- Honda CR-V gets a sporty, more upscale look for 2015 – Automotive News: The 2015 Honda CR-V goes on sale Wednesday with a radical redesign and more premium feel in a move to keep its mantle as the country’s best-selling crossover.
- Ford’s Heavy-Duty Trucks Also Going Aluminum – thedetroitbureau.com: With its new full-size F-Series pickups set to migrate to an “aluminum-intensive” design for 2015, Ford Motor Co. officials have confirmed that the maker’s heavy-duty models also will switch to the lightweight metal when they are redesigned several years from now.
- Hyundai launches new digital car showroom – Autocar: Korean manufacturer partners with online dealer to create digital car buying service, which will launch in November.
- CHINA: Nissan begins testing commercial EV in HK – Just-auto: Nissan Motor is testing its e-NV200 LCV in Hong Kong, with an eye on future sales for the vehicle in Asia.
- GM CEO to reveal multiyear financial strategy: WSJ – Reuters: General Motors Co’s Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra will on Wednesday reveal a multiyear financial strategy that aims to boost the company’s profits and launch “market leading” vehicles, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- US: Ford eyes a tripling of Lincoln sales by 2020 – Just-auto: Ford is forecasting that its Lincoln luxury brand will triple its vehicle sales to approximately 300,000 a year by 2020 following the brand’s introduction in China.
- New Hyundai Sonata will be manufactured in China from November – CarNewsChina.com: The new seventh generation (LF) Hyundai Sonata will be manufactured in China starting in November. The new Sonata will then officially debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2015 and launch on the Chinese car market in March 2015. The Sonata will be produced by the Beijing-Hyundai joint venture that also make the current […]
- GM CEO Looks to Shift Gears, Set Strategy Goals – WSJ: General Motors CEO Mary Barra plans to unveil a multiyear financial strategy that would deliver the superior profits and market-leading vehicles that have always seemed to be in GM’s future, never its present.
- Ford shares tumble on lower profit outlook for 2014-2015 – Reuters: Higher recall costs in North America and steeper losses in Russia and South America have caused Ford Motor Co to slash its forecast for pretax profit this year to $6 billion, from $7 billion to $8 billion previously, executives told investors at a briefing on Monday.
- The car of the future doesn’t fly, it fixes your flat – Via Google News: The product lifecycle for the car makes it incredibly hard for the automobile industry to keep up with the rapid pace of consumer technology.
- Chrysler Doubling Output of Diesel-Powered Rams – thedetroitbureau.com: In a striking success for diesel power, one of every five Ram full-size pickup trucks rolling off Chrysler Group truck assembly lines in Warren, Michigan, and Saltillo, Mexico, will be powered by a diesel engine by the end of November. Demand for the gas-sipping diesel drove the production increase.
- MG GT is Ready for the Chinese car market – CarNewsChina.com: This is the new MG GT, looking completely ready for its launch on the Chinese car market on November 1. Price will start around 120.000 yuan and end around 150.000 yuan. The MG GT officially debuted in a box on the 2014 Chengdu Auto Show. The MG GT looks like a fastback but is […]
- Ex-top cab official arrested in vehicle title laundering case – Via Google News: Ex-top cab official arrested in vehicle title laundering case … illegally obtaining ?clean? vehicle titles for at least 180 wrecked cars that had been put into …
- Toyota Recalls Tacomas While NHTSA Probes Chrysler – thedetroitbureau.com: Toyota is recalling 690,000 Tacoma midsize pickup trucks due to a suspension problem so severe it could cause the truck to catch fire. The recall comes as NHTSA announces it’s beginning a probe of 4.9 million Chrysler vehicles for problems with airbag failures and engine stalling. Check out TheDetroitBureau.com for details.
- Ford sets goal of 9.4M global sales by 2020, cuts profit outlook for ’14 – Automotive News: Ford aims to raise global sales 52 percent annually by 2020 by tapping fast-growing Asian markets, investing heavily in Lincoln, and expanding its global offerings of small cars and utility vehicles.
- Cab businessman charged with using ‘salvage’ cars in Chicago – Via Google News: A Chicago used-car broker and taxi company executive was arrested today on charges he fraudulently obtained clean titles on at least 180 salvaged …
- Toyoda Gosei settles U.S. price-fixing charge, pays $26 million fine – Automotive News: Japanese auto parts maker Toyoda Gosei agreed to plead guilty to price-fixing and pay a $26 million fine, the Justice Department said.
- Toyota to Recall 690,000 Pickups – WSJ: Toyota Motor Co. will recall 690,000 pickup trucks while the NHTSA has begun a formal review into a complaint charging that 4.9 million SUVs, trucks and vans produced by Fiat Chrysler are susceptible to engine stalling and air bag failures.
- UAW, 2 German labor groups join forces in bid to organize VW Tenn. plant – Automotive News: The UAW and two top German labor groups have signed a letter of intent to jointly organize the Volkswagen AG assembly plant in Chattanooga, a top UAW official said today.
- Toyota to recall 690,000 Tacomas in U.S. to fix suspension – Automotive News: Toyota said it would recall about 690,00 Tacoma 4X4 and Tacoma pre-runner pickup trucks in the U.S. to fix issues with the vehicles’ rear suspension system.
- US: Toyota to recall Tacoma pickup trucks – Just-auto: Toyota in the US will recall 690,000 Tacoma pickup trucks for corrosion checks, CNBC reported.
- Deaths linked to GM ignition-switch defect rise to 23 – Automotive News: The number of deaths linked to a faulty ignition switch in General Motors cars rose by two last week to 23, according to a report today from the lawyer overseeing a program set up to compensate accident victims.
- US: Ford recalls 850,050 cars for airbag systems check – Just-auto: Ford is recalling 850,050 2013-2014 C-Max, Fusion, Escape and Lincoln MKZ vehicles in North America to check the restraints control module.
- Hyundai reaches wage deal with union after work stoppages – Automotive News: Hyundai Motor reached a tentative wage deal today with its South Korean labor union, a union spokesman said, potentially resolving disputes that had dragged on longer than expected and led to partial strikes.
- BELGIUM: Honeywell hails EC move on Germany MAC enforcement – Just-auto: Honeywell says it welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) move to give Germany two months to comply with the Mobile Air Conditioning Directive.
- PARIS PREVIEW: Volkswagen to show Passat PHEV – Just-auto: The Passat GTE – making its global debut at the Paris show later this week – is the first plug-in Volkswagen hybrid offered in saloon and estate body style. It follows the earlier launch of the Golf GTE hatchback (and the battery-only e-Golf).
- BELGIUM: EC gives Germany two months to comply with MAC directive – Just-auto: Germany has been given two months to comply with a European Union (EU) Directive on Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC) applications for use in vehicle refrigerant systems.
- GERMANY: Cities to offer free EV parking incentives – Just-auto: German government ministers have backed a bill that would enable cities to offer electric vehicle drivers free parking and the right to use bus lanes from next year in a bid to increase demand.
- BMW launches automated driving project in China with Baidu – Reuters: German luxury carmaker BMW is teaming up with Chinese internet giant Baidu to start highly automated driving trials in Beijing and Shanghai.
- GERMANY: Opel/Vauxhall issues ‘do not drive’ warning for 8,000 Corsa and Adam models – Just-auto: General Motors’ European unit has issued a rare ‘do not drive’ warning for about 8,000 Opel/Vauxhall Adam and Corsa models registered since May 2014.
- New Honda Civic Type R concept unveiled – Autocar: Paris motor show concept offers a close look at the production Civic Type R, which will go on sale in the UK next year.
- Upcoming Top-End Product Named Cadillac CT6 – GM: Cadillac announced that its new, high-technology car positioned at the top of its range will be called Cadillac CT6 on Wednesday.
- Volkswagen reveals 141mpg Passat GTE – Autocar: Plug-in hybrid Passat will go on sale in the UK in the second half of next year, and gets 215bhp from its petrol-electric powertrain.