The former GM purchasing boss has spent three years turning GAZ upside down, winning new contracts, renovating plants, demanding better productivity and taking the company both out of and back into passenger-car assembly....More
VW and GAZ together have inested $250 million in preparing a plant in Nizhny Novgorod to produce Skoda Yeti, as well as two other VW models. VW paid a majority of the costs, 60%.
Attaching a plastic bin securely around the sides and rear of the floor console would prevent headaches for many drivers and eliminate the black hole where French fries, crumbs and spilled liquid often end up....More
Volkswagen officials say only that the CrossBlue would be built in the dollar zone, but the U.S. plant looks like an all-but lock to get the cross/utility vehicle if approved for production....More
Several new products in the pipeline, plus plans to boost the size of its dealer network, have Porsche’s CEO confident of continued U.S. growth in 2013....More
The Japanese supplier plans to invest more than $1 billion to expand in North America and add 2,000 new jobs. Expansion is coming in powertrain, thermal systems and electronics....More
U.S. luxury-vehicle sales are up 9.0% through May, outpacing the overall industry growth of 7.1%. Which luxury brand do you think will gain the most market share in 2013?
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