(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) JOHANNESBURG (iol) - Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa on Friday announced that it was investing R3-billion ($220-million) to expand production capacity at its South African manufacturing operations in order to meet growing local and international demand for the trend-setting Ford Ranger. Ford also confirmed that the thrilling,
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Audi recalls 5,000 diesel cars to fix emissions control software
FILE PHOTO: The logo of German car manufacturer Audi is seen at a building of a car dealer in Duebendorf, Switzerland November 22, 2016. FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Audi is recalling almost 5,000 cars in Europe for a software fix after discovering they emitted too much nitrogen oxide, the polluting gas that
Google and AutoNation partner on self-driving car program
AutoNation agreed to provide repair services for Waymo's self-driving cars. (Waymo) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Google is partnering with AutoNation, the country’s largest auto dealership chain, in its push to produce self-driving cars for wide use. AutoNation said Thursday that its dealerships will provide maintenance and repairs for Waymo’s self-driving fleet
Auto parts supplier moves forward with $30M Indiana plant
Lear Corp SUV seat manufacturing plant in northwestern Indiana HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Automotive parts supplier Lear Corp. is moving forward with construction of a new $30 million SUV seat manufacturing plant in northwestern Indiana. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the Southfield, Michigan-based company plans to consolidate its Hammond and Portage operations at
Luxury auto brands are scrambling to avoid a blue Christmas
luxury cars: Luxury auto brands DETROIT (Reuters) - When financial markets surge to new records, sales of luxury cars usually rise, too. Instead, October U.S. auto sales reports on Wednesday showed that a collapse in sales of luxury sedans is accelerating. Consumers have gradually shifted over to luxury sport utility vehicles from
Carmakers post mixed U.S. October sales as trucks, SUVs reign
FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen at the General Motors Warren Transmission Operations Plant in Warren, Michigan October 26, 2015. Photo taken October 26. DETROIT (Reuters) - Major automakers posted mixed U.S. new vehicle sales in October on Wednesday, though America’s love affair with high-margin pickup trucks and SUVs was
Honda profit slips on air-bag woes despite sales growth
Honda Motor's logo is seen on Civic sedan car at its showroom in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Honda had agreed to a $605 million settlement in the U.S in September over faulty Takata air-bag inflators in its cars TOKYO (AP) — Honda Motor Co.’s fiscal second-quarter profit slipped compared to
Nissan’s October passenger car sales in Japan fell by half amid scandal
Nissan Motor Co said Japan sales of new passenger vehicles probably fell by half in October from a year ago after the discovery of improper final inspection procedures at its domestic plants caused it to suspend some production. The Japanese automaker found last month that uncertified technicians had been carrying out final
Tesla bought an old GM-Toyota factory and made it cool — but in its former life it built a lot more cars
Inside the Tesla factory. Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider Tesla's factory in California has a theoretical manufacturing capacity of 500,000 annually. Toyota and GM built almost that many there in 2006. Tesla is struggling to hit its manufacturing targets for the Model 3. Its factory produced close to 450,000 vehicles annually when it
U.S. wants to remove ‘unnecessary’ barriers to self-driving vehicles
FILE PHOTO -The rear of a Lexus SUV equipped with Google self-driving sensors is seen during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic-Safety Administration said Friday it is looking for input on