Production of the all-new Ford Kuga, Ford of Europe's first entry into the highly competitive crossover market, began today at the Ford plant in Saarlouis, Germany.

Production of the new generation Ford Focus got underway today at the Ford plant in St. Petersburg.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced production, sales and export results for December and calendar year 2007.

South Korean auto giant Hyundai could select a site by the end of the year to build a $400 mln car plant in northwest Russia, authorities in the Leningrad Region said on Thursday.

The GM plant Zaragoza is turning 25, and the 8000 employees of GM’s largest European production plant have two reasons to celebrate – their contribution to the industrial development of the Northern Spanish province of Aragon and the Opel Corsa’s unique career.

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

New car star – what they are? Far-from-common cars chosen by the Japanese "Big Three" automakers' top executives to drive on to the stage at the Tokyo Motor Show Wednesday said it all.

A Czech unit of Volkswagen AG, Skoda Auto AS, announced Thursday its plans to launch production of its new small-sized sport utility vehicle Yeti in two years.

Renault SA of France offers Indian automaker Bajaj Auto Ltd. to produce ultra-cheap cars that could sell for US$3,000 or less, both companies said.

More than half of Toyota's shuttered assembly lines will start running again Tuesday, and carmakers Mazda and Honda plan to restart production as well, after a key parts supplier damaged by a major earthquake resumed operations Monday.

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced on July 23 that it plans to soon initiate "sustainable plant" activities aimed at increasing the sustainability of its production operations.

As Honda Motor Co. reported double-digit increase on its global production in May, Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors also said they had output gains. But Mazda’s output fell 2.1 percent.