Top News:
- GM to source medium-duty trucks from Isuzu, reports say – Automotive News: GM will re-enter the U.S. medium-duty truck market next year with Chevrolet-branded vehicles supplied by Isuzu, people familiar with the matter said today.
- Winterkorn plans VW restructure – reports – Just-auto: Reuters sources had said the meeting was not about personnel but about a new structure being drawn up to tackle
- Beijing angered by U.S. duties on Chinese tires – Automotive News: China’s Commerce Ministry today blasted the U.S. for imposing duties on certain automobile and light truck tires imported from China, calling the move “unreasonable” and damaging to world trade.
- GERMANY: Audi reports sales fall in China – Just-auto: Audi has reported a fall in sales in China for the month of May, a development it described as part of the “current reticence to buy in the Chinese luxury segment”.
- Honda, reeling from recalls, hands reins to insider – Automotive News: Honda is turning to an insider who’s spent his entire career at the company to navigate out of a global auto safety crisis, after seven people died in its cars.
- US Auto Industry Develops a Weak Spot – WSJ: Among the most reliant on sales to rental fleets in the first quarter: General Motors Co. GM 0.45 % , Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCAU 0.44 % NV,…
- BMW drives the factory of the future – FT: BMW has taken the open plan office to a different level. At the carmaker’s Leipzig factory in eastern Germany, a parade of cars fresh off the assembly…
- Chinese police detain taxi-app driver over alleged assault – Reuters: The case will likely spark safety concerns over the country’s fast-growing ride-hailing app market which connects passengers with private cars as well…
- Updated Jaguar XJ revealed for 2016 – Autocar: MY16 Jaguar XJ will go on sale this autumn, priced from PS58,690
- Renault Rolls out Lodgy Stepway Variants in India; Price, Feature, Availability Details – Ibtimes: Powered by 1.5-litre K9K diesel engine, which is tuned to churn out 110PS and 245 Nm of torque, the Renault Stepway Lodgy MPV features skid…
- GM to source medium-duty trucks from Isuzu from 2016 -sources – Reuters: General Motors Co will re-enter the U.S. medium-duty truck market next year with Chevrolet-branded vehicles supplied by Japanese truck maker Isuzu Motors Ltd, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
- New Honda Jazz Diesel to Clock Mileage of 27.3 Kmpl; Launch, Bookings, Price and Everything … – Ibtimes: Auto enthusiasts in the country are keeping their fingers crossed for the launch of much-awaited premium hatchback Jazz from the house of Honda.
- Equipment disparity on Ford F-150 prompts new crash test – Automotive News: Last week, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducted an unprecedented follow-up crash test, on a 2015 Ford F-150 Supercab.
- Tech-laden 7 series must prove it’s a driver’s BMW – Automotive News: For all its new whiz-bang gadgetry, the 7 series will still have to prove its worth as a driver’s car, not a technological showcase.
- Nissan Sentra to be ‘almost all new’ after midcycle refresh – Automotive News: Nissan plans significant enhancements to the 2016 Sentra beyond the typical mid-cycle freshen.
- Tesla takes on industry in California – Automotive News: Three years after California imposed rules requiring the sale of zero-emission vehicles, automakers are asking for deep changes, including permission to use plug-in hybrids to comply. But Tesla won’t let that happen without a fight.
- GM labor veteran Clegg to head talks with UAW – Automotive News: When UAW bargainers sit down this summer to hammer out a new labor agreement with General Motors, they’ll be looking across the…
- Smart has no plans for an SUV, CEO says – Automotive News: Daimler’s Smart subsidiary will not expand its lineup with an SUV/crossover in the near future, said the brand’s CEO,…
- Aston will decide plant site in third quarter – Automotive News: The U.K. sports car maker is cooperating with Mercedes owner Daimler to expand its engine lineup, but Palmer has said the crossover is unlikely to be…
- Profit sharing to stoke GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler talks – Detroitnews: Profit sharing and bonuses will take center stage in the upcoming UAW contract talks, especially at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, where hourly workers…