Kia Motors US unit is hoping to sell around 500,000 units and add 40 new dealers by 2012, reported AutoGuide.com.
Nissan Australia has announced it will begin local manufacture of a range of vehicle accessories at its Dandenong, Victoria plant. The company ended Australian vehicle production in 1994.
Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi are rapidly expanding their sales networks in India to compete better.
Chinese carmaker Great Wall says it has formed joint ventures with BorgWarner of the United States and Robert Bosch of Germany to engineer key components.
The UK new car market has seen a 184% increase in the standard fitment of digital radio (DAB) in the first nine months of 2011 compared to the same period a year ago.
In a move described by the US press as "befuddling" Daimler has suddenly fired the CEO of its Mercedes-Benz USA operations, Ernst Lieb.
There is still no end in sight in the 11-day stand-off between Maruti Suzuki and unions at its Manesar plant in Northern India.
Nissan Europe has launched a new NV400 heavy van line, the latest in a series of collaborations with alliance partner Renault on whose Master line the new Nissan is based. The Master is also the basis of the General Motors Opel/Vauxhall Movano lines.
Renault's CEO Carlos Ghosn said he felt a "very great uncertainty" for the year 2012, against a backdrop of financial-market volatility and the slowing global economy.
Renault's CEO Carlos Ghosn said he felt a "very great uncertainty" for the year 2012, against a backdrop of financial-market volatility and the slowing global economy.
Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with leading transmission developers, Matthew Beecham talked with Dick Elsy, chief executive officer of UK-based Torotrak. The company develops gearless traction drive technology which increases efficiency and reduces CO2 emissions in vehicles. Its variable-drive technology is also being developed for superchargers, engine auxiliary applications.
Volkswagen and BMW led gains in European car sales in September as new models drove deliveries and the German carmakers' home market expanded faster than neighboring countries' deliveries fell. But despite a 1.
Porsche will break ground Tuesday on a 500-million euro ($689 million) expansion at its factory in Leipzig, as it prepares for output of the new Cajun SUV.
Porsche broke ground today on a 500-million euro ($689 million) expansion at its factory in Leipzig, as it prepares for output of the new Cajun SUV.
German engine manufacturer Tognum, which is in the process of being acquired by Daimler and Rolls-Royce Group, uncovered at least 23 million euros ($32 million) in commissions at its MTU Friedrichhafen unit that may have been wrongfully paid in...
British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon tragically lost his life in a horrific 15-car pileup that caused the cancellation of the grand finale of the season at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Mercedes has reinvented an F-duct style innovation and intends to debut it in 2012, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports.
Korean carmaker Hyundai could become interested in formula one in the coming years.
The BlackBerry blackout that struck millions of hapless Berriers last week may have had more than one exasperated user on the edge of chucking his or her phone out the window - but it also saved the lives of many drivers.
Honda presents the updated 2012 Insight, which offers proven reliability and more efficiency than ever.