Sanyo, of which company Panasonic intends to gain control, will put nickel-hydride cells to diesel-electric hybrid cars...

She replaces Josef A. Mayr (head of Fiat Group in Austria), who held the position temporarily after Bohumir Preucil had left…

Honda’s operating profit went down by 56% in Q3 but exceeded analysts’ expectations. Honda and other Japanese carmakers will face competitors from…

The carmaker will thus stop producing the models before Christmas—as early as December 18. Production of other models will end...

Car sales went down by 41.6% to 29,226 cars in Q1-3 due to shutting down foreign branches and the economic recession. The number of cars sold in Q3 declined by 36.2% to…

In the plant in Antwerp Opel produces model Astra. Within Opel’s restructuring, about 9,000 employees should leave; out of that in Germany…

Troika Dialog holds a 44% share in Kamaz and is willing to sell a part. Both companies are now negotiating the price which could reach…

The Chinese company, which was supposed to participate in taking over Saab by carmaker Koenigsegg, wants to strengthen its activities in…

The head of GM Europe has talked of cutting 9,000 to 9,500 jobs so far. Opel has around 85 suppliers in the Czech Republic…

Orders for new cars were going up due to Western European market stabilizing and have exceeded the level of deliveries. In particular…

The German government did not consider helping the carmaker by itself originally. The separate states are reportedly offering Opel a help amounting to…

Hydro Automotive Structures will join Benteler Automobiltechnik division. The transaction includes Hydro’s activities in the Czech Republic as well…

GM will be discussing the fate of the Swedish division in a week. GM is reportedly not negotiating with other clients either. The carmaker Saab is threatened by a loss…

Consumers currently tend to buy smaller and cheaper models for which there are smaller margins during production and sale as well…

Car sales in Brazil should go up to a record volume this year. Local association of car dealers expects the sales to grow in 2010 as well by...

Ford has already been negotiation a sale of Swedish divions with the syndicate led by Chinese company Geely, which is offering Volvo...

The Automotive Industry Association opposes with necessary steps to speeding up renewal of car fleet with respect to ecology and traffic safety again…

Even though A.M.T. Moravia with showrooms in Brno and Ostrava has been insolvent, the sale in the Kolbenova Street in Prague has been converted to a new company…

However, the company remains an authorized service partner of Mitsubishi. The reason of the end of cooperation is…

Even though car prices went down by 40% y/y, sales are still falling down. Small local showrooms are the worst off…

The 12th year of the event has also a separate block of financial sector and production sphere. Representatives of insurance and automotive companies will also be speaking there...

If Russian market revives in a year, Michelin will initiate projects for increasing capacity markedly and for expansion of distribution network…

However, reduction of production capacities will occur and up to 10,000 jobs will be cut. GM will introduce a restructuring plan for Opel in…

Volkswagen repeated that it would buy a 49.9% share in Porsche by the end of this year for…

After having terminated cooperation with AAA Auto and Mazda in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, its partnership with Nissan on Czech market is running out…