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Updates from November, 2011

  • General Motors built its 100-millionth small-block V-8 on Tuesday, marking a milestone for the company. Engine No. 100 million is headed for GM's historic collection.
    1:16 pm on November 30, 2011
     
  • The owner of a major auto supplier on Tuesday agreed to purchase the Jacksonville Jaguars pro football team from owner Wayne Weaver. Pakistani-born businessman Shahid Khan, owner of Flex-N-Gate in Urbana, Ill.
    11:35 am on November 30, 2011
     
  • Supplier Visteon said it could potentially sell a majority of its interiors business to its Chinese joint venture with Huayu Automotive Systems, creating a global automotive interiors company.
    11:12 am on November 30, 2011
     
  • Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru-brand cars, forecast an increase in sales in the United States next year.
    11:04 am on November 30, 2011
     
  • Once seen as a serious challenger to the established luxury automotive order -- and until recently the top-selling luxury brand in the U.S. -- Lexus is pumping passion into its brand.Once seen as a serious challenger to the established luxury automotive order -- and until recently the top-selling luxury brand in the U.S. -- Lexus is pumping passion into its brand.


    8:53 am on November 30, 2011
     
  • Mazda may revise its plan to raise exports because of stagnating demand in the U.S. market, CEO Takashi Yamanouchi said.
    7:34 am on November 30, 2011
     
  • Consumers who set records for retail purchases during Thanksgiving weekend in the United States helped boost auto sales in November, which may have run at the fastest pace in more than two years.
    5:22 am on November 30, 2011
     
  • Honda Motor CEO Takanobu Ito today took personal responsibility for the redesigned Civic's poor reception and sales performance in the U.S. market since its April launch.
    4:40 am on November 30, 2011
     
  • VW unexpectedly previewed the bold new look of its second-generation Tiguan crossover at the Tokyo Motor Show on Wednesday with the unveiling of a four-wheel-drive, hybrid-powered concept vehicle called the Cross Coupe.
    10:00 pm on November 29, 2011
     
  • Honda today unveiled a lineup of four- and six-cylinder engines, as well as a family of continuously variable transmissions, that will reach the market over the next two years.
    9:00 pm on November 29, 2011