http://www.just-auto.comLatest Vehicle manufacturers industry news - from just-auto.com© 2009 All content copyright just-auto.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:29 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:29 GMTjust-auto.com - RSS feedjust-auto.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20Volkswagen Group will invest around ?25.8 billion in its automotive division in the coming three years, the company said today.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102161Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMTVolkswagen's supervisory board has approved the contracts and final details for a staged takeover of Porsche.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102151Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:40:00 GMTThe American and South Korean auto sectors are closely watching the outcome of informal talks between their governments over removing trade barriers within the 2007 US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which still requires ratification. We take a quick look at the issues and reasons for continued disagreement between the two sides.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102150Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:46:00 GMTOpel has sought to clarify remarks attributed to GM's acting head of European operations Nick Reilly published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102144Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:00 GMTMajor suppliers to Tata's Nano are being identified and targeted by global OEMs seeking to make their own low-cost cars, according to an Indian media report.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102153Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:19:00 GMTFord Motor Co is looking to plough 2 billion reais (US$1.15 billion) of investment into its Brazilian operations between now and 2015, it was reported today.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102163Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMTKia has developed its own Gasoline Direct Injection engine based on the new Theta II family of units that will be used in the next generation of Kia vehicles. The company said the project had been developed at a cost of 170 billion won (£88 million) over a 46 month-long research period.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102160Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:00 GMTVolkswagen of South Africa has started exporting right-hand-drive versions of the new Polo following investment at its plant in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102159Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:00 GMTGM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. has started shipping its new Matiz/Spark mini car to Europe as the South Korean unit looks to expand its global sales.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102157Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:45:00 GMTData released by JATO shows that Volkswagen remains Europe's best-selling brand this year, with the Golf remaining the top-selling model.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102152Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMTSpyker Cars is to relocate vehicle assembly to its supplier, the UK-based CPP (Manufacturing).http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102162Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMTRussian truck maker Kamaz said it plans to increase production by 8%-10% next year.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102158Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:00 GMTTroubled Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) says it has finished work on the 307 production line designed to replace the outgoing 406 model range.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102149Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:00 GMTIf 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).http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101965Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:00 GMTGentex has announced that it is shipping interior and exterior auto-dimming mirrors and its SmartBeam High-Beam Assist (called Intelligent High Beams by the car maker) for the 2010 Lexus LS.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102148Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMTGeneral Motors continues to defy the laws of natural selection. It is supposed to be the case that an organism that cannot hold out against its rivals and predators, eventually succumbs. GM has not succumbed, and shows no sign of doing so.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102132Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:31:00 GMTExecutives from Geely, the prospective new owner for Volvo Cars, have met with representatives from the firm's labour unions.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102143Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMTGM will reportedly start making the Chevrolet Cruze in its Lordstown, Ohio, plant before US market launch in the third quarter of 2010.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102142Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:00 GMTPresident Barack Obama has told Fox News that he isn't opposed to GM using bailout funds from US taxpayers to fund its overseas operations.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102140Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMTTata Motors has said it will begin exporting its Thai-made pickup truck to markets across the ASEAN trade block from next year, after import duties on local automotive products are cut to zero between the trade block's four main automotive markets in January.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102130Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMT