In an era of automation, robotics and spotless factory floors, you don’t expect to see car workers dragging metal along a production line. But at Volkswagen’s main Wolfsburg plant earlier this year, workers had to resort to handing metal sheets to robots working on the e-Golf, according to witnesses.
Infiniti executives think that its brand new London design studio will help it create models that appeal to customers purchasing some of Britain’s most exclusive vehicles.
by Hyunjoo Jin
The boards of Hyundai Motor Co and two affiliates on Friday approved a 10.55 trillion won ($10.12 billion) purchase of a plot of land in Seoul, the companies said, sealing a deal worth more than triple the property’s appraised amount.
Following the sort of success of the Passat Alltrack, Volkswagen is transferring this concept to another smaller vehicle class with the unveiling of a new Golf Alltrack for 2015.
UK car production fell 22 percent in August to 71,000 cars because of the timing of holidays and repairs to a major plant but output so far in 2014 remains ahead of last year, the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said in a statement.
