Holden managing director Mike Devereux has responded to this morning's announcement that Ford will close its Australian manufacturing operations, saying that he "truthfully believe[s] that not only can auto making in this country survive, but...
Peugeot is planning to shut down and sell off a 30-year-old French plant while vowing to save its more than 600-strong workforce.
The Financial Times reports that PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second-biggest car maker by sales, plans to shut...
Holden has announced a net loss of $152.8 million for the 2012/2013 financial year – the second largest in its history – a result it blames predominantly on reduced demand for its Australian-made vehicles.
SMR Automotive will shift part of its production from Adelaide to Thailand, at a cost of up to 90 local jobs.
A supplier of rear-view mirrors, indicators and door handles for local manufacturers Ford, Holden and Toyota, SMR Automotive made the...
Charging motorists to use roads would decrease traffic congestion and improve the efficiency of our capital cities, a report claims.
The report, 'Productive cities: Opportunity in a changing economy' by the Grattan Institute, says the...
The Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore and Toyota Aurion struggled in April's new-car sales as locally built large cars continued their seemingly irreversible downward spiral.
Ford sold just 717 Falcons last month and the 53-year-old nameplate is...
The Victorian and South Australian premiers will use today's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting to encourage other states and territories to use more Australian-made cars to support the local automotive manufacturing industry.
Production of the Mini Countryman will begin in India later this year, marking the first time the BMW-owned British brand has manufactured vehicles outside Europe.
The Mini One Countryman and Cooper D Countryman will be the first models...
The South Australian Government will "return to the negotiating table" over its funding deal with Holden after the local car maker earlier this week announced its plan to axe 500 jobs.
The former boss of Ford’s global operations says the death of the Australian automotive manufacturing industry appears “inevitable”.
Ex-Ford Motor Company CEO and now BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser says a combination of the...
General Motors has underscored its long-term commitment to Opel with the announcement of a four billion euro ($4.95 billion) investment into the European division over the next four years.
Luxury plug-in hybrid carmaker Fisker Automotive looks set to file for bankruptcy protection in the US as soon as this week, according to latest reports.
Under pressure from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to re-pay nearly US$200 million...
The wife of Volkswagen AG chairman Ferdinand Piech is set to join the supervisory board of the Volkswagen Group-owned Audi, almost a year after being elected to the board of Volkswagen AG.
Holden will cut 500 jobs across its manufacturing and product development operations just one month out from the start of production of the new VF Commodore.
A total of 400 workers from the Adelaide plant and 100 “hourly paid” engineering...
Toyota Australia has released export figures for its locally built Toyota Camry and Toyota Aurion models, showing that 70 per cent of its Australian made range have been exported to the end of the company's financial year on March 31.
Ford could face a class-action lawsuit over claims of unintended acceleration in its vehicles after a complaint was filed in the US federal court on Thursday.
Bloomberg reports the plaintiffs – representing owners of Ford Motor Company...