NEWS

Car Sales Jump 10% in India

12/9/2014

Year-on-year sales of passenger cars in India climbed 10% to 156,400 units in November, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Honda Criticizes Takata But Vows Possible Financial Aid

12/9/2014

Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito tells The Nikkei the carmaker will step in to support Takata Corp. if necessary to save the airbag supplier from collapse.

Audi Ponders F1 Entry

12/9/2014

Audi AG is studying the feasibility of campaigning a Formula One racing team, sources tell BBC News.

UAW Qualifies for Top-Tier Access at VW’s Chattanooga Plant

12/9/2014

The United Auto Workers union has won the right to hold on-premise meetings and meet with human resource managers at Volkswagen AG's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Russia’s Car Market Stabilizes

12/9/2014

Deliveries of passenger and light commercial vehicles in Russia totaled 229,400 units last month, down only 1% from November 2013, the Moscow-based Assn. of European Businesses reports.

VW-Brand Sales Drop 4%

12/9/2014

Volkswagen AG sold 508,400 of its namesake vehicles last month compared with 529,500 units in November 2013.

GM Ignition Switch Fund Approves Two More Death Claims

12/9/2014

The fund General Motors Co. set up to compensate victims of its defective ignition switches has now approved 38 death claims.

Skoda Predicts Record 1 Million Sales

12/8/2014

Volkswagen AG's Skoda unit expects to top 1 million vehicle sales in 2014, surpassing its previous record by more than 6%. The company delivered 955,300 vehicles in the first 11 months of the year compared with a full-year record of 939,200 units in all of 2012.

New VW Crossover Concept to Debut at Detroit Auto Show

12/8/2014

Volkswagen AG will use next month's Detroit auto show to unveil a concept for a small five-passenger variant of the seven-passenger crossover it will begin making in Tennessee in 2016, sources tell Reuters.

U.S. Gasoline Prices Continue to Fall

12/8/2014

The average price of gasoline in the U.S. starts the week at $2.70, eight cents lower than a week ago and $1 below the peak price reached on April 28, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.