Mexico

MEXICO CITY, México, 05.23.2008 -- Effective July 1, Nissan Mexicana (NMEX) will make senior management and organizational changes to better integrate NMEX’s growing manufacturing and allied operations into Nissan’s regional operations.

Shoichi Miyatani, president and general director, NMEX, will return to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (NML) as corporate vice president, General Overseas Markets (GOM), where his primary focus will be Latin America. Growth in the GOM region is one of the breakthroughs of Nissan GT 2012, where Mr. Miyatani will play an important role.

Rod Hall seeks record breaking 18th victory

DETROIT, 2008-05-21 -- HUMMER off-road racing teams bring their winning traditions to the Baja peninsula once again as Rod Hall Racing's Team HUMMER and Robby Gordon Off-Road prepare their HUMMER desert race trucks to tackle this year's 40th Anniversary SCORE International Tecate Baja 500, May 30-June 1, in Ensenada, Mexico.

2008 marks a special year for Team HUMMER as owner and stock-class H3 driver Rod Hall, 70, seeks his record-setting 18th Baja 500 class victory. Joining Hall are his two sons, Josh and Chad, entering their full-stock class H2 SUT and H3 Alpha.

Victories for Jordi Gené and Tiago Monteiro in Puebla

Martorell, 06-04-2008 -- The second round of the WTCC in Mexico has become a historic weekend for SEAT, after winning twice and clinching the top six positions in the second race. Jordi Gené won the first race with Rydell second, while Tiago Monteiro took the victory of the second race, followed by all of his SEAT mates: the five SEAT León TDI drivers and Tom Coronel with the SEAT León WTCC. SEAT and their drivers have also made a clean sweep of all the overall classifications.

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Sales up 13.6 per cent versus February, 2007, marking 9 consecutive months of growth

Mexico City, Mar 17, 2008 - Chrysler Mexico reported February sales of 10,452 Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge brand vehicles, an increase of 13.6 per cent compared to February, 2007. This marks the best February sales for Chrysler Mexico since 2001 and is the 9th consecutive month of sales growth for Chrysler Mexico.

“Chrysler Mexico continues its positive trend in 2008 and sets new records despite being in a slightly down market,” said Joseph ChamaSrour, President and Managing Director of Chrysler Mexico. “Contributing to our success is a broad and innovative product lineup that offers quality, technology, attractive designs and the best warranty in the business.”

Mexico City, 21 March 2007 -- A1 Team Malaysia will be racing in Mexico this weekend, with the ninth round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport taking place in the capital city. The Series raced in the country last season, but this is the first event to be hosted at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, named after Mexico's most famous motor racing brothers, Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez.

The Malaysian team is joined by a new rookie driver, who will be making his race weekend debut for the team in Mexico and performing rookie duties for the remainder of the season. Aaron Lim, 22, drove the A1 Team Malaysia car in a test session at Silverstone in the UK last summer, but this will be his first experience of an A1GP event.

Sales up 8.6 per cent versus January, 2007 marking 8 consecutive months of growth

Mexico City, Feb 12, 2008 - Chrysler Mexico today reported January sales of 10,786 Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge brand vehicles, an increase of 8.6 percent versus January, 2007 when 9,933 units were sold. This marks the best January sales for Chrysler Mexico in the last six years and is the 8th consecutive month of sales growth for Chrysler Mexico. Chrysler finished 2007 with an increase of .1 percent, despite an overall down market in Mexico.

7 million Volkswagen – including one million New Beetle – built in Mexico

Puebla, 01 February 2008 - Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, today opened the ceremony celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Volkswagen New Beetle in the presence of the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, and guests from politics and industry.

At the same time, more than 300 distinguished guests in Puebla also celebrated the production of the seven millionth Volkswagen in Mexico, which is at the same time the world’s one millionth New Beetle. The New Beetle was launched on the market ten years ago in January 1998. The vehicle is still exclusively built in Mexico for markets all over the world.

January 17, 2008 -- The Champ Car World Series will appear exclusively on the ESPN networks in 2008 with a 14-race schedule combining live and same-day telecasts. The international open-wheel racing series returned to ESPN in 2007 after an absence of six years.

The schedule includes four races on both ABC and ESPN and six on ESPN2. The season begins Sunday, Apr. 20, with same-day coverage of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The 2.5-hour telecast will include a season preview special.

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan.15, 2008 – Yulon Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.*1 announced today that it has begun production and export of the “Nissan Cabstar”, light duty truck, to Mexico. This marks the first time for the Taiwanese domestic auto industry to export 3.5t class light commercial vehicles to Mexico.

Before production started in Taiwan, Cabstar was initially sourced for Mexico from Nissan’s Light Duty Truck plant in Avila (Spain) through batch production since September 2007. The initial production at Avila allowed Nissan to start sales of the new Nissan Cabstar in Mexico as early as autumn of last year, and allowed Nissan to meet the strong demand from customers in that market.

Toyota Boshoku America Announces Merger of Two Companies in Mexico

RAMOS ARIZPE, COAHUILA, Mexico, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Boshoku America (TBA) leaders announced today, the recent merger of two of its sister automotive parts production subsidiaries located in Northeast Mexico.

Toyota Boshoku is aiming to establish efficient business management structures by strengthening collaboration within group companies. This includes establishing strategic regional head offices which serve as leaders in each region of the world. The Toyota Boshoku America region includes North, Central and South America.