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GM to Add 200 Jobs at Lansing Grand River Plant

The plant currently builds the Cadillac ATS and the three Cadillac CTS models – sedan, coupe and wagon, as well as high-performance V-Series models of each. The next-generation Chevrolet Camaro due in 2015 will also be assembled at Lansing. Continue reading

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Milestones – Volvo Produces New Engine Family

Volvo Car Group is now manufacturing the first versions of a new, high-efficiency four-cylinder engine family after two years of preparation. The engine plant in Skövde, Sweden is making new smaller engines that are claimed to deliver higher performance than today’s six-cylinder units, while offering lower fuel consumption than the current generation of four-cylinder units. Continue reading

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Chrysler Group Increases Torque Converter Output at Toledo

Chrysler Group announced today that it would invest $19.6 million in its Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg, Ohio to increase capacity of the torque converter it is making for the nine-speed transmission of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Continue reading

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Honda Sets All-Time Record for Global Auto Production

Honda Motor Company today announced that global of 4,056,141 vehicles stetting an all-time high for the Japanese fiscal year ending 31 March 2013. Continue reading

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Toyota to Build Lexus ES 350 at Georgetown, Kentucky Plant

Forced by the strong Yen that is sapping profits of its most profitable line, Toyota Motor said today that for the first time a Lexus would be built in the United States. The recently revised ES 350 sedan will be assembled at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Kentucky during 2015. Continue reading

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