Japan’s Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday it will stop selling Volvo cars through its domestic Subaru dealership network and will transfer the sales operations to importer Yanase & Co.
The move will allow Fuji to focus on promoting sales of its own Subaru cars, it said in a statement.
Fuji will transfer 15 Subaru operations that […]

Nissan Motor Co chief executive Carlos Ghosn warned shareholders to brace for a tough spell in the months ahead but predicted a pick up in sales in late 2006. He said on June 27 that Nissan, Japan’s second-largest automaker which is 44.3% owned by France’s Renault, may miss its domestic sales target for the […]

NEW LOGISTICS company, ALS, will run the Vehicle Processing Centre and yard operations for Kia’s new factory in Zilina, Slovakia.
The company, formed jointly by CAT and BLG, will also organise the tender process for the outbound logistics from Zilina to various European destinations. Both partners will equally manage the approach flows to 42 countries, including […]

Forget the Renault Espace, or even the Chrysler Grand Voyager – this is the real people carrier for the masses! The original Kia Sedona found more than 31,000 customers in the UK, because it offered space for seven in a package that cost little more than a Ford Focus. And while more expensive rivals […]

Nissan vehicles got high marks in a survey released Wednesday by J.D. Power and Associates. The 2006 Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout Study measures “owner delight” with the design, content, layout and performance of new vehicles.
According to a news release from J.D. Power, Nissan tied for 18th out of 37 models that were ranked, but […]