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PRODUCT EYE: Porsche Cayman
17 May 2013
When Porsche GB invites you to the Scottish Highlands to drive its new Cayman, you tend to reschedule whatever else was in the diary. Glenn Brooks was just-auto's man on EasyJet to Inverness.
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.
INTERVIEW: Integration of offline and online is the OEM retail challenge – Kia UK
10 May 2013
Paul Philpott, Kia UK President and CEO, believes that the integration of offline and online 'customer journeys' is the key to meeting future customer demands.
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.
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.
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.
COMMENT: Europe's capacity adjustment creaks along, but is it enough?
2 May 2013
As the middle of the year gets closer, the the European automotive marketplace isn't getting any easier. By last year, Western Europe's car market had lost 3m units since its 2007 peak (a heady 14.8m units). This year is likely to see the market decline by a further 5% or so to not much more than 11m units.
GERMANY: GM announces further investment in Europe
25 April 2013
General Motors is to spend EUR230m (US$300m) at its European Product Development Centre at the Opel headquarters in Ruesselsheim and at the proving ground in Dudenhofen.
INTERVIEW: Mark Ovenden, Ford of Britain MD
24 April 2013
The UK car market may be showing volume growth, but it is also a very, very competitive market, according to Ford of Britain's managing director Mark Ovenden.
PRODUCT EYE: Peugeot eyes new niche with 'luxury' 208 variant
18 April 2013
The UK launch of Peugeot's 208 'hot hatch' sports variant – the 208 GTi - was accompanied, understandably, by some looking back at the brand's widely respected history in that area of the market.
GERMANY: Opel supervisory board signs off Bochum closure
17 April 2013
General Motors' Opel supervisory board has approved plans to close the car plant in Bochum, Germany, at the end of 2014 after workers rejected a deal that would have kept the factory going as a parts facility.
COMMENT: Revamp should restore confidence in Opel engines
17 April 2013
It's not that long ago some of General Motors Europe's engines had a pretty poor reputation for durability as plastic cam belt pulleys failed or water pumps seized at relatively low mileages, cam belts were thrown off and engines self destructed, while the automaker, in the absence of a cast-iron, official dealer network-only service history, was often pretty unsympathetic to owners.
GERMANY: Opel sees 10-speed automatics
17 April 2013
Automatic transmissions with nine and 10 speeds are likely in the future, according to Opel's Rolf Kruettgen, a transmission specialist with the General Motors Europe unit, as the automaker readies its first eight-speeder for introduction. And GME will eventually offer CVTs and dual-clutch automatics as well.
GERMANY: GM to invest EUR4bn in Opel through 2016
11 April 2013
General Motors is to provide Opel with EUR4bn of investment through 2016 in a sign of commitment to its European operations.
SOUTH KOREA: Europe slows Chevrolet output further
9 April 2013
General Motors plans to deepen cuts to output at one of its South Korean plants in April to cope with lacklustre sales in Europe, a company official said.
US: GM recalls Buick Encore for steering wheel check
2 April 2013
General Motors is recalling a small number of 2013 Buick Encores - the GM Korea-built US version of the Opel/Vauxhall Mokka - because the optional heated steering wheel could come loose or separate from the steering column, federal safety officials said.
NEW YORK SHOW: Cadillac plans (yet another) European return
28 March 2013
Cadillac is planning to try to re-establish itself in Europe yet again as part of its global expansion plans. The General Motors luxury brand's CEO, Bob Ferguson, wants a return within three years.
GERMANY: Mini sees sales rise but also more competition
19 March 2013
Mini continues to break sales records around the world but competition is increasing says global sales chief, Graeme Grieve
PRODUCT EYE: Subaru XV
15 March 2013
It’s hard to believe that fewer than 50,000 Subarus were sold in Europe last year, but it’s true. This brand is mainstream almost everywhere else in the world, but here, it’s more exclusive than Porsche.
PRODUCT EYE: Vauxhall Adam
12 March 2013
Vauxhall invited just-auto along to the London launch of the Adam, which was based in a pop-up shop at the giant Westfield shopping centre adjacent to the site of the 2012 summer Olympic Games.
GENEVA 2013 PRESS PREVIEW DAYS REVIEW: Part Two (of two)
8 March 2013
Having peered under concepts to check for real engines and suspension systems, and gently interrogated multiple industry executives in the quest to slake readers' insatiable thirsts for knowledge, Glenn Brooks now reports his findings.
EXCLUSIVE: Revised Opel Insignia to be revealed at Frankfurt IAA
7 March 2013
The Opel Insignia will be given new engines to go with its scheduled facelift, a source within GM has told just-auto. The updated car will be launched at the Frankfurt IAA in September.
GOLDING’S TAKE: Volume or profit? Can Vauxhall and Opel magic up both?
6 March 2013
General Motors Europe has changed leadership and the leadership has changed strategy.
GENEVA: Indian EcoSport key to Ford Europe strategy
6 March 2013
Ford will import the EcoSport compact crossover from India for Europe (which means both left- and right hand drive) where it will compete in a growing, but increasingly crowded segment, the automaker's European chief said.
GENEVA: Opel aims for flat car sales in softer 2013
5 March 2013
General Motors' Opel aims to match last year's sales level of more than 1m vehicles in Europe in 2013 thanks to the launch of the new Adam subcompact and Cascada cabriolet models.
GENEVA: Opel-Vauxhall future model plans
5 March 2013
Opel and Vauxhall's ongoing new model offensive is set to continue, according to plans revealed to just-auto on the eve of the Geneva motor show's first media preview day.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Strong results and a new Leaf
1 March 2013
Full year 2012 results continued rolling in this week with another set of read-em-and-weep figures (if you're at, say Ford of Europe, GME or PSA) from Volkswagen Group. There was a note of caution about 2013 before, a day or two later, came the news of EUR7,200 in annual bonus for each of the worker bees. Nice, if you can get it.
POLAND: Other brands to be made in Opel/Vauxhall plants
28 February 2013
General Motors will almost certainly build non Opel/Vauxhall brand models in its European factories.
GERMANY: Opel unions agree 2016 Bochum closure - reports
28 February 2013
Newswire reports in Germany suggest that Opel's union leaders have agreed to the closure of Opel's Bochum plant, but not until 2016.
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