Honda Motor on Tuesday said it had taken about 8,000 orders for the CR-Z hybrid sports coupe in Japan less than three weeks after its domestic market launch.
The tyre market is seeing double digit growth in the first quarter compared, with its weak performance a year before, the chief executive of Pirelli's tyre unit told a newspaper.
Shares in Turkish automaker Tofas rose as much as 4.76% at one point on Tuesday after newspapers quoted its chief executive as saying it had targeted 20,000 vehicle exports to Russia this year.
Vladimir-based Russian auto partsmaker Avtopribor plans to more than double its revenue to RUB2.5bn (US$85m)in 2010 from RUB1bn rubles in 2009, Vladimir Piskunov, the company's director for economy and finances, told Prime-Tass on Tuesday.
As media speculation over the nature and extent of a possible tie-up between Renault and Daimler mounts, analysts in the investor community have voiced mixed reactions to the reports.