1.5 Millionth BMW Rolled Off Spartanburg Plant
10 Sep 2009, 16:45 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The American BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, rolled the 1.5 millionth BMW vehicle off its assembly line. The car bearing the 1.5 millionth plate number was a Monaco Blue X6 for a Hong...
1 Millionth M-Klasse Built in North America
10 Sep 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The workers and employees at the only Mercedes-Benz plant in North America today celebrated the one millionth M-Klasse that rolled off the assembly line today, namely a fuel-efficient ML 350 BlueTEC...
Hyundai to Open Third Chinese Plant
9 Sep 2009, 12:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / South-Korean manufacturer Hyundai announced, through one of its executives, that it will begin construction at a third manufacturing plant in China, as it is now faced with the not-so-often-seen sce...
Ford Ready for Small Indian Car Production
4 Sep 2009, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford is taking big steps towards completing the conversion of its Indian Maraimalai Nagar facility and the beginning of production of the new small vehicle. The car will be at ...
Dongfeng Prepares Investment for New Car Plant in Turkey
3 Sep 2009, 08:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Dongfeng Motor, the third largest Chinese carmaker, is planning to build a new production facility in Turkey that will produce an estimated 52,000 units per year. According to a report by gasgoo.com...
Dongfeng Nissan Begins Construction of Second Huadu Facility
1 Sep 2009, 09:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following growing demand especially in the local market, Dongfeng Nissan revealed that it started construction of the second production facility in Huadu. The joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Gr...
Ford Found Buyers for Wixom Plant
27 Aug 2009, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The only American manufacturer to have survived without government aid may get closer into securing additional funding from the selling of one of its former plants. The facility in question, which w...
BAIC to Build Plant in Lithuania
27 Aug 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Except the numerous bids submitted for European brands, this is the first major step made by the Chinese carmaker Beijing Automotive (BAIC) towards a long-awaited European expansion. It appears that...
VW Gives in to Mexican Union
23 Aug 2009, 09:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / …or what a well organized strike can do. German manufacturer Volkswagen announced yesterday that the company’s management reached an agreement late on Saturday to give workers at its ...
GM to Hire Volt Workers in Early 2010
19 Aug 2009, 14:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors will begin hiring new staff at the production plant in Brownstown Township in early 2010 as the former bankrupt automaker will debut the Chevrolet Volt in November 2010. GM will inves...
Changan Auto Prepares Third Plant in Chongqing
19 Aug 2009, 10:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese automakers are continuously seeking for new ways to expand their local businesses, driven forward by overseas companies who are seeing China as one of the most important auto sectors nowaday...
Tesla Opens Powertrain Plant in Palo Alto
19 Aug 2009, 07:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After it proudly announced that it came back to profit, Tesla Motors continues its expansion by moving its headquarters from San Carlos, CA to Palo Alto. The buildings will host Tesla's offices...
GM Hires New Staff, Boosts US Production
19 Aug 2009, 07:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of fighting with the economic recession and laying off people who worked for the company for years, General Motors is again boosting production following an impressively high demand for...
Audi Opens Second Chinese Plant in September
17 Aug 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like many other European and US carmakers, Audi is trying anything that's possible to expand its business in China, a country that ignored the economic chaos and maintained new car sales a...
Locally Assembled VW LCVs Hit the Russian Market
12 Aug 2009, 14:10 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / In spite of difficult market conditions in Russia, VW began commercializing the domestically-built Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan and Caddy models. This is good news for everyone, but especially t...
Hyundai Says Third Chinese Plant Still in Doubt
5 Aug 2009, 07:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following reports that the company is now planning to build a third plant in China to cope with growing demand, Hyundai today denied rumors, saying that no decision has been made until now. However,...
Hyundai Seeks Third Plant in China
4 Aug 2009, 09:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are going fairly well for Hyundai, the South Korean manufacturer which goes from record to record in several regions of the world. After announcing enthusiastic sales in Canada and in the Uni...
Honda Ceases Gold Wing Production in U.S.
3 Aug 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After more than a year since it announced that it is planning to discontinue motorcycle production at the U.S. plant, Honda of America recently confirmed that the Marysville Motorcycle Plant, Ohio, ...
Fiat Partner Builds Plant in Russia
31 Jul 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Sollers, who was previously known as Severstal-Avto, will build a new production facility in Russia to manufacturer commercial vehicles for several carmakers. Sollers, who is Fiat's Russian joi...
Sad Day in Delaware: GM Closes Boxwood Road Plant
30 Jul 2009, 13:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Tough day for workers at General Motors' Boxwood Road assembly plant who today "celebrated" their last day at work. Unfortunately, this was also the last day for the facility per se a...