for Opel and said the US-based group was responsible for workers at the European unit.
• GERMANY: VW board approves Karmann plans
  Volkswagen's supervisory board has approved the acquisition of land, machinery and equipment formerly belonging to the Karmann holding company at the Osnabrück site. It plans to establish a car manufacturing subsidiary there and, later, start a new vehicle project.
• GUANGZHOU SHOW: SAIC expects to double sales this year and next
  China's biggest carmaker, SAIC, expects to sell about 90,000 of its own-brand vehicles this year, nearly double the original target, and will double that again to around 180,000 in 2010, president Chen Hong said at the Guangzhou motor show on Monday.
• INDIA: Toyota JV mulls drivetrain plant (MEM)
  Toyota India is eyeing substituting imports with locally made engines and transmissions.
• GUANGZHOU SHOW: SAIC to assemble new MG in UK (MEM)
  SAIC Motor plans to begin assembling its new MG 6 sedan in the UK at the end of next year and is eyeing defunct van maker LDV too, an official has said.

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