Mercedes-Benz has begun using Turkey’s Autoport terminal at Izmit in Kocaeli for exports of trucks and buses from its manufacturing plants in Istanbul and Aksaray. The 15-hectare terminal, which was built by Arkas Holding and opened in 2008, has the capacity to move 400,000 vehicles a year. In 2012 Mercedes exported more than 4,000 trucks […]
The Renault Nissan Alliance has now made the port of Tyne in the Northeast of England its common entry point for vehicle imports to the UK, including Nissan, Infiniti and Dacia models. The carmaker has been using the port since 1995, whereas Renault had been using the nearby port of Teesport.
Nissan launched production of its second generation Leaf electric vehicle at the Sunderland plant in the UK last Thursday, the first time the vehicle has been produced outside of Japan. The company revealed its global and regional sourcing strategy for the plant, including import of key electronic components from Japan, and ambitions to localise more […]
While Ford continues to mull changes in its second-quarter output plans, the rest of the industry is adding some 74,100 units to their production schedules for the period. The gains so far, spread across all three months but weighted more toward April and June
Thirty years ago, Japan Inc.’s formidable battery of domestic auto plants seemed ready to conquer the world. A nervous U.S. industry watched as the Japanese export machine devoured American jobs. Consultants trumpeted the supremacy of the Japanese business model.
Hyundai Motor Co. is looking into launching a pickup in the United States, Hyundai’s sales boss says. Product planners and engineers at headquarters in South Korea are studying what size truck would be best, Lee In-cheol, vice president in charge of international sales, said at a Hyundai training center here, southeast of Seoul.
U.S. auto sales are finishing March on an upbeat note, with analysts expecting the industry to extend its strongest streak in five years. Three independent forecasters predict a seasonally adjusted annual sales rate of 15.3 million, nearly matching February’s 15.36 million SAAR and up 8 percent from a year earlier
Daimler Trucks North America will recall about 46,000 Freightliner Cascadia trucks due to a software glitch that may cause the daytime running lights to turn off, the company said in a report released by the federal government Wednesday.
