YOKOHAMA (Dec. 22, 2009) – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for November, 2009. 1. Production Nissan’s global production in November increased 32.6% year-on-year to 294,638 units. Production in Japan rose year-on-year for the first time in 14 months, rising 20.5% to 96,010 units due to the popularity of [...]
Volkswagen Group Japan KK (later VGJ, headquartered in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, President: Gerasimos Dorizas) and Toyota Motor Corporation (later TMC, headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, President: Akio Toyoda) have reached an agreement that their contract of distributing Volkswagen cars in Japan will end at the end of 2010. The existing Volkswagen dealers under [...]
Gaydon, Tuesday 22 December. Aston Martin’s One-77 supercar has moved closer to setting a new all-time record for the British marque in initial high speed testing after surpassing all predictions and comfortably breaking the 200mph mark. The One-77 is currently undergoing a stringent development process ahead of planned launch in 2010 with high speed testing [...]
DETROIT – Cadillac will premiere a new concept car at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 12, the latest in its series of dynamic designs. This latest concept advances the brand’s Art & Science philosophy that has included a series of acclaimed concept cars in recent years, such as the [...]
Gaydon, Warwickshire 21st December 2009: Aston Martin has been crowned Manufacturer of the Year 2009 by leading automotive magazine CAR Middle East. The prestigious award ceremony held at The Address Downtown Burj Dubai, was attended by the most influential of the region’s motoring industry. A total of 15 awards were shared out among the elite [...]
Gilles Vidal and Thierry Metroz are appointed respectively Design Director for Peugeot and Design Director for Citroen, effective 4 January 2010. Both will report to Jean-Pierre Ploue, Design Director for the PSA Peugeot Citroen Group. With the appointment of two experienced professionals widely recognised for creativity in automobile design, Mr. Ploue has demonstrated a commitment [...]
8 countries report retail sales increases for Mazda last month Mazda sales up 21 percent in Europe’s Big-5 countries Austria, the UK, Turkey and Malta set sales records Another double-digit increase in Germany Leverkusen, 21 December 2009. Mazda did well in Western Europe last month, with sales increasing by 21 percent in the Big-5 (vs. [...]
December 21, 2009 — Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced plans to exhibit the world premiere of the Honda New Small Concept, a concept model of a new small-sized vehicle which Honda is currently developing especially for India and other emerging nations, at the Auto Expo 2010 to be held in New Delhi, India from [...]
ZEEWOLDE, The Netherlands (20 December, 2009) – Following the announcement on Friday that the intended sales terms of Saab Automobile AB between Spyker and General Motors (GM) could not be finalized, the Spyker leadership has submitted a renewed offer in the hopes of securing a future for Saab, its employees and the brand – despite [...]
2009-12-20 Following Friday’s announcement that GM will begin the orderly wind down of Saab, GM has received inquiries from several parties. We will evaluate each inquiry. We will not comment further until these evaluations have been completed.
