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UK: Chinese OEMs set to become global players - Nissan

14 June 2013

Senior Nissan executive Andy Palmer has told an auto industry forum in London that the Chinese OEMs are set to grab a big slice of future growth in the world's automotive market.

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.

UK: Nissan global VP sets out vision at auto summit

13 June 2013

Top Nissan Motor executive Andy Palmer told an auto industry forum in London demand is growing worldwide for new cars, particularly in China and India.

FRANCE: Renault makes 2m large LCVs in Batilly

13 June 2013

SoVAB, or Société des Véhicules Automobiles de Batilly, a wholly-owned Renault subsidiary located in Batilly, Meurthe-et-Moselle (France), has made 2m large commercial vehicles since 1980.

SWITZERLAND: Nissan extends Leaf battery warranty

12 June 2013

Nissan is retrospectively extending battery warranty from three to five years for about 10,000 European owners of the original, Japanese-built Leaf.

GERMANY: Volkswagen delays Europe's next Passat

11 June 2013

The current Volkswagen Passat for European markets, launched in 2005, will not be replaced until "late 2014 or early 2015", a company insider has told just-auto.com.

RUSSIA: Japanese suppliers ramp up local production

11 June 2013

Japanese suppliers are expanding or launching production in Russia to support their carmaking customers.

VIETNAM: New Nissan Sunny, new assembly plant

11 June 2013

Nissan has launched its redesigned Sunny - aka Versa, Almera and Latio elsewhere - in Vietnam where it is assembled in a new plant operated by local distributor Tan Chong Motor Group.

MEXICO: Nissan strikes new Note for North America

7 June 2013

Nissan said it would begin selling its new Note model, made in Mexico, from the middle of this month, in the US and Canada.

JAPAN: Nissan’s first MMC JV minicar goes on sale

6 June 2013

The first minicar developed by Mitsubishi Motors with Nissan input went on sale in Japan today (6 June). The DAYZ is the result of a two-year cooperation with Mitsubishi Motors and is built by Mitsubishi at its Mizushima plant. Nissan has previously sold rebadged Mitsubishi and Suzuki minicars.

US: Sales bloom in May

4 June 2013

In a classic case of April showers and May flowers, last month’s US light vehicle sales bloomed quite nicely following the previous month’s dip.

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.

JAPAN: New vehicle sales down 6.9% in May

4 June 2013

Japan's new vehicle sales, including mini-vehicles, fell 6.9% from a year earlier to 367,648 units in May.

CHINA: Nissan JV sales rise in May

4 June 2013

Nissan Motor and its Chinese joint venture sold 103,000 cars in May, up 2% year on year and compared with a 2.7% rise in April.

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.

CHINA: Toyota sees a sales rebound

3 June 2013

Toyota sales have shown their first increase in China since the Sino-Japanese fall out over the Senkaku islands last autumn.

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.

SOUTH AFRICA: UAW blasts US 'cultural bias' against unions as Nissan fight continues

31 May 2013

US labour body, UAW, says American management has been "culturally biased" against trade unionism for 20 years as the organisation took its campaign for labour representation at Nissan's Mississippi plant to South Africa.

COMMENT: Detroit to Johannesburg - Danny Glover's campaign continues

31 May 2013

Hot on the heels of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa's (NUMSA) claim for a 22% pay increase and the union finds itself in the spotlight for the second time in a week with the visit of Hollywood actor, Danny Glover, to Johannesburg.

US: Vehicle sales seen rebounding in May

31 May 2013

Car sales in the US are expected to get back on track in May according to analysts at Edmunds.com, who forecast 1,420,937 new cars and trucks will be sold for an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of 15.1m light vehicles.

SOUTH AFRICA: UAW and Danny Glover gain NUMSA support for Nissan union campaign

30 May 2013

America's UAW union has enlisted the powerful backing of Hollywood actor, Danny Glover and South African union, NUMSA, in support of its campaign for improved labour representation at Nissan's Mississippi plant.

JAPAN: Mitsubishi to halt CV production

30 May 2013

Mitsubishi Motors is to cease development of commercial vehicles including minitrucks.

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.

BELGIUM: New Renault and GM crossovers have five-star crashes

29 May 2013

Two new family-oriented crossovers have done well in the latest Euro NCAP crash test results.

ISRAEL: Better Place pulls the plug as EV sales stall

28 May 2013

Better Place, the Tel Aviv-based company launched in 2007 to develop a global network of recharging stations for electric vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy. The company said in its court filing on Sunday that it has cumulative losses of US$812m, assets of US$10m and that it owes US$40m to suppliers.

US: Robust retail sales driving US light vehicle market up in May

28 May 2013

Analysts in the US expect the May light vehicle market to return over the 15m unit SAAR level, driven by strong retail demand and higher sales of pick-ups.

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.

JAPAN/UK: Nissan recalling Cube/Micra for steering wheel fault

23 May 2013

Nissan is recalling over 800,000 Cube/Micra models because of a faulty steering wheel.

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.