Hummer sale, truck cutback could hit Shreveport General Motors plant
General Motors’ plant in Shreveport faces a potential double whammy from Tuesday’s announcement that the auto giant will cut production of trucks and may sell its gas-guzzling Hummer brand.
GM also said it would lay off salaried workers, suspend its dividend and borrow up to $3 billion […]

Bajaj Auto Ltd, India’s No. 2 motorcycle maker, has not reached a decision on making light trucks with Renault, and is prepared to go it alone, Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj said.
“We haven’t reached any conclusion with Renault on that,” Bajaj told reporters.
“We are open to an alliance, and if Renault does not want to partner […]

Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. announced Monday new agreements for the supply of products between both companies that is expected to bring increased production to Chrysler’s north assembly plant in Fenton, Mo.
Under the agreement, Chrysler will manufacture a full-size pickup for Nissan at its Saltillo, Mexico, assembly plant. In order to accommodate that […]

The owners of Maxim Transportation Services have consolidated the company’s seven divisions and 15 branch offices under a new name: Maxim Truck & Trailer.
“The new unified name and brand - Maxim Truck & Trailer - represents our strategy to place a greater focus on the overall customer experience at all Maxim divisions and branches,” says […]

Revenue attributable to truck sales, which currently make up about a third of Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s (MBSA’s) yearly sales of R37-billion, are likely to rise to around 50% in the coming years, given strong market demand for commercial vehicles in both South and Southern Africa.
Chairperson Dr Hansgeorg Niefer says that the commercial vehicle division recorded […]

Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan’s biggest maker of light-duty trucks, will assemble vehicles in Russia with Severstal-Avto beginning in August as the country’s demand for commercial vehicles rises.
The venture will have an annual capacity of 25,000 units, Tokyo-based Isuzu said Monday in a statement. Japanese trading company Sojitz Corp. is also a partner in the venture, […]

New car and truck sales in the United States will drop this year to their lowest level since 1994, global marketing firm J.D. Power and Associates says in revised projections released Tuesday.
That means two million less vehicles will be sold in 2008 than three years ago - a decline equivalent to the production of about […]

General Motors officials said Tuesday the automaker is holding its market share, even though the U.S. market for selling cars and trucks continues to be a challenge.
GM reported Tuesday that it sold 282,732 vehicles in March, down 19 percent from its sales in March 2007.
Car sales were down 14 percent, while deliveries of light-duty trucks […]

U.S. consumers bought 227,143 Ford Motor Co. vehicles in March, down 14 percent from a year earlier.
Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) manufactures F-Series Super Duty trucks at Louisville’s Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane and Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer sport utility vehicles at the Louisville Assembly Plant on Fern Valley Road.
Ford said sales to […]

Czech logistics firm CS Cargo said on Thursday it had signed a contract to buy 1,500 Mercedes-Benz trucks worth 4.5 billion crowns ($278.8 million).
The Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks, made by Daimler AG, will be delivered over the next two years, CS Cargo said in a statement.
The logistics industry has boomed in fast-growing central and eastern Europe, […]