International Business News - Automobile http://ibtimes.co.uk/subsection/companies/autos.htm All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://ibtimes.co.uk/ http://ibtimes.co.uk/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Halfords said on Wednesday that its like for like sales increased 0.2 per cent in the 13 weeks to 27 June, compared with the previous year. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080723/halfords-quarter-sales.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:50:41 EDT PSA Peugeot Citroen said its sales increased 4.6 per cent in the first half of the year thanks to strong demand from emerging markets and new models. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/3793-peugeot-308-rcz.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080708/peugeot-emerging-markets-sales.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080708/peugeot-emerging-markets-sales.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:40:21 EDT Northgate Plc said on Tuesday that its profits for the year to next April would be similar to the previous year thanks to weaker conditions in the used vehicle market. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080701/northgate-profit.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:58:59 EDT New investment into car manufacturers Land Rover and Jaguar will create an extra 600 jobs in the Midlands. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/3536-land-rover.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080618/tata-land-rover-jaguar-jobs-investment.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080618/tata-land-rover-jaguar-jobs-investment.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:13:54 EDT General Motors Corp on Tuesday said it was closing four North American truck plants and could sell its Hummer brand to cut slow-selling trucks and SUVs from its lineup in response to higher gasoline prices the automaker now sees as a permanent threat to its business. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/3332-hummer-h3r.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080603/general-motors-closes-car-plants.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080603/general-motors-closes-car-plants.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:45:54 EDT Nissan said that it would be building a new model of vehicle at its Sunderland plant in the UK. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080603/nissan-sunderland-car-plant-investment-suv.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:52:54 EDT Car company Pendragon said on Friday that it expected its full year results for 2008 to be at the upper end of market expectations. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2996-vehicles.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080425/pendragon-results-expectations.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080425/pendragon-results-expectations.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:27:15 EDT German car-maker Volkswagen said that sales of its brand vehicles increased over eight per cent in the first quarter of 2008 to 920,000 units. Overall growth for the European car market is currently 1.8 per cent. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080407/volkswagen-car-sales.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:27:04 EDT Tata Motors Ltd was tight-lipped on Tuesday as speculation mounted that Ford Motor Co was set to announce this week the sale of its luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover to the Indian firm. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2664-tata-motors-and-land-rover.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/tata-motors-jaguar-land-rover.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/tata-motors-jaguar-land-rover.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:33:49 EDT On Tuesday it was confirmed that Indian car giant Tata would be buying Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford for an estimated $2 billion (£1 billion). http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/tata-buys-land-rover-jaguar.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:33:49 EDT Shares in India's Tata Motors fell more than 4 percent on Wednesday as investors waited for full details of its expected $2 billion-plus (1 billion pounds) purchase of luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2671-jaguar.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/tata-motors-shares-ford-deal.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/tata-motors-shares-ford-deal.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:33:49 EDT India's Tata Motors Ltd said on Thursday it was confident its $2.3 billion deal to buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford should improve its balance sheet in the long term. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2688-tata-motors-and-land-rover.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/tata-land-rover-jaguar-deal.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/tata-land-rover-jaguar-deal.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:33:49 EDT "Jaguar is now an Indian beast" roared one Indian newspaper on Thursday as it lauded Tata Motors' long-awaited $2.3 billion (1.14 billion pounds) deal to bag the sleek British car brand and its chunkier Land Rover counterpart. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2694-jaguar.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/india-tata-deal-reaction.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080325/india-tata-deal-reaction.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:33:49 EDT Lookers Plc, the car dealer, reported on Wednesday that its pre-tax profits had risen 7 per cent to £23.0 million in 2007, up from £21.4 million in 2006. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080312/lookers-profits.htm Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:29:45 EDT Car maker Aston Martin has announced a new partnership with automotive specialists Magna Steyr, in which it's four-door Rapide will be built in a facility in Graz, Austria. It is the first time an Aston Martin car has been manufactured outside of the UK. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080304/aston-martin-rapide-magna-steyr.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:26:46 EST Tata Motors, India's top vehicle maker, would seek to nurture the Jaguar and Land Rover brands it was close to acquiring from Ford Motor Co, Chairman Ratan Tata said. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2470-jaguar-and-land-rover.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080304/tata-motors-jaguar-land-rover-brands.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080304/tata-motors-jaguar-land-rover-brands.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:26:46 EST Luxury carmaker Porsche has said that it will be buying a controlling stake in fellow German carmaker Volkswagen, in what could be a 10 billion euro (£7.7 billion) deal. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080303/porsche-volkswagen-buy-stake.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:32:35 EST U.S. automaker Ford Motor could announce as early as late next week the sale of its luxury Jaguar and Land Rover brands to Indian carmaker Tata Motors, said a source familiar with the matter. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2391-jaguar.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080226/ford-motor-jaguar-land-rover-tata.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080226/ford-motor-jaguar-land-rover-tata.htm Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:33:24 EST Car retailer Inchcape beat market forecasts with a 9.9 percent rise in 2007 profit, aided by investment in high-growth emerging markets, and said it was confident about this year. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2392-inchape.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080226/inchape-profits.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080226/inchape-profits.htm Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:33:24 EST Luxury carmaker Porsche said on Tuesday it planned to legally challenge London mayor Ken Livingstone's decision to help fight global warming by taxing gas guzzling cars driving in the city centre. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/2325-porsche.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080219/porsche-congestion-charge-challenge.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080219/porsche-congestion-charge-challenge.htm Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:22:16 EST