Malaysian parent may divest itself of unprofitable British marque.
James Bond no longer chases crooks with a Lotus vehicle, having settled on various Mercedes-Benz products in recent movies. The British automotive brand was sold in 1996 …

No plans to offer Chinese Fit in the United States.
Neither Chery Automobile Ltd. nor BYD Auto will have the honor of being the first Chinese automakers to sell its cars in North America. That honor …

Chinese suitor withdraws support following GM’s rejection of Youngman deal.
The General Motors Company may no longer own Saab, but the automaker still influences how the Swedish automaker conducts its business. Because Saab relies on GM …

Eleventh hour rescue for Saab takes shape.

Swedish Automobile, owner of Saab, has reached an agreement to sell Saab to a pair of Chinese companies. Pang Da and Youngman have agreed to purchase Saab for $142 …

The global sales surge of Hyundai and Kia.

The top echelon of the auto industry has been led by Toyota over the past few years, with a recovering General Motors looking as it may outsell its …

Chinese automaker BYD sets up shop in Los Angeles.
If you want to sell cars in America, you must first establish a beachhead to gain access to the most profitable consumer market in the world. Knowing …

Reconstruction phase approved for Swedish automaker.
A Swedish appellate court has breathed new life into Saab, the beleaguered automaker that has been struggling to survive since it was sold by General Motors in February 2010. Earlier …

Swedish automaker seeks to gain a lease on life.
Saab owes its workers approximately $207 million for August 2011 wages and has been trying to obtain protection from its creditors following an earlier attempt that failed. …

Troubled Saab seeks yet another lease on life.

Trollhättan, Sweden – Swedish automaker Saab Automobile has filed for voluntary reorganization in a district court in Sweden on Wednesday, seeking protection from its creditors and awaiting rescue …

Minivan price cut aids GM in China.

General Motors sells more vehicles in China than it does in the United States, relying on the former to help it move past Toyota to once again become the …

Chinese brands aims to reach first time car buyers.
SHANGHAI – General Motors, the company that cast off four brands in 2009, has added a new brand to it stable, a horse of a different stature. …

Mulally shares marketing strategy with financial analysts in New York.
NEW YORK – The Ford Motor Company is in an excellent position to grow, with new products in place and many more on the way. Managers …

Swedish car manufacturer Saab has a new lease on life. Again. Given up for dead in late 2009 following a botched deal that would have sold the company to exotic car manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive AB, …

Exotic car maker Spyker may be regretting its purchase of Saab, the Swedish automaker and one time wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors. The Dutch automaker has been seeing its stock drop after Saab reported …

Chevrolet is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year, thus it is fitting that this all-American brand is enjoying record sales. But, it isn’t only in the American market where Chevrolet is enjoying a growing appeal: …

Launching an all-new car company is a tremendous undertaking. Launching a company based on innovative electric vehicle technology is extremely difficult, requiring vast sums of money from investors, government loan guarantee assistance and plenty of …

Philip Murtaugh may be just the help CODA Automotive needs to get its first vehicle to the market later this year. Murtaugh, a seasoned automotive executive who has done stints with General Motors and Chrysler, …

Early this morning, General Motors released internal data for cars sold globally in 2010, reporting 8,389,769 units had been sold. That number reflects an increase of 12.2 percent over 2009, with China now the largest …

Two Japanese automakers are in danger of following Isuzu and Daihatsu, both of whom exited the American market in the past decade. Mitsubishi and Suzuki have gotten hammered as their aged product lines and stiffer …

Chinese automaker BYD (Build Your Dreams) plans to make its presence known at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit next month. The car company, who doesn’t sell a single model in the …

Nexteer Automotive, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, has been sold to a Chinese company in a deal worth $420 million. Nexteer, a producer of global steering and drivelines for electric and hydraulic steering …

By Hong Zheng
1. Brief introduction of China’s economic reforms

During the late 1970s, the world’s two largest communist nations — the Soviet Union and China — had made two completely different strategic decisions: the Soviet …

Toyota’s hold on the No. 1 spot in the automotive world is being threatened as Volkswagen claims that they’ll push the Japanese automaker to the No. 2 position by 2018 reports Automotive News. GM’s 70-year …

The People’s Republic of China has been performing a balancing act for much of the past two decades. On the business side of things, the country wears a capitalist face and is open to foreign …

Opel to be sold beyond Europe
General Motors is down to managing four brands in North America now that Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Hummer have been sold or shut down.
Cadillac, GMC, Chevrolet and Buick comprise its …

During the lowest point of the recession, some automotive industry analysts were declaring that the era of robust auto sales for the United States was over. After peaking at 17.4 million annual units sold in …

For General Motors three out of four will have to do.
Four is the number of brands GM has been working on getting rid of, but three represents the number of those same brands that …

Rumors that the Hummer brand has been sold are premature as evidenced by an all important step which has yet to be made – approval from Chinese regulators who could still nix the deal.
Tengzhong Steps …

The first Indian passenger vehicles are about to arrive in the US as Global Vehicles, Inc. (GV) introduces Mahindra & Mahindra pickup trucks to the market. The Mahindra TR20 and Mahindra TR40 are compact trucks …

We’re right at the middle of the year which is a good time to take a look at the auto industry and what is coming down the pike over the coming 6 to 18 months. …

The auto industry certainly is facing challenging times, thanks to a global economic downturn and consumer buying reticence. Once the markets rebound, we could be looking at a completely restructured automotive manufacturing landscape.
New Market Is …

One of the more interesting concept vehicles I have previewed over the past few years was the Hummer HX, an off-road vehicle that somewhat resembles a bloated Jeep Wrangler. Previewed at the 2008 North American …

New Market For The Chevrolet Cruze
As far as good news goes, GM hasn’t been getting a lot of it lately. However, when reports of April 2009 auto sales came in for the Chinese market, that …

May 2009 Launch Set For New EV
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The electric vehicle (EV) battle is heating up thanks to just about every major manufacturer pledging to provide a road ready model or two …

Just weeks from now, General Motors will have to present its recovery plan to the U.S. government as part of keeping its side of the deal when the feds went ahead and loaned the automaker …

Fresh off of its first ever main showroom floor appearance at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, the BYD Automotive Company has high hopes in its bid to sell cars in …