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Magna opens body, chassis plant in China's Chongqing
3:36 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
Magna's Cosma unit has opened a plant in southwest China to supply body and chassis parts to automakers in the area including Ford and Volkswagen.... Read More » Comments [0] | Recommendations [0]
M-B redesigned S class with China in mind
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
The redesigned Mercedes-Benz S class made its world debut last week in Hamburg, Germany, but Shanghai might have been more appropriate. Why? China accounted for 49 percent of all 2010-12 S-class sales.... Read More »| Related topics: | Europe Manufacturing | Americas | Global News | Asia | Europe | Eastern Europe | Western Europe |
In boost to GM and VW, China resumes incentives for foreign auto investment
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 17, 2013
A surprise policy shift in China is expected to give a boost to GM, Volkswagen Group and other foreign automakers planning to expand in the world's largest car market.... Read More »ANALYSIS
New S class key to boosting Mercedes profit margins, China sales
9:00 am U.S. ET | May 16, 2013
Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche was leaning back in the rear seat of a prototype Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan in 2010 when he realized it didn't recline far enough.... Read More »VW confirms report it will build factory in Changsa, China
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
VW Group has confirmed a German newspaper report that said it will build a factory with an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles in Changsa, Hunan province, China.... Read More »China is a learning lab for Lincoln
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
Lincoln is studying the habits of luxury shoppers at Shanghai's luxury malls for new ideas in customer service that eventually could find their way back to U.S. dealerships.... Read More »Nissan Q4 profit jumps 46%, sees sales rising this year
4:54 am U.S. ET | May 10, 2013
Nissan today reported a 46.1 percent rise in its quarterly net profit to 110 billion yen ($1.11 billion). The automaker forecasts global retail sales will rise to 5.3 million vehicles in the current business year that ends in 2014, up from 4.9 million last year.... Read More »Hyundai mulls 4th China plant, vice chairman says
2:31 am U.S. ET | May 10, 2013
Hyundai Motor is considering building a fourth car plant in China, its vice chairman said today, as the company seeks to increase production overseas to counter the effect of a firm local currency, a falling yen, and labor issues.... Read More »GM wins approval to build $1.3 billion Cadillac plant in China
9:00 am U.S. ET | May 7, 2013
General Motors, the largest foreign automaker in China, said it won regulatory approval to build a Cadillac factory to boost sales of luxury vehicles in the world’s biggest automobile market.... Read More »GM to invest about $16 billion in U.S. market by 2016
10:04 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
GM is planning to invest about $16 billion on U.S. factories and facilities through 2016, more than it will spend in China, the company said.... Read More »GM China April sales rise 15% as Toyota struggles
6:19 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
General Motors reported sales growth in China accelerated last month while Toyota's sales continued to lag. GM sales climbed 15 percent to 261,870 units in April, according to figures released today by the carmaker. Toyota reported sales fell 6.5 percent to 76,400 units, the ninth drop in 10 months.... Read More »In China, car deliveries are reasons to celebrate
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
HONGQING, China -- When Xiu He Ping and his family took delivery of their shiny blue Ford Focus last month at An Fu Ford in Hongqing, China, they walked into a special courtyard where a half-dozen new cars sat, each with a shiny, red bow draped across its hood. Suddenly, cannons shot shimmering confetti into the air. Dealership employees gathered to applaud.... Read More »Asia
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First-time car buyers are driving China market growth
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
The thrill of new-car ownership may be largely gone in the United States, where young consumers can be enamored of smartphones and iPads. But new-car excitement is very much alive and well here in China, the world's largest car market.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Mercedes' China dealers get a trip to the woodshed
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Struggling to keep pace with BMW and Audi in China, Mercedes-Benz has taken dealers in that country to task. In a strongly worded letter, Daimler China sales chief Nicholas Speeks accused them of laziness and threatened consequences.... Read More »U.S. judge sentences couple to jail for stealing GM trade secrets
5:55 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
A Michigan couple found guilty of stealing General Motors trade secrets related to hybrid-car technology was sentenced to jail in federal court in Detroit.... Read More »GM pulls Chevrolet ad that includes song labeled as racist
2:29 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
GM apologized for a Chevrolet ad that included a song referring to "the land of Fu Manchu" where all of the girls sing "ching, ching, chop-suey," which one Chinese newspaper called racist. The ad ran in Canada and never appeared in China.... Read More »Mercedes chides dealers in China over lackluster sales
2:08 pm U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
As Daimler AG struggles to keep pace in China with rivals BMW and Audi, the company is picking a fight with its own dealers.... Read More »West is best for growth in China sales, output
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
Automakers, urged on by China's national and local governments, are eager to expand in the markets of central and western China. Future growth will be in the hinterland, auto executives interviewed during this month's Shanghai auto show agreed.... Read More »Suppliers follow automakers to inland cities
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
International suppliers are moving into western China because that's where their customers are. For components with high shipping costs the supplier often puts a plant just a few miles down the road from its customer.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Here come the Chinese, again (maybe)
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
There has been talk for years about Chinese automakers selling cars in the United States, but Chinese companies' problems with quality and corporate know-how, plus the enormous cost of building a sales network, have made those prospects fizzle. But here's a new wannabe.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Unveiled in China: The recall riot squad
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
China's automotive press corps can get pretty rowdy, apparently. Thus Volkswagen officials were taking no chances after a report on state-controlled TV about defective gearboxes that prompted VW to recall a record 384,181 vehicles in China.... Read More »
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