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UK: January new car sales flat
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
UK new car registrations rose 0.03% to 128,853 units in January according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
GERMANY: UAW man on Opel board
By: Tony Lewis | 7 February 2012
General Motors continues to tighten its grip on its German subsidiary Opel with the expected appointment of United Auto Workers (UAW) president Bob King to the supervisory board next month, according to Handelsblatt.
INDIA: Ssangyong considers local manufacture with M&M
By: Tony Lewis | 7 February 2012
Ssangyong is considering manufacturing vehicles in India, a senior executive of the Mahindra & Mahindra-owned Korean automaker said.
SWEDEN: BAIC eyes joint Saab bid with Panasonic
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
US: Fisker halts Delaware development
By: Tony Lewis | 7 February 2012
UK: BMW hiring more apprentices this year
By: Tony Lewis | 7 February 2012
CHINA: General Motors January sales off 8% year on year
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
UK: Car sales in Western Europe down 8.7% in January
By: Dave Leggett | 7 February 2012
INDIA: Mahindra & Mahindra readying Saab bid - paper
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
INDIA: Mahindra & Mahindra net profit dips 10%
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
CHINA: Infiniti posts 60% increase in 2011 sales
By: Dave Leggett | 7 February 2012
JAPAN: Toyota targets minimum 14% rise in China sales
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
JAPAN: Toyota nine-month operating profit plunges 72% on costs and currency
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
UK/JAPAN: Suzuki forms fuel cell JV with UK company
By: Tony Lewis | 7 February 2012
US: Chrysler's Eastwood ad attracts talk, not clicks - Edmunds
By: Graeme Roberts | 7 February 2012
GERMANY: Schaeffler places US$2bn bonds in capital markets
By: Simon Warburton | 6 February 2012
US: Toyota Mississippi plant adds second Corolla shift
By: Graeme Roberts | 6 February 2012
GENEVA PREVIEW: Look, honey, we shrunk the hybrid powertrain
By: Graeme Roberts | 6 February 2012
US: Ford starts work on US$1.1bn Claycomo plant expansion
By: Simon Warburton | 6 February 2012
JAPAN: Suzuki nine-month profit falls
By: Graeme Roberts | 6 February 2012
CHINA: Mitsubishi Motors plans Pajero SUV JV with Guangzhou Automobile
By: Graeme Roberts | 6 February 2012
US: Super Bowl truck ad pits Ford against GM
By: Graeme Roberts | 6 February 2012
GENEVA PREVIEW: Honda to launch new diesel engine
By: Tony Lewis | 6 February 2012
BELGIUM: GM could still have say with Youngman Saab 9-3 plan: CLEPA
By: Simon Warburton | 6 February 2012
JAPAN: Mitsubishi closing Netherlands assembly plant in 2013
By: Graeme Roberts | 6 February 2012
US: Fisker starts sales in Canada
By: Graeme Roberts | 6 February 2012
BELGIUM: CLEPA cautions Saab receivers not to sell assets to pay huge lawyer army
By: Simon Warburton | 3 February 2012
SWEDEN: Volvo truck sales up 27% in December; 53% for year
By: Dave Leggett | 3 February 2012
FRANCE/ITALY: January car sales sharply down in France and Italy
By: Dave Leggett | 3 February 2012
US: Chrysler adding 1,800 Belvidere jobs
By: Graeme Roberts | 3 February 2012
