French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen is planning to shut down its Aulnay automobile manufacturing facility and reduce 6.7% of jobs in the country by 2014 to pare its operational losses. As part of the plan, the automaker, will stop ...
German automaker Daimler is planning to invest about $170m at its Centro Industrial Juan Manuel Fangio plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the next two to three years. The investments are aimed at developing new commercial vehicle ...
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French automaker Peugeot is planning to trim the production of its new 208 supermini car and remove a production shift during late 2012 in the midst of slow European auto sales only six months following its launch in April 2012. ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan is planning to build a new medium-duty truck for the European market at its Avila plant in Spain by the end of 2013. The company will invest about EUR100m for developing the model and facilitate plant and local ...
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German automaker BMW is recalling about 45,500 7-Series vehicles due to a potentially serious transmission manufacturing defect. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), BMW 7-Series vehicles that were ...
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China National Development and Reform Commission has approved Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) proposal to set up a joint venture with Chinese automaker Chery Automobile. According to the company, the new joint venture (JV) will enable JLR to ...
US based automaker Ford is planning to launch its 2014 ford Fiesta with 1.0L EcoBoost three-cylinder engine in North American market. The new three-cylinder engine, which will produce 123hp and peak torque of 148 lb-ft, is expected to ...
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US based automotive manufacturer General Motors is planning to close its Honeoye Falls hydrogen fuel-cell research facility and relocate it to Michigan. The move will see GM shift the Honeoye Falls operations, including research and ...
US based automaker Ford Motor has upgraded its Flat Rock Assembly Plant to produce the 2013 Ford Fusion midsize sedan. Ford said it will now take the full management control of the Flat Rock Assembly plant, which is previously known as ...
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Chrysler Group, a US-based automaker is planning to halt the production of its Chrysler Jeep Compass as well as Town & Country by replacing them with different models that will expand its vehicle lineup. The US automaker has also launched ...
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US automaker Fisker Automotive is planning to raise nearly $150m in additional funds to prior to its second model launch. Earlier, the automaker raised nearly $1bn in private financing since the beginning of its operations in 2007, but ...
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German automaker Diamler has signed an agreement with Finnish car manufacturer, Valmet Automotive to produce additional Mercedes-Benz A-Class compact cars to meet demand for the models. As per the agreement, Valmet will manufacture ...
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German automaker Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have signed an agreement to collaborate on two new projects, to develop new engines as well as expanded availability of Daimler transmissions. Under the new deal, the German ...
US-based automaker Chrysler is planning to halt the production at its Mack Avenue Engine II plant in Detroit in September 2012. Following the closure of the plant, the 3.7-litre V-6 engine which is currently used in the Jeep Liberty and ...
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US-based automaker Chrysler is planning to invest $198m in its Mack Avenue I Engine Plant in Detroit to produce its 3.6-litre Pentastar V-6 engine. The new 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 engine will replace the 3.7-litre V6 engine manufactured at ...
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