PSA’s Villaverde factory in Madrid, which faced closure two years ago, now has a brighter future thanks to the C4 Cactus. Citroen started building the new compact hatchback at the plant at the end of April. Starting next year the C4 Cactus will be the only model the plant makes.
Ford wants to steal customers from premium carmakers with higher-end versions of its mass-market models as it tries to end years of losses in Europe.
U.S. safety regulators have opened a probe into an estimated 110,000 heavy-duty Chrysler Group Ram pickup trucks with manual transmissions after reports that the vehicle had started when the clutch was not engaged.
General Motors is recalling 218,000 older-generation Chevrolet cars in the U.S. for a potential fire hazard, just a day after announcing a recall of 2.42 million vehicles for issues ranging from safety lap belt cables to potential airbag problems.
General Motors is telling Wall Street that a recent spate of recalls may last until mid-summer as the company continues to review unresolved safety issues.
