Peter Schreyer, who was so successful as Kia’s design boss that he was recently promoted to president of design at both Hyundai and Kia, says the two brands still are working on their future positioning and image.
Peter Schreyer, who was so successful as Kia’s design boss that he was recently promoted to president of design at both Hyundai and Kia, says the two brands still are working on their future positioning and image.
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Freightliner Cascadia customers now have a new transmission option available to them. Today, at its the Mercedes-Benz transmission assembly plant in Gaggenau, Germany,
General Motors’ first quarter net profit dropped 14 percent, to $865 million, as earnings in North America slipped and losses in Europe narrowed.
Daimler is setting up transmission assembly at a second site affiliated with its Romanian subsidiary, Star Transmission, from the middle of this year. The new facility in Sebes will mean an eventual total investment of €300m. The decision has been made because the Stuttgart transmission facility in Germany has reached full capacity and there are […]
BMW North America has outsourced the management of its parts distribution centre in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and chosen logistics and transport provider Penske Logistics for the job. The facility was previously managed in-house by BMW.
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Commerce is proposing to extend the country’s recycling charge for imported vehicles to include Belarus and Kazakhstan, which joined a Customs Union with the Russian Federation in 2010. If the bill proposing the tax is passed it will become effective from the beginning of July this year.
Renault-Nissan has announced it will produce the next generation Nissan Micra at its Renault Flins plant in France. Production will begin in 2016 with an estimated annual output of 82,000 vehicles. The vehicle is currently produced at the Renault Nissan Alliance plant in Orangadam, near Chennai, in southern India.
Domestic freight trends below-seasonal into April, consistent with March-end. Easter timing and cold spring weather have tempered retail trends, while industrial trends have moderated, creating a softer-than-expected start to 2Q13 demand; though some carriers remain optimistic that delayed retail demand will support volumes in May/June.