Top News:
- GM, Ford Nissan All Take Sales Hits in China – Detroit Bureau: Automakers are slogging through a tough auto market in China and GM, Ford and Nissan all posted losses in August. To find out more, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.
- GM posts 4th China sales drop in 5 months as slump deepens – Automotive News: General Motors said sales in China declined for the fourth time in five months, deepening its slump in the world’s largest auto market.
- CHINA: Continental and Daimler upbeat on China – Just-auto: Continental’s CFO has told Bloomberg that after a pause for the remainder of 2015, automotive production in China should resume growth again in 2016. He also said that the latest stockmarket falls in China were an “overreaction”.
- UAW strike option would be ‘tough call’ – Detroit News: Talks taking place in complicated times
- UAW in no rush to pick contract target from Detroit 3 – Freep: UAW President Williams: Union is making progress in contract talks with GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler
- What Do Women Want? This Year, a Ford Mustang – Bloomberg: … best-selling sports car in the world-and the best-selling sports car among … Global sales of the Mustang hit 76,124 vehicles for the first half of 2015,…
- Mercedes-Maybach S600 to be Launched in India on 25 September; All You Need to Know – Ibtimes: Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz revived the Maybach brand in November 2014. The super-luxury brand came under the Daimler…
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda sales down 3.4% in August – Just-auto: Skoda global car deliveries declined by some 3.4% in August to70,700 vehicles. The company said the economic situation in China, Russia and Eastern Europe led to the decline.
- 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn – new teaser images ahead of 2pm reveal – Autocar: The Rolls-Royce Dawn will be revealed at 2pm today Rolls-Royce Dawn official teaser images released ahead of Frankfurt motor show
- Mahindra Said to Be Close to Purchase of Designer Pininfarina – Bloomberg: Bloomberg first reported talks with Mahindra in March, but the deal was … It shut a floundering division that built cars for other manufacturers three…
- Uber’s China Rival Says It Has to ‘Burn Cash’ to Build Scale – Bloomberg: Didi Kuaidi, the Chinese car-booking competitor to Uber Technologies Inc., … 10 or 20 cars, you will never be able to book one,” Didi Kuaidi President Jean Liu … Drivers for Didi Kuaidi contacted by Bloomberg say the company has…
- New Honda Pilot looks smaller but adds interior room – Detroit News: Honda’s largest sport utility vehicle is bigger than ever on the inside, particularly in its third-row seats.