US carmaker Ford has unveiled the new 3.2L five-cylinder turbo diesel engine for its 2014 Transit commercial van,which will be on sale in North America during late 2013. The 3.2L turbo diesel will be mated to Ford 6R80 six-speed automatic ...
The Federal Government has announced the appointment an automotive industry advocate whose primary task is to increase the number of Australian-made cars in local fleets. Former president of Ford Indonesia and past Ford Australia employee ...
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US carmaker Ford's European subsidiary Ford of Europe is planning to more than triple its production of EcoBoost petrol engine powered cars to about 480,000 by 2015 per year from 141,000 in 2011. The company's plans follow the beginning ...
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German luxury carmaker Audi is planning to invest about $2bn to build a new manufacturing plant for sport utility vehicles in Mexico. The Mexican plant, which is expected to start operaton in 2016, will initially have capacity for ...
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Maruti Suzuki India, a subsidiary of Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor, is planning to increase its diesel engine production capacity to 700,000 units by 2014. Currently, the company has a diesel engine production capacity of 300,000 units ...
South korean carmaker Hyundai is planning to invest $300m for the establishment of a new engine plant and a metal pressing shop at its Sriperumbudur facility near Chennai, India. The company will also sign a memorandum of understanding ...
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Swedish carmaker Volvo Car is planning to invest in Sweden for the development of scalable product architecture(SPA)and Volvo engine architecture(VEA),which is claimed to be one of the country's largest ever industrial investments. ...
US based automaker Chrysler Group is planning to invest about $240m in three Michigan facilities to increase engine capacity and create about 1,250 new jobs. The company will invest $198m to produce the Pentastar V-6 engine at the Mack I ...
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Honda's engine and transmissions plants in the US state of Ohio commenced mass production of the company’s new Earth Dreams powertrain series. The Earth Dreams powertrain series is a new generation of engines and transmissions that ...
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Honda Motor's Chinese joint venture Guangqi Honda Automobile (GHAC) is planning to build a third production line at its ZengCheng plant in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Construction of the third line which will start at the end of 2012 is ...
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UK based luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has invested GBP370m to upgrade its vehicle manufacturing plants in the UK to support the launch of its fourth-generation Range Rover sports utility vehicle (SUV). As part of the ...
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Tata Motors' luxury car making subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has begun feasibility study to build third manufacturing plant in India, either in Pune (Maharashtra) or Sanand (Gujarat). The proposed facility will manufacture the new ...
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US carmaker Ford Motor together with its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile, planning to invest additional $600m in China to boost its production capacity at its Chongqing facility by 350,000 vehicles per year. Ford's investment ...
Ford India has completed the capacity expansion at its Chennai Engine Plant in the state of Tamilnadu,increasing the production of diesel engines by 36%or 80,000 units to 340,000. The company has invested$72m in Chennai plant for ...
German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest EUR250m to build a new 30,000m2 engine plant in Kaluga, Russia. Volkswagen's new engine plant, which will be built next to the carmaker's vehicle plant in Kaluga, will manufacture the ...
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