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BMW car sales crash by 25% as economy worsens

German group reports fall in demand for luxury cars as it prepares to close down UK production of the Mini for a month

Honda remain hopeful of competing in 2009

Nick Fry, the company's CEO, confirmed three buyers have already expressed an interest in taking control of the troubled team

GM and Ford say sorry over bailout

Car bosses seek $34 billion in emergency loans but promise sweeping changes and say they will take only $1 a year in pay

Button undone as Honda pull out

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello will be without seats for next season unless a buyer for the Formula One team can be found

Carmakers plead for $34bn US handout

US car giants try to convince Senate they deserve lifeline, as General Motors says it will be out of cash by Christmas

New car sales in November plunge 37%

Dire industry figures could trigger further production cuts as carmakers appeal to Government for financial help

Invensys names Sir Nigel Rudd as new chairman

Top job at automation and controls group gives industrialist his third boardroom position in the FTSE 100

US motor union offers to make sacrifices

Ron Gettelfinger hopes that measures will show willingness among lawmakers to rescue the American car industry

Electric shock as sales of green cars reverse

Sales of electric cars have fallen by more than half this year, with only 156 green cars being sold from January to October

US carmakers humbled in seeking $31bn bailout

The heads of Ford, Chrysler and General Motors have agreed to work for $1 a year in return for an emergency bridging loan

Car bosses offer to work for $1 a year

Chief executives of biggest carmakers in US have offered sacrifices in bid for $25bn Congress bailout

GE cuts forecasts and warns on redundancies

Shares in the US conglomerate rise despite the continuing impact of the finance business on the rest of the group

Spanish car sales plunge to 15-year low

Car sales in Spain fell by almost 50 per cent last month, the biggest year-on-year fall since the country's recession in 1993

Japan driving back to the days of the '70s

Japanese car sales have plummeted, confirming fears the country has crashed into its sharpest downturn since Second World War

Volvo may be dumped as Ford pitches for bailout

Ford is prepared to sell Volvo in its attempts to convince Washington that it deserves to be bailed out with emergency loan