GWM starts shipments with RZD Chinese vehicle maker Great Wall Motors (GWM) has begun shipping Wingle 5 pickup trucks from China to Russia with Russia Railways (RZD). The company is planning to move around 400 vehicles a month from GWM’s plant in Baoding to Gzhel, which is 60km east of Moscow. The shipments are being […]
After several years of discussion the European Union and the United States plan to begin negotiations at the beginning of this summer on setting up a free trade agreement (FTA). The discussions will involve whether the tariffs on vehicles and parts should be lowered immediately or, as with the EU-South Korea FTA, gradually lowered over […]
PSA Peugeot-Citroën has signed an agreement with Agromash Holding for the assembly and distribution of the passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Kazakhstan. Agromash Holding is one of Kazakhstan’s largest producers of vehicles and agricultural equipment. According to the agreement, Agromash will start building the vehicles this coming June and these will include Peugeot […]
Competitive advantage for carmakers is no longer just about quality or the technology used in the vehicle, as the leading manufacturers are already on a level playing field there. Tomorrow’s differentiator is going to be logistics. This will be the rally cry for the industry, according to Michael Robinet, managing director at IHS Automotive Consulting, […]
Toyota promotes several U.S. executives as it increases the responsibility of its North American leadership within the parent company, effective April 1. James Lentz, president and CEO-Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., is named CEO of Toyota’s North America Region. He also becomes a senior managing officer of the Japanese parent company and president and CEO-Toyota Motor America.
There is increasing sentiment among some Fordemployees that it’s too late to save the Lincoln luxury brand, despite recent announcements that four new products would debut over the next four years. Ford CEO Alan Mulally recently said Lincoln remains an integral part of Ford’s global ambitions. But in 2007, shortly after arriving from Boeing, Mulally expressed a […]
Henrik Fisker, founder and executive chairman of struggling plug-in hybrid vehicle maker Fisker Automotive, has resigned. In an e-mail today to Automotive News, Fisker said: “The main reasons for his resignation are several major disagreements that Henrik Fisker has with the Fisker Automotive executive management on the business strategy.”
Cadillac is considering naming a longtime General Motors partner, Campbell Ewald, to become its new advertising agency of record in a deal that could be worth about $244 million in media billings annually, sources have told Crain’s Detroit Business, an affiliate of Automotive News
PACCAR is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Kenworth T680 and T880 trucks, manufactured from January 18, 2012, through February 1, 2013; and model year 2013-2014 Peterbilt 579 and 567 vehicles, manufactured from January 20, 2012, through January 31, 2013. The Exterior Lights Self-Test switch is intended to be used when the vehicle is parked. If […]
