GM to Produce US Cars in China
12 May 2009, 10:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you a few days ago, General Motors plans to build some of the cars sold in the United States overseas, as part of a broader attempt to cut production costs. However, there was no wor...
Zaragoza Rolls Out Ten Millionth Opel
30 Apr 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although things within the company are far from going well, with Opel fighting for survival ever since January 2009, the company finds its very unique occasions to open a new bottle of champagne and...
Renault Boosts New Megane Production to Meet Growing Demand
30 Apr 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The new Renault Megane proves to be quite a hit, surprising even its parent company who didn't expect to see the newly-launched model meeting such a strong demand. Although we're still liv...
GM Makes Tough Labor and Production Cuts
27 Apr 2009, 14:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Apart from the drastic, yet somewhat to be expected measures taken by GM in regard to its brands and future business plans, the American manufacturer has also outlined the measures it will take to s...
Ford Otosan Freezes Production. Again...
15 Apr 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford Otosan (Otomobil Sanayi), one of the most battered players on the automotive market, announced once again it will stop production between April 20th and April 25th, due to the same low demand c...
General Motors Cuts Hungarian Production
7 Apr 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are getting worse for American car manufacturer General Motors, even after the departure of CEO Rick Wagoner, as sales around the world show only slight signs of recovery. Furthermore, GM tod...
Last Volvo S60 Rolls Off the Assembly Line
1 Apr 2009, 13:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo goes about its business, despite the fact that its future is yet to be decided, and makes room for the next generation S60, set to enter production sometimes in 2010. The ...
French Scrapping Incentives Boost Minicar Production
23 Mar 2009, 15:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Finally a good news in the industry category... According to reports, the scrapping incentives offered by the French government increased the minicars overall production in February but still not en...
Renault Increases Production to Meet Growing Demand
20 Mar 2009, 15:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Paradoxically and contrary to what you may expect during so difficult economic recession times, Renault today announced that it will increase production at the Flins site in France (Clio III) and No...
BMW to Maintain Production Output Until 2012
20 Mar 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The economic crisis and financial credit decline car manufacturers have to deal with from some time now will not force BMW to scale down its production capability. Norbert Reithofer, BMW CEO, denied...
Mazda's Japanese Production Back to Non-Crisis Schedule
17 Mar 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda's Japanese production returns to normal following the cuts announced last months, the car manufacturer announced in a press statement today. The Hofu Plant No. 1 and the Hofu Plant No. 2 ...
Crisis Causes 54% Production Drop for Nissan
26 Feb 2009, 09:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we expected, automakers around the world reported very low production and sales figures for January 2009, which emphasized once again that the first month of the year was the toughest 30-day...
Mitsubishi Smiles Again, Increases Production for One Month
24 Feb 2009, 16:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After slashing workforce all around the world, cutting production at most facilities, canceling some future projects and postponing expansion into new regions of the world, Mitsubishi finally smiles...
Toyota Bows as the Recession Continues to Slash Sales
6 Feb 2009, 14:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Recently crowned the world's number one automaker, problems are far from being over for Toyota as the Japanese company continues to fight against the economic downturn with all kinds of cost-cu...
Bridgestone Halts Production to Cut Stocks
6 Feb 2009, 13:30 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Since car manufacturers across the world are severely reducing production in the light of the financial downturn, tyre makers can not be doing any better. According to drive.com, tyre producer Br...
Fiat to Idle Biggest Italian Plant for 2 Weeks
4 Feb 2009, 16:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like many other automakers, Fiat is now planning to temporarily suspend its biggest Italian production facility in Mirafiori due to falling new car demand, Autonews informed today. But more imp...
Nissan Scored Poor Sales in 2008 Despite Cutting Production
28 Jan 2009, 13:54 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Although the Japanese automaker has severely cut down production in the last month of 2008 by more than 80 percent in some regions, sales figures don't look encouraging at all. Just like oth...
Honda to Cut Production in the US and Japan
27 Jan 2009, 11:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Unfortunately for the automotive industry, the fight against the economic recession continues with even more cost-cutting measures. This time the anti-recession move concerns Honda, the Japanese aut...
Bentley to Halt Production for Seven Weeks
26 Jan 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Luxury car manufacturer Bentley today announced that it will halt production of its Crewe facility for six or seven weeks, obviously due to the continuously decreasing demand in most markets across ...
Audi to Idle the Ingolstadt Plant for Five Days
23 Jan 2009, 16:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We all know the whole automotive industry is now under heavy pressure and, unfortunately, Audi is no exception to this rule. As part of its anti-recession plan, Audi today announced it will idle its...