Industry Developments

The week-long nationwide truck strike in Italy that crippled autos production at all of Fiat's five domestic plants is likely to affect Italy's attempts to retain autos investments... 2012-01-30

New commercial vehicle sales in the EU outperformed BMI's expectation of 7.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth during 2011 by posting a 9.9% y-o-y increase, to nearly 1.94mn units, according... 2012-01-27

After a more than 13% year-on-year (y-o-y) drop in its new vehicle sales and a subsequent decrease in its market share from 5.4% in 2010 to 4.9% during 2011 in the UK, France's PSA... 2012-01-26

Robert Bosch, the largest automotive parts supplier in Europe, is looking to acquire the service solution business of US-based SPX Corporation for nearly US$1.15bn in a deal which will... 2012-01-25

BMW Motorrad sales reached a record 1,047,286 units in 2011, up an impressive 6.4% compared with 2010. The motorcycle division of Germany's BMW mostly operates in the high-end segment... 2012-01-20

UK H2 Mobility - a high-profile consortium formed by the British government, 13 international carmakers, auto supplier Johnson Matthey and utility companies - places the UK in the ... 2012-01-19

Signs of significant slowdown in the key global autos markets in 2012 are beginning to emerge. Our core scenario envisages the US and Japan as a significant outperformers in the mature... 2012-01-18

Japan's Toyota Motor sold a total 822,386 new vehicles in Europe during 2011, up 1.7% year-on-year (y-o-y), giving it a market share of 4.2% in the region. This performance may come... 2012-01-12

Passenger car production in Germany reached a record 5.87mn units in 2010 (according to estimates from the German autos association VDA), remaining only slightly shy of BMI's expectation... 2012-01-10

Italy's Fiat has increased its stakes in Chrysler Group by 5% to 58.5% after it managed to meet the final condition on fuel efficiency set by the US government. The increased stake... 2012-01-05