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Daimler has a new possible alliance partner in the French company, which is in weaker financial shape but is far stronger than the German group in the market for small cars

European carmakers are in talks about acquiring mutual equity interests as part of talks about greater co-operation

Ford Motor's chief executive expects to pick up more market share in the US as the carmaker focuses on quality and freshening up its product range while rival Toyota grapples with a global products recall

The Chinese carmaker is engineered to outperform: it's Chinese, it's green, and Warren Buffett loves it

The German premium carmaker is joining other industrialists in using short-term workers and external service groups in an effort to cope with future demand shocks, a move likely to put it on a collision course with trade unions

In the latest blow to Toyota Motor Corp, a Southern California prosecutor filed the first consumer protection lawsuit against the automaker, claiming it had engaged in 'fraud' by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects

Cosworth, the engine company, and Lotus and Virgin, the new UK-based teams that will use Cosworth engines are among the winners to emerge from the new Formula One rules

General Motors cleared the first two obstacles in its drive to restructure its loss-making European Opel/Vauxhall operations as the UK will provide the carmaker with a £270m loan guarantee for its two Vauxhall plants

Last year's financial turmoil, which led to Formula One sponsors and manufacturers leaving the sport, has unexpectedly benefited the industry

Italian group fined R$3m for continuing to sell the cars after it had been warned of the alleged defect by Brazil's national traffic department

Japanese carmaker hands over to US lawmakers a 2006 letter written by Japanese employees warning that aggressive cost cuts had undermined the quality of its vehicles

The German car parts supplier shuts out 700 workers at its plant outside Bangalore as tensions soar in a long-running pay dispute

Europe's largest carmaker announces plans to launch a convertible bond issue alongside its multibillion-euro capital increase, in a move to woo investors wary of equity issues

German premium carmaker posts a better-than-expected pre-tax profit for 2009, but fell short of providing a profit outlook for this yea

The US car company has agreed to take back 661 out of around 2,000 dealers it thought it had shed as part of it bankruptcy last year