Automotive News

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai May 21) - Recently rumors of impending taxes on luxury vehicles have been appearing across the Chinese media. In a report appearing the Nanfang Daily today, an anonymous official from a German luxury car manuf...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai May 22) - Dongfeng Motor is aiming to export 100,000 automobiles this year, jfdaily.com reported today. The number, which was announced by Dongfeng at a recently held annual summi...

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Xinhua - Shanghai GM will recall 2,653 imported Cadillac SRX vehicles as their wheel nuts may become loose and pose a safety hazard, China's consumer quality watchdog said Friday. As of Friday, the...

China Daily - In the biggest consolidation in the nation's fragmented auto industry since 2009, China's second-largest automaker Dongfeng Motor Corp agreed last week to become a shareholder in Fujian ...

The Telegraph - German auto giant Volkswagen will build a plant in central China, a spokesman says, as it battles US rival General Motors to be the top foreign automaker in the world's biggest car mar...

Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) - South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is considering building a fourth assembly plant in China as it seeks to meet the growing demand in the world's largest auto m...

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai May 21) - Guangzhou Automobile Group's board of directors has approved a new expansion project for its passenger automobile production capacity, China Business News reported today...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai May 21) - A recent study by the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reveals that the vast majority of profits made in the country's passenger automobi...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai May 21) - In an interview with auto.163.com today, Dongfeng Honda Sales Deputy General Manager Li Peng confirmed that the joint venture is preparing to release a new small SUV to ...

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South China Morning Post - Sales at mainland carmaker Geely Automobile in the first four months of this year are already well ahead of its target growth rate, the company said, and it predicted a stro...

China Daily (Seoul) - South Korea's automobile exports posted a double-digit fall last month due to less business days arising from the Lunar New Year's holiday and weak demand for locally-made cars, a government report showed Mon...

The Wall Street Journal - Japan's auto makers have been some of the most vociferous proponents of a weaker yen—calling for the U.S. dollar to appreciate to ¥100 or more. That is because t...

The Times of India (Kolkata) - Next time a new car is launched in India, the first batch of owners in Kolkata will get to drive it around the same time that customers do in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ban...

Reuters (Frankfurt) - General Motors' loss-making European brand Opel will move production of the multi-purpose vehicle Zafira to Ruesselsheim in Germany, shoring up its headquarters as it prepares to...

Reuters (New York) - Americans are driving less than they used to because of higher gasoline prices, a weak economy and changing generational preferences, according to a report released Tuesday that f...