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JAPAN: Honda to reuse metal from hybrids' nickel-metal hydride batteries
18 June 2013
Honda Motor has agreed with TDK Corporation and Japan Metals & Chemicals (JMC) additional joint project to reuse "rare earth metal" extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrid vehicles for the magnets of new hybrid vehicle motors.
FRANKFURT PREVIEW: Global debuts list [Fiat 500L Living added]
18 June 2013
The media days for the Frankfurt motor show are 10 & 11 September. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this biennial event, our preview list is updated.
JAPAN: Honda to install wind generation at Ohio
18 June 2013
Honda Motor will install a wind power electricity generation system at a transmission plant in Ohio as part of efforts to promote its environmental initiatives.
JAPAN: Honda delays China hybrid production
17 June 2013
Honda has delayed the start of production of hybrid vehicles in China until 2016.
UK: Car production heading for 2m a year - analyst
14 June 2013
Vehicle production plans for OEMs with facilities in the UK should take UK vehicle production over 2m units a year later this decade with big opportunities for local component suppliers, an analyst has told just-auto.
JAPAN: Honda to recall models over driveshaft problem
14 June 2013
Honda is to recall over 380,000 cars, involving five models in Japan, due to a driveshaft problem.
MALAYSIA: Honda cuts prices and extends hybrid battery warranty
12 June 2013
Honda Malaysia has announced price reductions of up to 52% for replacement hybrid batteries and extended warranty to eight years with unlimited mileage for all hybrid models sold after 1 June 2013. It's also applying the extended warranty retrospectively to existing hybrid customers who purchased vehicles between January 2011 and May 2013.
PRODUCT EYE: Toyota RAV4 2.0 CVT
10 June 2013
Glenn Brooks examines Toyota's attempt to regain dominance of the global C-SUV segment with its new generation RAV4.
INTERVIEW: Bosch UK president Peter Fouquet
4 June 2013
Bosch UK sales grew slightly last year from EUR2.2bn to EUR2.4bn, with the automotive technology sector continuing to remain the company's largest business sector. The Tier 1 supplier's UK president, Peter Fouquet, talked to Simon Warburton at this week's Bosch presentation at MIRA's (Motor Industry Research Association) test track in the Midlands.
INDIA: Honda’s 11,342 units in May a monthly record
4 June 2013
Honda Cars India booked record monthly sales of 11,342 units in May 2013, up 9.8% on May 2012's 10,334 units.
CHINA: Honda May sales rise
4 June 2013
Honda and Chinese joint ventures with Dongfeng and Guangzhou sold 54,564 cars in the country in May, up 4.6% year on year.
CANADA: May sales close to all time high
4 June 2013
New car sales in Canada in May hit 185,000, close to the all-time high of 185,470 set in 2007. Forecasts for full year sales have been revised upwards to 1.76m.
UK: Bosch predicts production of 2.1m vehicles by 2015
3 June 2013
Bosch UK is predicting annual vehicle production to reach 2.1m units in the country by 2015, as nascent economic recovery allied to success stories such as Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan continue.
GERMANY: Ford B-Max outsells rivals in Q1 2013
3 June 2013
Ford's B-Max - with rear side sliding doors - was the best-selling small 'multi-activity vehicle' in Europe in the first quarter of 2013, according to the automaker's analysis of Polk registration data.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Flying the profits flag
31 May 2013
Quarterly and other results to the thirty-oneth of March continued to dribble in this week so let's start by hoisting the Union Jack, drum roll, trumpet blast, and highlight Jaguar Land Rover's 11% full fiscal year profit hike.
May 2013 management briefing: ASEAN growth prospects (2)
29 May 2013
In the last decade of last century, before the term “BRICs” had even been coined, there was another acronym that loomed large on the agenda of any global automaker. ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, looked like a potential powerhouse for growth. In this month's management briefing, Mark Bursa takes a look at the region's automotive prospects. In this instalment, he looks at developments in the major markets with forecasts.
CHINA: Guangqi Honda starts on third car line and new engine plant
28 May 2013
Joint venture Guangqi Honda Automobile (GHAC) has started construction of a third production line and an engine plant within the existing ZengCheng plant site.
PRODUCT EYE: The GBP35,000 Kia Sorento
27 May 2013
The claim of 'an all-new platform' by Kia Motors was something I challenged when the company first made this statement last year. To the credit of Kia Motors' UK importer, the facts did indeed seem to stack up: the floor was lowered and there are additional front, side and rear structures as well as a more rigid monocoque (torsional stiffness is said to be improved by 18%).
MALAYSIA: Market competition to intensify with duty cuts – BMW
24 May 2013
The Malaysian automotive industry is expecting competition in the local market to intensify as the government reduces excise duties further to lower new car prices.
UK: Toyota overtakes BMW as world’s most valuable car brand
21 May 2013
Toyota has reasserted itself as the world’s most valuable car brand, replacing BMW, rated the top brand in the Millward Brown survey in 2010 and 2012. Toyota held the top spot in 2006-2009 and again in 2011.
PRODUCT EYE: Honda CR-Z
21 May 2013
It isn't often that a three-year old car, albeit one that was facelifted not long ago, attracts admiring glances in car parks. Glenn Brooks was surprised to learn that few people know what a Honda CR-Z is.
INDIA: Honeywell turbos fitted to Honda Amaze ('India's most fuel efficient car')
21 May 2013
Honeywell turbocharger technology developed in India is fitted to the 1.5L diesel engine in the Honda Amaze, a car described as 'India's most fuel efficient car'.
JAPAN: Honda confirms F1 return
16 May 2013
Honda will be returning to Formula One in 2015, confirming rumours which have been circulating since the Geneva show in March.
CHINA: Dongfeng takes stake in MMC partner Fujian
16 May 2013
Dongfeng Motor has taken a shareholding in MMC's joint venture partner Fujian Motor. The deal gives China's second largest OEM new access to manufacturing capacity in the country's south east.
US: Honda to make NSX in Ohio from 2015
14 May 2013
Honda's Acura unit said the new NSX hybrid supercar would be produced at a new 'Performance Manufacturing Center' in Ohio, a US$70m production facility of 184,000 sq ft to be housed inside the automaker's former North American logistics facility alongside existing R&D and production engineering operations.
SWITZERLAND: New regional director for Infiniti north Europe
9 May 2013
Nissan Motor's luxury brand Infiniti has appointed Steve Oliver as the new regional director for northern Europe covering the UK and Holland.
JAPAN: Toyota 2012/13 financials improve over fiscal 2012
8 May 2013
Toyota Motor Corporation boosted full fiscal year operating income from JPY355.6bn to JPY1.32 trillion, an increase of JPY965.2bn. Net income rose from JPY283.5bn to JPY962.1bn on sales up 18.7% to JPY22 trillion.
INDONESIA: Sales growth continues in April
8 May 2013
New car sales in Indonesia expanded by 17.2% to 102,079 units in April, compared with 87,079 units a year earlier, according to preliminary wholesale data released by local distributors.
UK: Mixed job news at Japanese carmakers' plants
7 May 2013
There's good news and bad news at two Japanese car plants here in England this week.
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.
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