While scaling down its global sales goal for 2008 and 2009, Toyota Motor Corp. has increased its sales target over the two years and decided to invest 1.5 billion yuan ($220 million) to boost the capacity in one of its joint ventures in China, said sina.com.cn today.

Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr says he supports a review calling for Australia to continue building larger cars.

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) says any changes to the government assistance provided to the car manufacturing industry should be focused on research and development.

After an exhaustive evaluation of more than twenty five competitive automobiles, General Motors (GM) will take center stage at the fourth annual Sobre Ruedas Awards Ceremony for having a stellar 2008 line-up. Taking into consideration performance, styling, safety, technology and overall driving experience, an elite panel of judges selected GM for top honors in six out of the 13 possible categories, affirming GM’s leadership in innovation and quality.