Journals By Industry - Automotive Sector Performance

Toyota City, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc. (TMMMS), its vehicle manufacturing plant in Mississippi, United States, added a second shift...

Tokyo, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today announced financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2011. On a consolidated basis, net revenues for the nine...

Tokyo, Feb 2, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia (TMMR), its vehicle production subsidiary in Russia, plans to add stamping and resin-molding processes to...

Car manufacturer Opel, a subsidiary of General Motors, is planning to collaborate with the SAIC Group (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp) to boost the brand's sales in China after making losses for 10 consecutive...

With the end of 2011, Puerto Rico should complete its sixth-consecutive year of negative growth with a smaller contraction or, in a best-case scenario, with no (zero) or flat growth, according to local...

Top Chinese automaker SAIC Motor Corp has forecast a rise of more than 40 percent in 2011 net income on solid demand for German and American marques made at its Shanghai ventures. However,...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HEADNOTE To break from its past, Caddy turned to someone who is different in every way. The woman In my passenger seat says to kill the engine and restart it I do, igniting...

Chongqing, China-based Changan Automobile announced on January 19 net profit of 900 million yuan (approx. US$142.8 million) to one billion yuan (approx. US$158.7 million) for the whole of 2011, down 50.6 percent to...

China exported 814,300 vehicles during 2011, up 49.4 percent over a year ago, despite the slowdown in the growth of domestic demand, with exports of passenger and commercial vehicles growing 68.2 percent and...

Chongqing, China-based Changan Automobile announced on January 19 net profit of 900 million yuan (approx. US$142.8 million) to one billion yuan (approx. US$158.7 million) for the whole of 2011, down 50.6 percent to...

Tokyo, Jan 27, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export figures for December 2011and for the 2011 calendar year. December 2011...

The Mexican motor-vehicle industry reported good results in 2011, with production, exports, and domestic sales all increasing. But the good news was diminished by reports that Mexico is still struggling with the illegal...

Tokyo, Jan 25, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced it will start local production and sales in Indonesia of its Outlander Sport (RVR or ASX in some markets) during...

WellPoint buys California firm WellPoint Inc. on Aug. 22 acquired CareMore, a health care delivery firm focused on seniors, for $800 million. Aprimo acquired for $525M Indianapolis marketing software firm Aprimo Inc. was...

Tokyo, Jan 20, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that Honda's cumulative worldwide hybrid vehicle sales surpassed 800,000 units as of the end of December 2011. This milestone was...

China's vehicle production and sales totaled 18.4 million units and 18.5 million units for the whole of 2011, up 0.84 percent and 2.45 percent respectively from the previous year, the lowest growths in...

Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle, a subsidiary of Hubei province, China-based Dongfeng Motor, recently announced the A1 plan, whereby the company's total vehicle sales will reach one million units by the end of 2016. Given...

Company to exhibit in Booth #626 and host press briefing to discuss latest initiatives EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) - a leading supplier of components to the commercial vehicle industry -...