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John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda automobile operations, welcomes the recent campaigns by Detroit automakers targeting the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.
General Motors Corp. launched a campaign that put an Accord and Camry in most of its Saturn dealerships this summer, encouraging car-shoppers to directly compare them with the new Aura midsize sedan.
Ford Motor Co. early this year aired "Fusion Challenge" advertising spots in which drivers praised an all-wheel-drive Fusion in a test-drive against the Accord and Camry.
MEXICO CITY - Honda Motor Co. today joined four other automakers in halting vehicle production here in the wake of rebel bomb attacks on fuel pipelines in southern Mexico on Monday, Sept. 10.
The Japanese automaker said early today it would suspend production at its vehicle and components assembly plant in El Salto, Jalisco, on Thursday, Sept. 13, and Friday, Sept. 14, because of a lack of natural gas supplies.
Haima Investment Group Co announced recently that it would invest 340 million yuan ($45 million) to buy a 900,000 square meters land in Zhengzhou, Henan province. The expansion will enable Haima to increase its minibuses, pickups and SUVs output.
Mitsubishi Motors will introduce three new models to China by the end of this year, according to a company source.
Pajero V73, a SUV model, will be launched in November this year. Since the first generation of Pajero was launched twenty five years ago, its accumulative sales have reached 2.5 million units, running across 170 countries.
The new SUV Pajero is powered by 3.8 L MIVEC engine, and the maximum torque is 343Nm.
Another new model is SUV Outlander. The new Outlander is powered by 3.0L engine and CVT transmission.
The ninth generation of EVO will be launched in September next year. This model is called Lancer Evolution X in the Japanese market and Lance Evolution in the U.S. market.
German heavy truck maker, Man group, will set up a joint venture with a Chinese engine maker, Weichai Power, a company source said today.
"The two parties had signed letter of intent," MAN AG chief executive Hakan Samuelson told the media.
Ford Motor Co may start to produce a Verve-based concept car in China at Changan Ford Mazda within two or three years, according to a local Chinese media in Fujian province.
The Verve concept car, which will be officially unveiled next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, is to become the basis of a
Geely, China's home-grown auto-maker, has decided to quit the 62nd auto show in Frankfurt next month, a company resource told Chinese media yesterday.
However, in an auto show in Shanghai in April, Geely declared the company planned to attend the Frankfurt auto show this September and that the company would put on all car models in the show as it prepared to invade European market.
Geely decided to quit the Frankfurt Auto Show on the grounds that the company was disappointed at the exhibition site that the organizers arranged for Geely.
The fact that Geely quits Frankfurt auto show indicates that there will be some changes in Geely's plan to invade European market, Chinese media said.
As Geely quits, Brilliance becomes the only Chinese home-grown automaker to attend this Frankfurt Auto Show.
Mercedes-Benz ranks highest in customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2007 China Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study SM released today.
The SSI Study measures customer satisfaction with the new-vehicle purchase experience in the Chinese market. Index scores are based on customer experiences in six areas: delivery process; services provided by salesperson; dealer facility; deal; delivery timing; and paperwork (in order of importance). SSI performance is reported as an index based on a 1,000-point scale. A higher SSI score indicates more satisfying buying experience.
China, the worlds second-largest vehicle market, started implementing vehicle-recall rules in October, 2004. Vehicle defects cause about a fifth of all road accidents in China, government agencies said last year. Sales of Liana cars fell 12 percent in the first half, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Bloomberg News reported
Brussels-based Westinghouse Air Brake Co (WABCO) has more than doubled its investment in its Qingdao factory to meet projected demand for automotive parts, mainly for heavy-duty vehicles.
WABCO has invested US$19 million to expand its manufacturing facilities in Shandong Provinces Qingdao, said Liu Liang, its Asia-Pacific president. The Qingdao factory was established in 2004 with an initial investment of $16 million. The company entered the China market in 1996 with a joint venture in Jinan, also in Shandong.
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