Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced the release of three special edition models - March 25th Happiness, March Plus Safety and March KISEKAE - featuring unique specifications to commemorate its 25th anniversary. The three anniversary models went on sale today at Nissan dealers across Japan.

BMW AG saw its sales up 13.2 percent compared with last year, the company said Thursday. The Munich-based company, whose brands include BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce, sold 123,304 cars, compared with 108,897 in October 2006.

Volkswagen AG’s luxury arm Audi AG said Thursday that its global sales worldwide increased 5.3 percent in October compared with last year.

The first Japanese auto plant to build a car in America turns 25, marking a milestone that brought innovation to the U.S. auto industry and vaulted Honda to a leadership position. The 5,300 associates at Honda's Marysville Auto Plant will not miss a beat as they spend the day building more than 1,800 cars and light trucks. Later this month, they will hit another milestone - production of the plant's nine-millionth vehicle.

A new compact car was introduced by Hyundai Motor Co. in India to boost sales in one of the fastest growing automobile markets.

Helmut Broeker will replace Mark Bishop as the managing director of Porsche China, the company said Tuesday. Broeker, 50, who is joining the company from BMW AG, has spent more than two decades in the automotive industry, working in Asia, Australia, the United States, Africa and the Caribbean.

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) says Toyota's comments on the future of its Australian operations are a cause for concern.

An article on the new book by Hans-Hermann Braess and Ulrich Seiffert with an interview with Chris Bangle, Director of Design BMW Group.

General Motors Latin America, Africa & Middle East (GM LAAM) region set an all-time quarterly sales record in Q3 2007, selling over 329,000 vehicles, up 59,000 units over the same period last year. In addition, GM’s quarterly market share in the region increased to 17.5 percent, representing the best Q3 share since 1997.

U.S. auto giant General Motors and Korean-Uzbek car manufacturer UzDaewooAvto have set up a joint venture to produce up to 250,000 Chevrolet cars a year in Uzbekistan, company officials said Monday.

The weels of new Nissan’s Pivo ball-shaped car turn 90 degrees and the cabin part can rotate in a complete circle. The Pivo 2, being shown at the Tokyo auto show later this month, is a three-seat ecological commuter car that's fully working but too expensive to go on commercial sale just yet, according to Nissan Motor Co. officials.

Toyota chose a swerving Formula One racing course to show its new luxury Lexus sportscar Thursday, to make sure reporters got the message the new IS F model is about revved up engine muscle and the thrill of nimble handling.