BEIJING (Xinhua) — Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., China’s biggest exporter of light trucks, said Saturday it has signed an agreement with Brazil’s SNS Co. to build a joint venture in the South America’s biggest country.
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CHICAGO (Xinhua) — Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide, including 420,000 in the United States, for a potential steering problem.
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CHICAGO (Xinhua) — A tentative agreement between U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers (UAW) was approved by UAW members on Tuesday, the union announced on Wednesday.
The Ford agreement, which comes three weeks after General Motors’, would add 5,750 new UAW jobs, bringing the total to 12, 000. Chrysler Group LLC has just begun voting on its proposed deal, which is expected to conclude on Oct. 25.
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Japan’s biggest automaker Toyota said Wednesday production at its three Thailand plants would be halted until at least Saturday due to the impact on suppliers of the country’s worst flooding in decades.
While floods have not directly impacted its Samrong, Gateway and Ban Pho plants, Toyota said: “Some suppliers are experiencing delays in supplying parts.”
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CHICAGO (Xinhua) — Workers in General Motors Co. on Wednesday approved the automaker’s four-year contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, and the contract came into effect immediately.
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PARIS (Xinhua) – Car sales in France gained momentum in August after sharp drop in the previous months, French car sales federation (CCFA) said on Thursday.
August’s new car sales stood at 108,530 units, up from 105,166 vehicles sold in the same month a year earlier, the federation said in its monthly report.
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TIANJIN (Xinhua) – Ssangyong Motor Co., the smallest automaker of the Republic of Korea (ROK), has re-entered the Chinese market with its new sport utility vehicle (SUV) two years after it halted exports to the country, Chinese authorities said Thursday.
The first batch of 302 Ssangyong SUVs, including Kornando, Actyon and Rexton models, were shipped to the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin this week, a spokesman with the Tianjin Port Co., Ltd. said.
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Online PR News – 09-August-2011 –SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – When it comes to automotive sales, the Toyota Camry has reigned supreme not just among Toyota’s lineup, but among all cars sold in the United States for 13 of the last 14 years. The model’s sales have been slower in 2011 due to availability issues resulting from the March earthquake in Japan, but an all-new 2012 Camry will be revealed to the world on August 23 and delivered to Toyota dealerships in the fall.
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Ford Motor Company is intensifying its efforts to educate teen drivers about the dangers of distracted driving – such as texting while driving – through a new initiative under its nationwide Ford Driving Skills for Life (FDSFL) program.
On the eve of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Distracted Driving Summit, Ford Motor Company Fund will host a special FDSFL event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 29, demonstrating specialized training methods designed to help teens recognize and avoid driving distractions such as manually dialing a phone or texting. Ford recently became the first automaker to endorse a federal ban on manually sending text messages on hand-held devices while driving.
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After a landmark government bailout, General Motors has emerged from bankruptcy on a mission to win back American car buyers. In an effort to change their corporate culture and re-focus on customers and cars, the revamped automaker is asking consumers to “Tell Fritz.”
The new campaign allows people to go online and send their comments to company executives, express their views and give input on the direction of the new GM. In addition, executives, including CEO Fritz Henderson, recently invited consumers to meet them and drive all of the latest models at the company’s Michigan Proving Grounds.
And the new commitment to customers may be paying off. The company recently announced they would be building 60,000 more vehicles this year than originally planned, and have recalled over a thousand previously laid off workers to help build them.
