Bit of news to warm the cockles of your heart this freezing northern hemisphere winter- VW is hiring, er, 50,000 people. Inevitably, with such headlines, terms and conditions apply, but it is better news than a lot of what we’ve covered of late.
Discussions continued between Volvo and Geely over not so much whether but when they might build those three plants in China talked about earlier this year after the takeover from Ford.
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GM, tempting fate, mentioned hydrogen and candle in the same presentation on fuel cells and Ford readied a fleet of electric Transit Connects for a UK show-and-tell.
We’ve been taking another look at what is going to happen to GM’s Antwerp plant after the last Opel Astra heads off into the sunset; have a look on Google Earth to see where it is and you’ll understand the port’s interest.
Some good factory news this week – a second for Fiat in Brazil looks likely and Mitsubishi has started on its third in Thailand, this one for the government’s small car project. Also some expansion of Toyota’s IMV output in two countries and ongoing C-class work for the Merc plant in South Africa.
Finally, we also had a look and a try of Antonov’s new six-speed automatic with a wet clutch in place of a torque converter. Coming in 2012 to the Chinese Lifan line.
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By GlobalDataHave a nice weekend.
Graeme Roberts
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just-auto.com
