Saab’s new owner is seeking to restart production at the automaker’s mothballed factory in Sweden later this year.
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Seat proposes cutting working hours at Spain plants
Volkswagen Group’s Seat division is asking workers to take turns to stay at home in order to cope with weak demand.
Fiat-Chrysler to build 280,000 Fiat and Jeep small SUVs in Italy
Fiat’s next small SUV will be called the 500X. The version of the car shown here has been revised to give it more curves according to sources.
Fiat-Chrysler plans to build up to 280,000 small SUVs a year in Italy for the Fiat and Jeep brands, sources say. Production will start in June 2014 with the as-yet-unnamed Jeep variant followed three months later by the Fiat 500X.
Report: Megaplatforms to be a major factor in industry’s future
The auto industry’s next-generation vehicle platforms may allow manufacturers to produce new products at unprecedented speed, but they also will bring great challenges to manufacturers and suppliers, according to an AlixPartners study.
The so-called megaplatforms will account for nearly 90 percent of the industry’s growth in the next five years, the study released on Tuesday says.
Automakers turn to adhesives to make cars lighter, tougher
Many parts on Audi’s R8 are held together by advanced structural adhesives which have also been developed to withstand racetrack vibrations and fierce heat.
