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- Automakers seek to cut inventories with Black Friday, holiday promotions – Reuters: N), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCAU.N) (FCHA.MI) are flat to down for the year. This reflects investor concerns that a …
- 2020 Lotus Elise confirmed following return to profit – Autocar: Lotus is now in a position to fund an all-new version of its featherweight sports car and other new models thanks to a positive cash flow
- 2018 Vauxhall Corsa hatch spotted for first time – Autocar: Opel development car shows how Vauxhall’s future hatchback will look; larger dimensions suggest it’ll have more cabin space
- Didier Leroy reshapes Toyota for an era of new rivals, new risks – Automotive News: The top Toyota executive tasked with reinvigorating the company’s celebrated Toyota Way for the future mastered its core principles not in…
- Hyundai Heavy labor union threatens to launch full-scale strike – Yonhap: The labor union at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on Wednesday threatened to launch a full-scale strike calling on the…
- Why VW’s job cuts were always going to happen – Automotive News: VW Group’s decision to save $3.9 billion in costs at its core brand by cutting 30,000 jobs has nothing to do with emissions cheating.
- Renault-Nissan mistreats workers in Mississippi – Detroitnews: While the world watched Olympic athletes compete in Brazil, employees of the Renault-Nissan Alliance protested how the automaker was violating the…
- Chronicling Toyota’s wild ride in South America – Automotive News: It’s Toyota Motor Corp.’s audacious gambit, devised by CEO Akio Toyoda himself, to reboot the mindset of the world’s biggest auto company toward…
- New Hyundai Celesta Hits The Guangzhou Auto Show In China – Forbes: The Hyundai Celesta has been unveiled on the Guangzhou Auto Show in southern China. The Celesta is a sharp looking compact sedan, but it is not…
- Big Western Companies Are Pumping Cash Into Russia – Bloomberg: Ford Motor Co. said this month it sees signs of a rebound in car sales, which had been hit especially hard by the recession. French do-it-yourself…
- New Mini JCW GP model set for production – Autocar: Company boss Peter Schwarzenbauer has confirmed that the JCW GP model is likely to appear again
- Porsche chief cool on prospect of self-driving sports cars – Autocar: Porsche CEO Oliver Blume says the manufacturer isn’t likely to launch a fully autonomous 911 any time soon, but could use the tech as a driver aid