Automobile Industry News--4.22.12

Volkswagen Says China Auto Industry Faces Rising Inventory Bloomberg Volkswagen AG (VOW), Europe's largest carmaker, said China's slowing automobile industry is facing rising inventory levels. China's auto market had inventory of about 2.3 months during the first quarter, compared with 2 months a year earlier, ... See all stories on this topic »

Car makers gear up for a tougher China market Reuters | BEIJING (Reuters) - China's massive car market may still be young, but the auto industry CEOs descending on Beijing this week will see first hand that it's also growing up fast. The Beijing auto show starts on Monday at a time when China's auto ... See all stories on this topic »

Trade with India: Pak auto sector wants level-playing field The News International Local auto sector fears that if this new trade regime materializes the local industry will not survive, as Indian products will glut Pakistani markets while local product cannot access its market. However local industries favours step wise trade ... See all stories on this topic »

'Develop Nagpur as auto manufacturing hub' Hindu Business Line PTI The Rajya Sabha member, Mr Vijay Darda, has requested the Chief Minister, Mr Prithviraj Chavan, and the Union Heavy Industries Minister, Mr Praful Patel, to initiate steps to develop Nagpur and adjoining industrial areas as an automobile ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

Growing Population and Rising Transport Demand to Drive the Demand for ... PR.com (press release) The report is part of Netscribes' Automobile Industry Series reports. Mumbai, India, April 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., a knowledge consulting solutions company, announces the launch of its report, Electric Vehicle Market in ... See all stories on this topic »

Volkswagen may still struggle to compete with fierce price-warriors like ... Economic Times Even when the roads were treacherous - in 2011-12 the automobile industry grew by 5% - Volkswagen was burning rubber: its unit sales grew at over 50%. And last month, its luxury brand, Audi, unseated Mercedes to become the second-largest luxury car ... See all stories on this topic »

Money flowed before big vote Atlanta Journal Constitution Nathan Deal signed the tax bill — which helps auto dealers, manufacturers, farming and mining interests, airlines and brick-and-mortar retailers — into law Thursday in front of an applauding crowd attending a manufacturers' awards luncheon in College ... See all stories on this topic »

Carmakers aim for China market Taipei Times "We want to set industry standards for hybrid technologies in the world's biggest car market," he said. Historically, Japanese carmakers have been cautious about providing their cutting-edge hybrid technologies to others, due to fears of losing their ... See all stories on this topic »

Honda Breaks Ranks to Secure China's Huge Potential Ecocar Market--Will ... Forbes What Honda's move demonstrates is that what has become accepted as inevitable in other industries is no longer avoidable in the automobile industry, ie, that a strictly defensive strategy in technology transfers is unlikely to succeed, ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

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