PARIS Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. says it could make a decision within the next 18 months on whether to build a vehicle manufacturing plant in Russia. The auto maker has seen its sales in the former communist country rise more than 200% within the past...
PARIS – MG Rover expects to have China’s approval by the end of the year for a relationship with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. that would help the Chinese auto maker begin exports and allow the small U.K. auto maker to enter China...
PARIS Officials from General Motors Corp. are downplaying their meeting here this week with Fiat Auto SpA regarding the Italian auto maker’s money-losing operations. “We meet with them on a regular basis,” GM Chief Financial...
PARIS – Continuing its move down market, BMW AG uses the auto show here for the official world debut of its 1-Series compact car. “This car is a major milestone in the expansion of the BMW Group,” says BMW Chairman Helmut Panke...
Ferrari SpA takes the wraps off its newest 2-seat performance beauty, the ’05 F430 Monza during the Paris auto show. The F430 will replace the volume-leading 360 Modena, which replaced the F355 in 2000. ’05 Ferrari F430 The F430...
PARIS General Motors Corp. is moving forward with plans to make Chevrolet its biggest worldwide brand, unveiling several new models here at the Mondial de l’Automobile 2004. They include two concepts and two products derived from South Korea...
PARIS – Fiat Auto SpA hopes to jump-start interest in its ailing Fiat Stilo product range by adding two new variants to the lineup, both of which go on sale in 2005. The Italian auto maker expands Stilo’s reach via the Multi Wagon...
PARIS – Chrysler Group says it plans to build as many as 90,000 units of its 300 Series this year to meet an ever-increasing demand for the vehicle. The auto maker also will boost production of the Dodge Magnum R/T wagon, which has been an...
Kia Motors Corp. says it may introduce an ’06 production version of its Kia Sport concept car, which debuted at the Paris auto show. Kim Yong-hwan, senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Kia, says a production version...
PARIS Incremental profitability targets and cost savings for the jointly developed D-segment platform between Chrysler Group and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. could be missed if the Japanese auto maker changes volume projections and usage, a Chrysler...