By Ed Stoddard and Wendell Roelf
General Motors suspended production at its main South African plant after a strike hit parts supplies, the U.S. automaker said on Friday, becoming the latest victim of relentless labor unrest in Africa’s most advanced economy.Violence erupted on some picket lines, as the wage strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) dealt a further blow to an economy damaged by a five-month walkout in the platinum industry that only ended last week.
Mazda expects to beat its European sales target this year as new models including the CX-5 crossover and Mazda3 hatchback attract customers amid a regional car-market revival.
Caterham Group has sold its financially struggling F1 team to a consortium of Swiss and Middle-Eastern investors so that they can focus on “core activities and continue to see them develop and flourish”.
Land Rover showed us the Sport SVR prototype at last week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed with a light camouflage, revealing most of the expected updates for the soon to be released production model from new bumpers to new quad exhaust setup at the rear.
New Ford CEO Mark Fields will get a pay package worth more than $5.25 million this year as he takes over for the retiring Alan Mulally.
