Automotive News – Oklahoma’s top-selling Chevrolet dealer, last week sold his hunting lodge-style store in Norman rather than change the facade and interior to comply with General Motors’ facilities standards. The sale came less than three months after Chevrolet sales chief Don Johnson visited the store and rejected a
Wards Auto – Overseas-based manufacturers will continue to shift more sourcing to North American factories, according toWardsAuto’s latest North American Light Vehicle Production Forecast.
Wards Auto – The Canadian Auto Workers union is calling for General Motors to replace “1-for-1†jobs the auto maker’s Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant stands to lose as a result of a shift in sourcing for the Chevrolet Camaro.
Wards Auto - The World Trade Organization’s dispute-settlement body in Geneva is taking a close look at a complaint lodged by the European Union against Argentine import restrictions on automobiles and parts.
Premium electric carmaker Tesla Motors has announced it will begin distribution of its Model S sedan from its new 6,000-square-metre European distribution centre at Tilburg in The Netherlands. It is the first time the vehicle has been distributed outside of the US since it was introduced last
Automotive Logistics - Following the departure of Bob Socia as vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain (read more here), General Motors has named Grace Lieblein(pictured) as his successor, responsible for its purchasing activities and supply chain and logistics operations worldwide.
Automotive Logistics РHonda has exported its one millionth car from the United States, 25 years after exports from the country began. The milestone vehicle was a silver Accord EX-L Sedan and was loaded on a H̦egh car carrier at port Hueneme in California bound for Seoul in South Korea.
Volkswagen is building a new €250m ($332m) engine plant in Kaluga to supply its vehicle assembly plant there as well as for supply to contract production of VW vehicles at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod. The carmaker has also signed a letter of intent for a new logistics centre in Moscow for aftermarket parts […]
US East Coast and Gulf ports are facing the renewed threat of widespread strikes at the end of December with the extension to the current bargaining process between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) due to expire on the 29th December. If the strike goes ahead it will
