Honda Will Built Fit (Jazz) in Mexico from 2014
30 Mar 2012, 11:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The strategy that most Japanese automakers opt for in order to deal with the rise of the yen is to mode production closer to the consuming market. Obviously, shifting production around the globe is ...
Nissan Building Third Plant in Mexico
25 Jan 2012, 17:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan has announced today they will be investing $2 billion in order to establish a new manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico, which should be ready by the end of next year. This should ...
Audi Plant in North America Approved, Mexico Likely
17 Jan 2012, 18:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Audi has confirmed that they will soon be producing their cars locally for the North American market, but we still don’t know exactly where. "It's not a matter of if we will do a pla...
Nissan, Daimler Planning Japanese Joint Venture
16 Nov 2011, 12:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Usually, when two French carmakers join forces to make engines in some European factory or other, it all sort of makes sense. However, a Japanese-German joint venture in Mexico might have a bit too ...
First Nissan Leaf Taxis Delivered to Mexico City
6 Oct 2011, 16:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A combined fleet of 100 electric taxis will patrol the streets of Mexico City soon, and three of them have recently been delivered to the local government. Jose Munoz, Nissan Mexicana President and ...
New Honda Automobile Plant in Mexico to Start Production in 2014
17 Aug 2011, 08:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese automaker Honda recently announced it will build an automobile plant for production of fuel-efficient subcompact vehicles for the Mexican and North American markets. This will require an in...
Audi CEO Wants to Build Q5 in Mexico
22 Jul 2011, 07:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Oh, how times change! Audi stated that it saw no need to build its cars in the US for the North American market back in 2009, when sales were dropping like a stone due to the economic crisis. A coup...
2012 Volkswagen Beetle Production Kicks Off in Mexico
18 Jul 2011, 05:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The latest Beetle celebrated its world premiere in April this year and is scheduled to arrive at dealer showrooms in Germany from this fall. Expected to become a sales hit, the new volkswagen Beetle...
Mazda to Open Plant in Mexico, Sales Company in Brazil
17 Jun 2011, 12:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese automaker Mazda today announced it will open a vehicle production facility in Mexico and a sales company in Brazil, in alliance with Sumitomo Corporation. Thus, a new joint venture is born,...
Green Motion Expands Operations in Mexico
29 Mar 2011, 05:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Green Motion car and van rental today announced that it has innaugurated a new Mexico location in Monterrey, catering for the transportation needs of the city and the Monterrey International Airport...
Solberg Targets Podium Appearance in Portugal
22 Mar 2011, 15:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Petter Solberg is yet to secure a podium finish in the 2011 World Rally Championship, but that doesn't mean his title ambitions for the ongoing campaign have faded one bit. On the contrary, giv...
Fiat to Build Second Model in Mexico
8 Mar 2011, 10:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Sergio Marchionne, CEO of both Fiat and Chrysler, is looking into ways to manufacture a second model in Mexico, besides the 500 model that's addressed to the US market. Chrysler's Toluca p...
Chrysler Group Celebrates Production of Fiat 500 in Mexico
8 Mar 2011, 08:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne celebrated the launch of the all-new 2012 Fiat 500 today at Los Pinos, together with Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon. They were joined by Governor of th...
Concerns Over Spiders in Fuel System Prompts Mazda6 Recall
4 Mar 2011, 09:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve heard of recalls because of seatbelts, accelerator pedals on just about every other mechanical component out there, but this is definitely something different: Japanese carmaker Mazda ha...
The Mexican Manhattan Project: Algae Biofuel
15 Feb 2011, 13:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A few weeks back, the Top Gear hosts have managed to angry an ambassador by describing, indirectly, Mexicans as being “lazy, feckless, flatulent, oaf with a moustache leaning against a fence a...
Mexico Gets Green Motion Car Rental Service
8 Feb 2011, 13:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Green Motion, a car and van hire company that aims to protect the environment, today announced that it is expanding into Mexico, following its successful activities on the British market. Green Moti...
Zero Motorcycles Arrives to Mexico
2 Feb 2011, 13:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Electric bike manufacturer Zero Motorcycles is gaining further worldwide popularity, with the company now announcing it has expanded to Mexico by signing Dofesa Ventura as its official distributor o...
Volkswagen Begins Mexican Plant Build
1 Feb 2011, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Promised ever since last year, the new Volkswagen engine plant in Mexico is getting ready to receive its assembly lines, after at the end of last week the German auto maker laid the foundation stone...
Magna to Open Stamping Plant in Mexico
28 Jan 2011, 10:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mexico, the land of opportunities for car manufacturers and parts suppliers, will get a bit more crowded in June next year, when one of the biggest suppliers in the world, Magna, will open the doors...
No Vehicle Import Charges Boost 2010 Sales in Colombia
19 Jan 2011, 15:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Colombia is far from being a large auto market and carmakers aren't exactly focused on expanding their operations in the country, so the local auto industry is often totally absent from the fro...