General Motors has announced that it will end production of the Monte Carlo this summer, according to reports citing automaker sources. According to an email received by a member of the GMInsideNews forums, the Monte Carlo will be avilable for order until May 4th, and the last Monte Carlo will roll off the assembly line at […]

The Chrysler Group and the UAW have agreed to two special buyout programs that will provide early retirement and separation incentives to union represented employees as the automaker tries to reduce its hourly work force by 11,000 people. Earlier this month Chrysler announced that it is cutting 11,000 hourly jobs and 2,000 salaried jobs to […]

The DaimlerChrysler Supervisory Board today finally signed off on the limited partnership between the Chrysler Group and Chery to develop small vehicles. Under the agreement, Chery would build vehicles to be distributed under the Chrysler brands, primarily in North America and Western Europe. While DaimlerChrysler’s press release says “the Chrysler brands,” we assume it is […]

Toyota today announced it would invest $1.3 billion to build its eighth North American assembly plant — and fifth in the U.S. — in northeastern Mississippi. The new plant will be built in Blue Springs, Miss., just outside of Tupelo.
Toyota’s new assembly plant is scheduled to begin production in 2010, and will build the Toyota […]

Navistar International said on Monday that it has stopped shipping the all-new 6.4L Power Stroke diesel engines to Ford because of a “contract dispute.” Navistar builds the 6.4L Power Stroke that is the heart of the 2008 Ford F-Series Super Duty, one of the automaker’s key launches to help it become profitable again.
Last month, Ford […]

General Motors Kappa-platform roadsters — Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice — are so popular that the automaker has been forced to add overtime at its Wilmington, Del., plant to build the Opel GT roadster. The plant’s capacity of 30,000 vehicles has been fully allocated to Solstice and Sky production, which forced the overtime to build […]

BMW will install French-built engines in its cars for the first time, according to German publication Der Spiegel.
BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen currently produce the 1.6L four-cylinder that is used in the BMW’s MINI Coopers and the Peugeot 207. The two companies will produce a new four-cylinder engine that is destined for BMW’s 1-Series. The […]

Honda has announced that it is beginning hiring for the new $550 million assembly plant it is building near Greensburg, Ind. Honda will be hiring a limited number of non-production positions. For now, Honda looking to fill Automotive Engineering, Purchasing, Information Technology and Administration position. Honda is planning to begin the hiring process for production […]

General Motors has been hyping its new global rear-wheel drive vehicle architecture, highlighting the platform nearly every time it talks about its upcoming Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac G8. But the Camaro and G8 are just the first two U.S. products to ride on GM’s new RWD platform, which is engineered by Holden, GM’s Australian subsidiary.
With […]

Nissan has announced that it will be offering a “Voluntary Transition Program” for its hourly production and maintenance technicians at its manufacturing plants in Smyrna and Decherd, Tennessee. The buyout program offers lump sum payment of $45,000, plus an additional $500 for each year of service. The program will not be offered to employees at […]