- Latest news & comment - 8th January
FRANCE/NETHERLANDS: MMC, PSA, deny OEM EV deal (MEM)
Spokesmen for both automakers have dismissed as inaccurate or declined to confirm Japanese media reports that Mitsubishi Motors would supply PSA with up to 10,000 plug-in electric cars by 2011.
UK: West European car sales down 19% in December
Car sales in Western Europe fell by 18.9% in December according to data issued by JD Power. For the 2008 full year, the market was 8.4% down on 2007 at 13.56m units, the company said.
FRANCE: PSA denies 'single structure' report (MEM)
PSA Peugeot Citroen has denied it plans to adopt a single commercial management structure for its twin Peugeot and Citroen brands, as weekly magazine Challenges claimed in an unsourced report for publication on Thursday.
- GERMANY: Osterloh to fight Porsche domination (MEM)The head of Volkswagen’s works council, Bernd Osterloh, has said he will campaign against a domination and profit transfer agreement from Porsche.
- INDONESIA: Indonesia vehicle sales overtake Thailand (MEM)New vehicle sales in Indonesia were flat year-on-year in December at around 39,000 units - according to estimates released by distributor PT Toyota Astra Motor. These figures, based on wholesale data, will contrast sharply with depressed volumes expected in most other Asia markets in December.
- JAPAN: Mazda rolling out new nanocatalyst Mazda Motor will fit the world’s first single-nanocatalyst to its redesigned 3 (sold as the Axela in Japan) on sale later this year. The new catalyst, said to be highly durable, significantly reduces the amount of precious metals used.
- ARGENTINA: December car sales 'above expectations' (MEM)Although Argentine car sales plunged almost 20% year-on-year in December, that figure was above local expectations and sales for the full year were up 8% on 2007.
- GERMANY: Audi breaks through million unit barrier (MEM)Audi annual sales have broken through the 1m mark for the first time.
- FRANCE: New day dawns for PSA Sochaux night shift (MEM)PSA Sochaux night shift workers transferring to a day shift will soon be building a new car line based on the Prologue concept shown at recent motor shows, a PSA spokesman said on Wednesday.
- SLOVAKIA/HUNGARY: Gas 'shortage' adds to automaker woes (MEM)As if automakers and suppliers didn't already have enough to worry about, now there's an entirely artificial gas 'shortage' in eastern Europe.
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Porsche edges to majority VW stake
GERMANY: Porsche stake in VW now exceeds 50% (MEM)
Porsche has acquired over 50% of Volkswagen, increasing its holding to 50.76% of all ordinary voting shares.
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- Free members' briefing
What a year! Business as usual it was not. The economy took the headlines and there was no getting away from that. Maybe we should simply be grateful that the banks still function and that complete international financial meltdown was apparently avoided. Let’s just say that at the beginning of the year things looked under control – we were looking at a ‘managed slowdown’ for the global economy and the auto industry was very much a part of that. But by the end of the year, major companies were struggling to keep their heads above water in the face of collapsed automotive markets. Read Dave's review of one of the most significant years the auto industry has experienced.
- Production life database
Advance information on new vehicles for North America's 2010 model year
Production Life Database, your one-stop, instant-access source for all current and future global vehicle programmes, is updated daily, with data checked, new vehicles added, out-of-production models moved to the historic section, cancelled or scaled down new model programmes noted, and commonalities between future car, crossover and light truck development programmes made in the textual analysis section.
Data for vehicles due to be launched or updated for North America's 2010 model year are constantly being added to PLDB, whilst new vehicle premieres for the Bologna motor show (3 December) can also be found within PLDB, as well as many for Detroit (January) Chicago (February), Geneva (March) and even Seoul, Shanghai and New York (April).
PLDB lists 2039 current and future global models from 152 OEM groups, spread across 228 brands, with data for 244 vehicles having been checked or revised in the last month. Simply click on the link below to take a tour and see pricing.
