NEWS

Car Sales Drop 19% in India

9/10/2012

Automakers sold 118,100 cars in India in August compared with 145,100 units a year earlier, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Viper Base Price: $99,400

9/10/2012

Chrysler Group LLC says the 2013 SRT Viper supercar will retail at a base price of $99,400 when it goes on sale in November.

Ford Ponders Low-Cost Fiesta World Car

9/10/2012

Ford Motor Co. is mulling plans to develop an inexpensive Fiesta-size small car for emerging global markets, Automotive News Europe reports.

JLR Workers in U.K. Worry about Jobs Going Overseas

9/10/2012

Britain's Unite union tells the Financial Times it is pressing Jaguar Land Rover in contract talks for a legally binding pledge to keep all three of its U.K. factories open for an unspecified period.

GM Suspends Sales of 60,000 Vehicles for OnStar Fix

9/10/2012

General Motors Co. has halted the sales of about 60,000 vehicles across eight model lines to reprogram their OnStar telematics software.

Jaguar Land Rover’s U.K. Union Seeks Work Commitment

9/10/2012

Britain's Unite union tells the Financial Times it is pressing Jaguar Land Rover in contract talks for a legally binding pledge to keep all three of its U.K. factories open for an unspecified period.

GM Begins Massive IT Hiring Binge

9/10/2012

General Motors Co. is hiring 500 information technology employees for a new center in Austin, Tex., as part of a move to bring most of its IT work in-house over the next three years.

OnStar Glitch Halts Some GM Vehicle Deliveries

9/10/2012

General Motors Co. is reprogramming the OnStar telematics software in about 60,000 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles.

GM to Hire About 10,000 IT Staffers

9/10/2012

General Motors Co. is hiring 500 information technology employees to staff a new center in Austin, Tex., as part of a move to bring most of its IT work in-house over the next three years.

DOE Report Cites Fuel-Cell Advances

9/10/2012

Worldwide shipments of fuel-cell systems grew nearly 38% to about 22,000 in 2011, according to the U.S.