(September 3, 2009) Good news for General Motors comes from half a world away. General Motors Co. has reported that its China vehicles sales in August jumped 112.7 percent from a year earlier, paving the way for a more than 40 percent rise in sales for the full year.

(September 3, 2009) Chrysler Group will start a second shift in Belvidere, Ill., to make more Dodge Calibers, the company said this week.

The second shift, which will add 850 workers at the plant starting Oct. 5, will enable the company to make an additional 10,000 Calibers this year. The Caliber was a popular Chrysler purchase in the cash-for-clunkers program, trade paper Automotive News reported.

(September 3, 2009) Word from Germany is that Audi will introduce a new and modernized logo when the Volkswagen unit takes time to celebrate its upcoming 100th anniversary. It will be the first change since the current look was introduced in 1990.

(September 3, 2009) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, estimated today that the average automotive manufacturer incentive in the U.S. was $2,475 per vehicle sold in August 2009, down $231, or 8.5 percent, from July 2009, and down $327, or 11.7 percent, from August 2008.

(August 29, 2009) TORRANCE, Calif. — Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., will launch a voluntary Safety Recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) involving approximately 95,700 Toyota and Scion vehicles sold in the United States. About 10,000 Pontiac Vibe models will also be affected.

(August 28, 2009) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — This month's new vehicle sales (including fleet sales) are expected to be around 1.17 million units, nearly a six percent decrease from August 2008 but up nearly 18 percent from July 2009, according to Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information.

(August 27, 2009) Toyota Motor Corp. plans to close its oldest U.S. auto plant, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., a venture that once symbolized Toyota's zeal to learn the art of automaking in America, Automotive News reported Thursday.

(August 27, 2009) Chrysler's decision announced on Wednesday to terminate plans to share vehicles with Nissan Motor Co. leaves Nissan with no replacement for its aging Titan full-sized pickup.

(August 28, 2009) Volkswagen is recalling 16,000 Volkswagen and Audi vehicles manufactured between September 2008 and August 2009, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall affects the 2009-10 Audi A3, 2009 Audi TT, 2009 Audi TT roadster, 2009 Volkswagen Eos, 2009-10 Volkswagen GTI, 2009-10 Volkswagen Jetta and 2009-10 Volkswagen Jetta Sportswagen.

(August 29, 2009) HERNDON, Va .— Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. announced it would initiate a new customer service program to address concerns raised by its customers with certain Direct Shift Gearboxes (DSG) in Volkswagen and Audi models, and to affirm its confidence in the sophisticated technology represented by those components.