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THE WEEK THAT WAS: Pain and gain
24 May 2013
More read-it-and-weep news for struggling European rivals from Volkswagen group this week as it chalked up another little milestone - selling over 3m vehicles in the first four months of a year.
COMMENT: Colombia's OEM suppliers and assemblers at the crossroads
24 May 2013
Vehicle assembly in Colombia began in 1956 when the government signed an agreement to build Austin trucks locally. Colombian entrepreneurs soon saw the opportunity to invest in technology to be part of the necessary OEM supply chain. But those with up to 57 years of experience are in danger of disappearing unless they make radical decisions.
SWEDEN: Visser moves up at Volvo Cars
24 May 2013
Geely's Volvo Cars has named former GM marketing executive Alain Visser, who joined last year, as its new senior vice president marketing, sales and customer service, replacing Doug Speck who is leaving for a new job in the US.
AUSTRALIA: Ford to end local manufacture in 2016
23 May 2013
After announcing an after-tax operating loss of A$141m for the 2012 financial year, following a A$290m loss in 2011, Ford has finally thrown in the manufacturing towel in Australia and will close its factories in 2016.
HONG KONG: Geely announces management changes
23 May 2013
The board of directors of Geely Automobile have announced management changes.
US: New Chinese bid to buy Fisker – reports
22 May 2013
Chinese business interests are again reportedly moving to buy financially crippled electric car start-up Fisker Automotive.
US: GM invests for greater flexibility at Lansing Grand River
21 May 2013
General Motors has announced a US$44.5m investment to build a “Logistics Optimisation Centre” at its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant (that makes the Cadillac ATS and three CTS models), creating 200 new jobs.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: A little bit of niggle
17 May 2013
I wouldn't have thought that, with the current state of play in the European auto industry, there'd be too much niggle in the union ranks. But we've reported on a bit this week.
COMMENT: Bochum union factionism a voice from the past
17 May 2013
What are Opel's 3,000 odd workers at its Bochum plant in the heavily-industrialised region of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) thinking today?
GERMANY: IG Metall resigns itself to Bochum closure, moots EUR100,000 compensation
17 May 2013
Opel's main union at its Bochum factory in Germany appears resigned to the fact the site will close at the end of next year and is citing an unconfirmed compensation figure of EUR100,000 (US$129,000) for staff with 20 years service.
RUSSIA: Ford plans Duratec engine plant, local EcoSport build
15 May 2013
The Ford Sollers joint venture in Russia is building a US$274m (RUB10bn) engine plant in Elabuga, Tatarstan and will add the EcoSport small sports utility vehicle to local production, also in Tatarstan, from the second half of 2014.
GERMANY: Renegade Bochum sees Opel move Zafira production to Russelsheim
15 May 2013
Opel has moved swiftly at its militant plant of Bochum in Germany, announcing the Zafira Tourer will be manufactured at Russelsheim from 2015.
US: GM unveils $130m enterprise data centre
15 May 2013
General Motors has opened a new US$130m 'enterprise data centre' that will serve as the computing backbone for the automaker's vast global operations.
UAE: Cadillac’s April Middle East sales rise 4%
15 May 2013
Sales of General Motors' Cadillac brand rose 4% year on year to 354 units in the Middle East last month as dealers booked their best sales for April since 2008.
US: GM to sell Nissan NV200 van as a Chevrolet
14 May 2013
Echoing a similar model-sharing deal with the Renault-Nissan alliance in Europe, General Motors is to rebadge Nissan's NV200 van to sell in the US and Canada as the Chevrolet City Express.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: The numbers are (still coming) in
10 May 2013
Quarterly/fiscal full year results continued to roll in this week with a healthy uptick at Suzuki in 2012/3, the latest Japanese automaker to finally shrug off the combined effects of the double whammy Japanese earthquake and Thai floods - and also benefit from the recent downward movement of the yen.
UK: Sovereign debt crises to affect Europe to 2017: LMC Automotive
10 May 2013
Ongoing sovereign debt crises across Europe are continuing to have a major impact on the Continent's automaking development, with 2007 production levels not expected to return until 2017, says analysts, LMC Automotive.
VIETNAM: Sales jump 34% in April
10 May 2013
New vehicle sales in Vietnam jumped by 34% to 8,001 units in April, from a depressed 5,972 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association.
COMMENT: Can we stop talking about EV start-ups, please?
9 May 2013
Far too many analysts and writers have spent time covering electric cars by focusing overly on start-up automakers that formed to grab a piece of the emerging market for plug-in cars.
US: AAM’s Q1 net income plunges 85.7% to US$7.3m
8 May 2013
American Axle & Manufacturing's (AAM's) net income in the first quarter of 2013 was US$7.3m, or $0.10 per share compared to net income of $51.2m, or $0.68 per share, in the first quarter of 2012, a fall of 86%.
CHINA: GM’s April sales rise 15.3% to 261,870 units
8 May 2013
Vehicle sales by General Motors (GM) and its joint ventures in China increased 15.3% year on year last month to an April record of 261,870 units.Vehicle sales by General Motors (GM) and its joint ventures in China increased 15.3% year on year last month to an April record of 261,870 units.Vehicle sales by General Motors (GM) and its joint ventures in China increased 15.3% year on year last month to an April record of 261,870 units.
INTERVIEW: Duncan Aldred: acting VP sales, marketing & aftersales, Opel/Vauxhall
8 May 2013
Duncan Aldred was named as the acting vice president, sales, marketing and aftersales Opel/Vauxhall, in January, in addition to his existing role as chairman and managing director of Vauxhall Motors. Simon Warburton caught up with him at the SMMT's recent Test Day.
US: GM recalls 42,904 Buick and Chevrolet models over defective generator control
8 May 2013
General Motors (GM) is recalling 42,904 units of model year 2012 and 2013 Buick LaCrosse and Regal, and model year 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco vehicles equipped with eAssist [mild hybrid] because the generator control module (GCM) may not function properly.
CHINA: General Motors wins $1.3bn Cadillac plant approval
7 May 2013
General Motors which, through its local joint ventures, is the largest foreign automaker in China, announced it had won regulatory approval to build a new Cadillac factory to boost local sales.
GERMANY: New car sales climb 3.8%, 11% in Spain
7 May 2013
Sales of new cars in Germany, Europe’s biggest market, grew 3.8% to 284,400 vehicles last month compared with 273,900 in April 2012. It was the first increase for six months and the biggest since December 2011 according to industry data.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Once more to the toy shop, brothers!
3 May 2013
Those three of you who peruse every bit of just-auto's home page every day will probably already know The Editorial Team had our annual Fun Day Out this week, courtesy of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Test Day. I've been going, on and off, sice 1987 and the agenda follows a refreshingly familar, welll-proven and immensely popular programme which I believe is unique to the UK auto industry. After earlier using other venues, the SMMT nowadays books Millbrook, the former Vauxhall Proving Ground (founded 1968), almost every importer/manufacturer shows up with the allocated six cars, caterers lay out a fine breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea - and we show up and go nuts.
US APRIL SALES: Detroit grows market share
3 May 2013
US light vehicle sales continued their upward swing in April, finishing up 8.5% year on year at 1.29m for the month. Year to date (YTD) results were 6.9% ahead of the first four months of 2012.
US: Coda bankruptcy filing raises uncomfortable questions
3 May 2013
Coda Holdings' bankruptcy filing this week appears to be the latest in a series of bumps in the road to electrification for the automotive industry.
PRODUCT EYE: Vauxhall Mokka
3 May 2013
A suitably mud-coloured Vauxhall Mokka recently turned up for review at Glenn Brooks' home. He now sees why GM's little SUV is selling up a storm in Europe.
NEW ZEALAND: Best April CV sales for 30 years
3 May 2013
New Zealand's new commercial vehicle registrations of 2,235 units was the best April result since 1982 when 2,754 were sold, according to the new vehicle trade group.
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