VW making next generation Golfs in Puebla next year
USAToday - Volkswagen says it will begin producing the Golf subcompact for North and South American markets in an updated Puebla factory early next year. That means U.S. buyers can expect the Golf,...
View ArticleNearly 40% more motorcyles were purchased in 2012
Sentido Comun - A total of 150,396 motorcycles were sold in Mexico during 2012, 36.9 percent more than in 2011. Last year 244,658 new motorcycles were imported, 22 percent more than in 2011, with 70...
View ArticlePena Nieto's fast-rail plan slows to a crawl
VOXXI - Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto’s vision of high-speed rail seems to be stuck on the tracks. Four months after he announced a high-speed rail across the Yucatan Peninsula, from...
View ArticleAuto output, exports rise in April vs. year ago
Reuters - Mexico's auto production and shipments rose in April compared with the same month a year earlier. Automobile output rose 15.6 percent to 238,766 vehicles, while exports from Latin America's...
View ArticleHow Mexico gained bigger share of auto production
Quartz - Mexico’s auto production has taken a big leap since Nafta. The country now accounts for roughly 20 percent of North American light vehicle production, according to a Federal Reserve...
View ArticleGM to build Nissan cargo vehicle in Cuernavaca
Sentido Comun - Nissan Motor, Japan's second largest producer of vehicles, reached an agreement with General Motors to produce a small cargo vehicle at its plant in Cuernavaca and that GM will sell the...
View ArticleAudi plans 90 percent local sourcing in Mexico
Automotive News - Audi purchasing chief Bernd Martens said the planned factory in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico, will buy 90 percent of its components from local sources in six years. So far no other Audi...
View ArticleDrivers ed in Mexico City: white knuckles all the way
Los Angeles Times - Mexico City doesn't require adults to pass an exam for a driver's license, but there are driving schools for 'nervous people' who are afraid of the wild roads. It's a place with 4.5...
View ArticleGM plans $691 million on Mexico expansion
National Post - General Motors has set aside $691-million in hopes of expanding its production efforts in Mexico. Of the investment pie, $349-million will be dedicated to build a new factory in Silao...
View ArticleSaturation makes Mexico City airport extremely unsafe, says deputy
The International Airport of Mexico City is so saturated that airplanes cross at such a short distance without delays in takeoffs and landings that there is a risk of air collision, warned Jesus...
View ArticleAuto output, exports fall slightly in June
Reuters - Mexico's auto production and exports both fell slightly in June from a year earlier. Automobile output for the month dropped 0.8 percent to 266,351 vehicles, while exports slid 1.5 percent to...
View ArticleMercedes is considering producing CLA in Mexico
AutoBlog - Mercedes-Benz is considering producing its new budget model at a factory operated by Nissan, of which the automaker is a joint-venture partner. The production of American-spec CLAs would be...
View ArticleMexican auto production, exports ease in July
Reuters - Mexico's auto production and exports fell in July compared with the same month a year earlier. Auto production fell 1.4 percent to 234,757 units while exports eased dipped 7.3 percent to...
View ArticleMazda to build $120 million engine factory in Mexico
Dow Jones - Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday it will build an engine factory at its new auto plant in Mexico, as Japan's most export-reliant carmaker looks to bolster local production to further shield...
View ArticleBMW is studying assembly plant in Mexico
Automotive News - BMW is studying expanding its North American manufacturing footprint with an assembly plant in Mexico. BMW executive Ludwig Willisch declined to specify which areas of Mexico that BMW...
View ArticleToyota is eyeing more manufacturing in Mexico
Automotive News - Toyota Motor Corp. wants to boost capacity in Mexico, but an executive declined to give a timeline for a new plant. Toyota board member Mark Hogan said the automaker might build a...
View ArticleNissan, Mercedes to build small, luxury cars in Mexico
Reuters - Japan's Nissan Motor Co and Germany's Daimler AG will build small Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz luxury cars at Nissan's $2 billion Aguascalientes plant, which will open late this year next to an...
View ArticleHonda breaks ground on Celaya transmission plant
Automotive News - Honda broke ground on a $470 million transmission plant in Celaya. The plant is expected to begin operations in 2015 with an initial annual production capacity of 350,000 units,...
View ArticleBMW, Hyundai consider factories in Mexico
Bloomberg - Mexico’s record auto production might get another boost from Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) and Hyundai Motor Co., which are considering building factories in Latin...
View ArticleChrysler said to add 500 jobs at engine plant
Bloomberg - Chrysler Group, the U.S. automaker controlled by Fiat, will add about 500 workers at a Mexican engine plant, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Chrysler has five plants in...
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