Bricklin wants piece of Chrysler-Chery deal
1 Entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin says he wants a share of the profits made by his estranged business partners at China's Chery Automobile Co. in Chery's joint venture with Chrysler LLC. In a lawsuit...
View ArticleMexico surpassing Japan as No. 2 exporter of light vehicles to U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Bloomberg) -- Blame it on NAFTA. Japan has ranked among the top two auto exporters to the United States since the 1970s, shipping Toyotas, Hondas and Nissans more than 5,000 miles across...
View ArticleVW to build new crossover in U.S., add 2,000 jobs
WOLFSBURG, Germany -- Volkswagen AG will assemble a new family-hauling crossover at its plant in Chattanooga and invest $900 million to expand the factory in a push to double U.S. sales of VW-brand...
View ArticleM-B, Infiniti engines get global input
DECHERD, Tenn. -- To source fuel-efficient engines for their new small, premium cars, competitors Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti joined forces to create an engine plant that is a little bit German, a...
View ArticleWith Mexican plant, Audi aims to end U.S. shortage
SAN JOSE CHIAPA, Mexico -- Audi AG broke ground on a $1.3 billion assembly plant outside this remote and dusty town southeast of Mexico City, marking a push into North American production that will put...
View ArticleWith Mexican plant, Audi aims to end U.S. shortage
SAN JOSE CHIAPA, Mexico -- Audi broke ground on a $1.3 billion assembly plant outside this remote and dusty town southeast of Mexico City, marking a push into North American production that will put...
View ArticleFord's Fields: 'Automotive has all of the excitement of Silicon Valley'
DETROIT -- Driven by the rise of the millennial generation and a global growth boom, the auto industry is in the midst of a new golden age, said Mark Fields, Ford Motor Co. COO, in a speech Tuesday at...
View ArticleWill de Nysschen take Caddy into small cars?
Johan de Nysschen is barely a week into his new job as president of Cadillac. It will take some time to learn what he will attempt to do there. But keep your eye on the small-vehicle end of the luxury...
View ArticleAutomakers race to Mexico as rising quality spurs factory gold rush
MEXICO CITY (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.'s plan to source cars from Mazda Motor Corp.'s Mexican plant starting in 2015 highlights global automakers' growing reliance on the Latin American nation...
View ArticleBMW plans for Mexico factory to be unveiled Thursday, government official says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- BMW AG's plans to build a new factory in Mexico will be revealed on Thursday, a government official said today. The Mexican official, speaking on condition of anonymity with...
View ArticleDaimler eyes Mercedes car production with Nissan in Mexico, report says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- Daimler is considering starting production of Mercedes-Benz cars in Mexico, including the A class, a newspaper said. A Daimler official, speaking on condition of anonymity,...
View ArticleMexico automaking marks shift to luxury with Audi building SUVs
MEXICO CITYandnbsp; (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's automobile industry, once focused on small cars and pickup trucks, got a boost this week when Audi AG chose the country as the location for a new factory to...
View ArticleNissan's new Mexico plant ready to unleash small cars
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico -- Train cars are standing by to begin shipping Sentras to U.S. retailers from Nissan's newest auto assembly plant, which opens here today. Nissan has spent $2 billion on the...
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