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SAIC Motor Corp. plans to begin manufacturing its MG 6 sedan in the UK at the end of next year, the company said. SAIC became the owner of MG Rover's plant in Longbridge, England, after a merger with Nanjing Automobile Group in late 2007. Nov. 23 14:31 CET

Union representatives hope the future of Opel's 50,000 workers in Europe will become clearer when they meet on Wednesday with General Motors Co.'s interim regional chief Nick Reilly to discuss restructuring plans. Nov. 23 14:16 CET

General Motors Co. expects its China sales growth to drop dramatically in 2010 as the carmaker nears the end of a year of government stimulus-fueled growth in the fast-growing market, the head of the company's China operations said on Monday. Nov. 23 06:01 CET   
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Spyker Cars plans to relocate its vehicle assembly operations to England from the Netherlands to cut costs. The Dutch luxury sports car maker said it will relocate produc ...

Volkswagen AG plans to more than triple its sales in south China by 2018 as a main driver for its strategy to double sales to 2 million units in the country by that time, ...
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble pressed General Motors Co. on Sunday to shed light on its plans for Opel and said the U.S. automaker has a responsibility for w ...

A group led by a former Ford director will make an offer for Volvo next week, rivaling a bid from China's Geely, a Swedish newspaper reported. Media reports put the bid b ...

Fiat may have to close factories in Italy, given sharp falls in auto sales which have changed the sector dramatically, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. Keeping all the factor ...

Vladimir Putin said Russia will launch a car scrappage scheme to help jolt the country's economy out of the worst recession in 15 years. ...

Vladimir Putin offered Renault control of AvtoVAZ, Sergei Chemezov, head of Russian Technologies, said. Renault would "think about it," he said, adding "I think (it could ...

Spain's industry minister Miguel Sebastian said GM will cut no more jobs at Opel's Zaragoza plant than previously agreed with Magna. He wants GM to make an electric car i ...

VW completed its long search for a top sales executive. ...
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The supervisory board of indebted automotive holding Porsche Automobil Holding SE signed off on a contract to merge with its majority-owned, cash-rich subsidiary Volkswag ...

The UK's scrappage incentive doesn't appear to be helping the country's domestic car producers as many buyers are using the bonus to buy foreign-made models. While Britis ...

VW will export right-hand drive models of its new Polo to the UK, Ireland and other global markets from its South African plant. VW plans to almost double South African c ...

Geely has told unions that it will keep Volvo production in Europe if it buys the Swedish carmaker. Union leaders at the Ford Motor Co. ...

Italian businessman Gian Mario Rossignolo plans to revive the De Tomaso sportscar brand. The former Fiat executive aims to build 8,000 De Tomaso cars a year in a former P ...

VW raised hopes that the 90,000 workers in its high-wage western German plants could extend their job guarantees a further three years until 2014. VW wants to be able to ...

Ricardo said it still anticipates lower H1 trading, but expected a strong order book to help it return to normal levels in H2. Ricardo expects increased orders in the new ...