Mercedes-Benz for the first time has started production of a long-wheelbase version of the C-Class. Not even six months after the start of production of the new C-Class in Bremen, Germany, the first long-wheelbase C-Class model has rolled ...
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American automaker Ford Motor is set to invest $500m to upgrade its Lima engine plant in Ohio. With this investment, the company will add a new flexible engine assembly system and will renovate 700,000ft2 of the facility for machining ...
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Toyota Alabama has inaugurated its $80m second V6 engine line at its engine manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama. Besides this, the company has also rolled its 3 millionth engine off the production from this plant. The company ...
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American auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner has commenced the production of advanced engine timing systems in El Salto, Mexico, for the new locally-produced Volkswagen engines. The new systems produced at this plant will be used for ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is set to establish a new engine plant with an investment of BRl140m ($60m) at its new vehicle plant in Resende, Brazil. The new engine plant will open in 2014 and have a capacity to produce up to 200,000 ...
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General Motors Co. announced plans to invest $1.3 billion in five factories so they can manufacture pickup trucks with more fuel-efficient engines and technologies. GM said the money will go to the Flint, Mich., assembly plant; an engine ...
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Former federal government minister Greg Combet has been appointed South Australia’s automotive transformation coordinator in a role that will see him oversee the evolution of the industry over the coming years. The appointment ...
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General Motors will invest just shy of US$1.3 billion ($1.45 billion) across five of its US manufacturing sites, with funding going towards production of a new V6 engine, an all-new 10-speed automatic transmission and an existing six-speed ...
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American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has its plan for 2014, which includes the launch of 23 new vehicles globally, opening of three new manufacturing plants and increasing workforce by adding more than 5,000 people in the US to meet ...
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The new MINI has made its worldwide debut today (18 November) at MINI’s UK production plant in Oxford and features all-new vehicle architecture , an evolutionary design and a range of new fuel-efficient engines to give owners even ...
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has opened its Beijing Benz Automotive (BBAC) engine plant to produce passenger-car engines in Beijing on 18 November 2013. The company commenced the construction of this plant in 2011 with EUR400m ...
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Volkswagen de Mexico, a Mexican subsidiary of German automaker Volkswagen Group, is set to invest $118m to commence the second stage of its engine plant in Guanajuato Puerto Interior industrial park, Mexico. The latest funding will be ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has commenced the production of Volvo S60L vehicles at Chengdu manufacturing plant in China. This move is part of the company's plan to grow its business in China and sell 800,000 cars ...
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American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Group has invested $1.25bn in two facilities in Saltillo in Mexican state of Coahuila, a move which created 1,570 jobs. Of the total investment, about $1.08bn was spent in building of the new Van ...
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Cummins has announced the ISV5.0, a new 5-liter V8 diesel engine designed to power pickup-and-delivery vehicles, stepvans, other light- and medium-duty trucks, school buses, and motorhomes. Development of the engine, which won't reach ...