AkzoNobel has opened a Performance Coatings production facility in Santo André, Brazil. The facility, an expansion of an existing site in Santo André, São Paulo, will manufacture and supply products from the company’s international portfolio of high performance industrial, marine and yacht coatings, which has been present in Brazil for 90 years. As well as [...]

General Motors (GM) has announced that it will stop making cars for the Indian market by the end of 2017. The firm, which sells its Chevrolet brand in India, said it would continue to provide maintenance services. It also said that its plant in Maharashtra would continue to make cars for overseas markets, mainly central [...]

BMW workers have suspended 24-hour strikes that were planned in response to the carmaker’s decision to close its final salary pension scheme. Workers at Cowley and Swindon strike were due to strike on Sunday while workers at Goodwood and Hams Hall had planned to down tools on Wednesday. It’s understood both actions have been put on hold while fresh offers are [...]

Volkswagen Group is recalling nearly 600,000 vehicles in China for safety reasons. Its joint venture, FAW-Volkswagen Automobile, will recall 577,590 Golf and Sagitar cars because of a headlight fuse defect that may lead to safety risks. The recall covers 416,364 Golfs produced between September 2009 and May 2014, and 161,226 Sagitars produced between July 2010 [...]

A federal judge will approve Volkswagen Group’s $1.2bn buybacks-and-repairs settlement with US owners of six-cylinder diesel engine vehicles. These vehicles were not included in the company’s separate deal for car owners affected by the dieselgate scandal. The move paves the way for the automaker to begin buying back about 20,000 polluting diesel vehicles, providing free [...]