Newly-formed Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi officially broke ground on its new commercial truck tire manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi (149 miles from Jackson, the state capital), which is slated to begin operations in October 2015.
Nine Japanese auto parts manufacturers and two of their executives will plead guilty and pay $740 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of more than 30 products sold to many of the world’s largest automakers operating in the U.S., the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Britain’s supermarkets are going to war at the forecourt, with Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco all announcing significant price cuts.
Good news for cash-strapped motorists: Gasoline prices are dropping, and consumers could see prices fall to near $3 a gallon before Thanksgiving.
Audi made history last month. It is the first premium brand to rank as high as No. 2 in total European monthly sales. Audi outsold third-ranked Renault by 170 vehicles and topped No. 4 Ford by 1,578, according to data from industry group ACEA.
