French automaker PSA Group gets its first manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia in a deal with Malaysia’s Naza Corporation Holdings. They sign share-sale and joint-venture agreements establishing shared operation of the Naza Automotive Mfg. plant in Gurun, Kedah, 250 miles (400km) north of Kuala Lumpur. The plant, operational since 2004, has a 50,000-unit annual production […]

U.S. President Donald Trump kept up pressure on trading partners, threatening European automakers with a tax on imports if the European Union retaliates against his plan to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel. Trump’s tweet showed he is refusing to yield to U.S. business interests and foreign trading partners alarmed at the prospect of a […]

Global automakers operating in Russia may significantly increase exports of their locally made cars and engines in coming years, thanks to special customs benefits and subsidies offered to them by the Russian government. Increasing exports of cars, auto parts and engines produced in Russia has become a priority for the government. Devaluation of the ruble […]

A top German court ruled on Tuesday in favor of allowing major cities to ban heavily polluting diesel cars, a move likely to hit the value of 12 million vehicles in Europe’s largest car market and force automakers to pay for costly modifications. More at Europe Auto News

Rolls-Royce is to name its all-new, high-bodied SUV after the largest diamond ever discovered. The name dates back to 1905, when the 3,106-carat gem was extracted from a mine deep in South Africa’s Magaliesberg Mountains. The Cullinan Diamond was cleaved into nine stones, cut and polished, with the two largest portions set in the British […]

Volvo Cars’ profit increased 28 percent last year to a record high as the Chinese-owned automaker experienced strong demand for new models — especially in China. Operating earnings rose to 14.1 billion Swedish crowns ($1.76 billion, 11.1 billion yuan) in 2017 from 11.0 billion a year earlier, as revenue climbed 17 percent to 210.9 billion […]

Consumer confusion over Brexit and the government’s policy on diesel are blamed for the first drop in U.K. vehicle production in eight years. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says U.K. plant production dropped 3% to 1,671,166 units in 2017, but the result still was the second-highest in 17 years. The biggest drop was […]

PSA Group, steaming toward a return to the U.S. auto market, is poised to put its North American headquarters in the greater Atlanta area, Automotive News has learned. A spokesman for PSA North America declined to comment on the plan, but a source familiar with the project confirmed the selection of metro Atlanta. More at […]

SHANGHAI — China’s state-owned automakers tend to be risk-averse creatures. As profits pour in from their partnerships with foreign automakers, they hesitate to rock the boat. So why is Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. behaving differently? What led the company to disclose plans this week to enter the U.S., widely viewed as the world’s toughest market? […]

So, Chevrolet has given us an early glimpse of the redesigned Silverado pickup ahead of its official debut next month at the North American International Auto Show. Technical details are few, but the photos released Saturday actually do reveal a lot. Let’s start with the fenders and sides of the truck. See those deep curves, […]