http://www.just-auto.comDaily automotive news - from just-auto.com© 2012 All content copyright just-auto.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:56 GMTWed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:56 GMTjust-auto.com - RSS feedjust-auto.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20http://www.just-auto.com/images/small_logo_style.gifhttp://www.just-auto.com10021Car sales in Western Europe fell by 8.7% year-on-year in January according to data released by LMC Automotive.http://www.just-auto.com/news/car-sales-in-western-europe-down-87-in-january_id119991.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:00 GMTToyota Motor (TMC) operating profit for the nine months to 31 December, 2011 plunged 72% year on year to JPY117.1bn (US$1.52bn) on sales down 10.2% to JPY12.9 trillion. Net income fell from JPY382.7bn to JPY162.5bn. The company has, however, revised upwards its fiscal full-year forecast for 2011/12.http://www.just-auto.com/news/toyota-nine-month-operating-profit-plunges-72-on-costs-and-currency_id119983.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 12:16:00 GMTSsangyong is considering manufacturing vehicles in India, a senior executive of the Mahindra & Mahindra-owned Korean automaker said.http://www.just-auto.com/news/ssangyong-considers-local-manufacture-with-mm_id120010.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:00 GMTGeneral Motors sales in China last month were up 25.3% over December 2011, the automaker's second-best January ever there but the 246,654-vehicle tally, including joint ventures, was down 8% year on year. There were three fewer shopping days as a result of the Lunar New Year holiday.http://www.just-auto.com/news/general-motors-january-sales-off-8-year-on-year_id119992.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:00 GMTMahindra & Mahindra, one of four companies interested in Saab Automobiles, has signed a confidentiality agreement with the bankrupt company and is in the process of finalising its bid, an Indian media report said. China's BAIC, possibly in conjunction with Panasonic reportedly may also submit a bid.http://www.just-auto.com/news/mahindra-mahindra-readying-saab-bid-paper_id119990.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:00 GMTToyota aims to sell at least 1m vehicles in China this year, up from 880,000 in calendar 2011, senior managing officer Takahiko Ijichi has said.http://www.just-auto.com/news/toyota-targets-minimum-14-rise-in-china-sales_id119984.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 12:37:00 GMTSuzuki and UK-based Intelligent Energy have formed a joint venture to manufacture fuel cell systems for the Japanese company's next generation of fuel cell vehicles.http://www.just-auto.com/news/suzuki-forms-fuel-cell-jv-with-uk-company_id119982.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 10:33:00 GMTUK new car registrations rose 0.03% to 128,853 units in January according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).http://www.just-auto.com/news/january-new-car-sales-flat_id120022.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 17:19:00 GMTGeneral Motors continues to tighten its grip on its German subsidiary Opel with the expected appointment of United Auto Workers (UAW) president Bob King to the supervisory board next month, according to Handelsblatt.http://www.just-auto.com/news/uaw-man-on-opel-board_id120013.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 16:47:00 GMTBeijing Automotive Investment (BAIC) may team up with battery supplier Panasonic to buy Saab in order to make electric vehicles, reported ttela.se.http://www.just-auto.com/news/baic-eyes-joint-saab-bid-with-panasonic_id120008.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 16:30:00 GMTFisker has halted work at the former General Motors plant in Delaware, where it plans to build Project Nina, its plug-in hybrid family car, laying off 26 workers there and axing a further 40 contract (temporary) employees from its California headquarters.http://www.just-auto.com/news/fisker-halts-delaware-development_id119994.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 15:47:00 GMTMahindra & Mahindra has posted a worse than expected 10% year on year fall in third-quarter net profit. It had booked an exceptional gain in 2011.http://www.just-auto.com/news/mahindra-mahindra-net-profit-dips-10_id119989.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 13:35:00 GMTChrysler's two-minute Sunday night Super Bowl half-time ad featuring Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood may have prompted much chatter on- and off-line Monday about Chrysler's follow-up to last year's 'Imported from Detroit' ad starring Eminenm but analysts at Edmunds.com reckon it did very little to "move the needle in consumer interest in Chrysler".http://www.just-auto.com/news/chryslers-eastwood-ad-attracts-talk-not-clicks-edmunds_id119981.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 10:06:00 GMTBMW Group plans to increase the number of UK apprenticeships available through its company and dealership schemes to around 200 in 2012.http://www.just-auto.com/news/bmw-hiring-more-apprentices-this-year_id119993.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:00 GMTAn updated version of just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take a bow at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.http://www.just-auto.com/news/updated-global-debuts-list-honda-cr-v-diesel-morgan-aero-coupe-added_id119802.aspxWed, 01 Feb 2012 09:23:00 GMTNissan Motor's luxury division Infiniti posted a 60% increase to 19,075 units in 2011 sales in China, making it the company's second largest market for two consecutive years, reported China Daily.http://www.just-auto.com/news/infiniti-posts-60-increase-in-2011-sales_id119985.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 13:28:00 GMTMitsubishi Motors' NedCar plant in Born, the Netherlands, appears doomed beyond the end of this year after the automaker said it "would not allocate a new model" for its subsidiary European production site from "2013 and beyond".http://www.just-auto.com/news/mitsubishi-closing-netherlands-assembly-plant-in-2013_id119947.aspxMon, 06 Feb 2012 10:24:00 GMTSuzuki Motor nine-month operating profit dipped 5.1% to JPY87.7bn on sales down 6.7% to JPY1.8 trillion due to a volume fall in India, ongoing effects of the Japanese earthquake, and yen appreciation, the automaker announced.http://www.just-auto.com/news/suzuki-nine-month-profit-falls_id119968.aspxMon, 06 Feb 2012 16:02:00 GMTEuropean automotive supplier body CLEPA, is cautioning General Motors could still be involved if prospective Saab bidder, Youngman, starts up production using the 9-3 model.http://www.just-auto.com/news/clepa_id119948.aspxMon, 06 Feb 2012 11:38:00 GMTSchaeffler says it has successfully placed EUR2bn (US$2.6bn) of bonds in the international capital markets, with the issue oversubscribed by around five times.http://www.just-auto.com/news/schaeffler-places-us2bn-bonds-in-capital-markets_id119979.aspxMon, 06 Feb 2012 17:22:00 GMT