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Toyota Reports September Sales

TORRANCE, Calif. (October 1, 2009) – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported September sales of 126,015 vehicles, a decrease of 16.1 percent from last September, on a daily selling rate basis. TMS posted sales of 525,975 units in the third quarter, a 28 percent increase over the second quarter. “Improving economic conditions and [...]

Daimler AG Reports a Total of 17,799 Cars Sold for the Mercedes-Benz Cars Division in the U.S. for September 2009

New York, NY , Oct 02, 2009 *Mercedes-Benz USA Records September Sales of 16,985 *New E-Class with an Increase of 28.4 Percent in September *smart USA Records 814 Sales in September New York, NY – Daimler AG (stock exchange abbreviation DAI) today reported sales for the Mercedes-Benz Cars division in the U.S. (Mercedes-Benz and smart [...]

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER SALES

Nissan Maxima, Infiniti QX56 Record Increases Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported September 2009 sales of 55,393 units versus 59,565 units last year, a decrease of 7 percent. Nissan Division sales declined 5.8 percent, while sales of Infiniti vehicles were 15 percent lower than a year ago. NNA INFORMATION * Combined Nissan and Infiniti [...]

VOLVO RECORDS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF YEAR-OVER-YEAR SALES INCREASE OF 16 PERCENT

Volvo’s Safe + Sound Coverage Plan Drives Traffic; Extended Through End of 2009 ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (Oct. 1, 2009) – Volvo Cars of North America, LLC, (VCNA) September sales were up 16.3 percent, marking the fourth straight month of a year-over-year increase.  VCNA sold a total of 4,716 vehicles in September. For the month of September, [...]

Chrysler Group LLC Reports September 2009 U.S. Sales

* Chrysler Group increases market share compared with August 2009 * Jeep® Wrangler sales up 7 percent compared with August 2009, continues to lead the segment in sales * Jeep Grand Cherokee sales increase 23 percent versus September 2008 * Dodge Challenger sales increase 57 percent versus August 2009 * Dodge Charger sales up 16 [...]

Scania becoming main supplier to DHL in Europe

Scania has signed a pan-European delivery agreement with the transport and logistics company DHL, which recommends Scania as a supplier of heavy trucks to the hauliers that act as contractors to DHL. “The agreement opens the way for sales of about 1,000 new trucks per year,” says Urban Erdtman, Executive Vice President and Head of [...]

General Motors Media Statement Attributed To President & CEO Fritz Henderson

Today we learned that Penske Automotive Group (PAG) has decided to terminate discussions with General Motors to acquire Saturn. This is very disappointing news and comes after months of hard work by hundreds of dedicated employees and Saturn retailers who tried to make the new Saturn a reality. PAG’s announcement explained that their decision was [...]

TMC to Hire Approximately 1,600 Fixed-term Employees

Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces it has decided the number of fixed-term employees it plans to hire starting in October will be approximately 1,600. The decision to increase the number of contract employees reflects future production plans, against a backdrop of gradually recovering worldwide automobile sales encouraged by tax-incentive and subsidy programs implemented [...]

Mercedes-Benz Brazil hires 800 new employees for truck and bus production

Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brasilien , Sep 30, 2009 *Recruitment is driven by the recovery of the Brazilian market. *In addition to the 800 new employees, 350 temporary employees and 160 apprentices will become regular contract employees Mercedes-Benz do Brasil is hiring 800 new employees to work in trucks and buses production, in its plant [...]

GM Creates Diversity Leadership Team

DETROIT – GM has appointed a team of senior leaders within the company to oversee its diversity strategies. The new Diversity Leadership Team will report directly to GM’s Executive Committee, the company’s top decision-making group. The move is part of GM’s continued commitment to creating an environment that values diversity and inclusion and enables all [...]