Industry

It is the first Nissan-Infiniti factory to reach this milestone

The Nissan factory in Aguascalientes, Mexico, is the first Nissan or Infiniti factory to produce half of its energy from renewable sources.  The factory already had a deal with Mexican energy company Enel Green Power to supply 45% of...

They will move to Germany and live with hosts families during the training

BMW is starting a program where it will select 25 young, unemployed Spanish workers and train them in Germany. It might broaden the program out to Greece and Italy later.  The program will accept applications from workers between 18 and 2...

Will be aimed against BMW X4 and Land Rover Evoque

Porsche will debut its Macan SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November ahead of sales beginning in the spring of 2014. The Macan will ride on Volkswagen's mid-size MLB platform that is also used by the Q5. Its major competitors will be the ...

It is meant to show what it takes to build a car

Toyota UK used Twitter to show how its cars are made in a project its calls “Factory to Forecourt”. On June 19, Toyota tweeted each step in the production process from its @toyotafactory Twitter account. It broadcasted 325 tweets o...

It hopes to cut its workforce even further in France.

PSA Peugeot-Citroën is offering French workers early retirement in hopes that it will be able to cut workers and become more profitable. It hopes that a significant portion of its 27% of workers who are 50 or older accept the offer. In ad...

It has a new car coming next year

Lotus owner, DRB-HICOM's managing director Mohd Khamil Bin Jamil says that Lotus sold 70 car for all of 2012, but this year is doing much better. For May, Lotus moved 80 cars. Jamil says Lotus has completed its restructuring and is ready to re...

Double-Digit Sales Increases in Every Market

Mercedes-Benz Group posted its best July sales ever with 116,790 cars sold worldwide, up 20%, and every major regional market posted double-digit sales increases, including Europe. From January to July 2013, Mercedes-Benz has sold 811,227 cars, an...

The drop began in 2007

July was the first month in ages that some major Western European auto markets have showed growth. German sales increased by 2%; France was up 1%, and Spain was up 15% thanks to a government incentive program. Automakers predict that the European ...

It will work with Germany's testing organization to insure impartiality

The European Commission is stepping in to reconcile the dispute between France and Mercedes-Benz on the refrigerant that Mercedes is using in some of its cars.  The conflict is that Mercedes shipped A-Class, B-Class and CLA-Class models t...

Sales up 17% from the previous year

Porsche sold 13,731 cars in July, up 11% over the previous July. For the year from January to July, it has sold 95,296 cars, a 17% increase over the previous year.  By region, Porsche sold 4,489 cars in Europe, down 1%. It sold 4,376 cars...