Factory-leaked photos have appeared about the upcoming Mercedes-Benz CLA model, a four-door version of the A-Class model, with coupe-like body. After the B-Class, CLA will be the second model, built in the Hungarian factory of Mercedes-Benz.

Hankook will expand its Hungarian facility in an over HUF 2.4 billion (EUR 8.7 m) investment project, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), setting up a new production hall for a new compound mixing unit to increase effectiveness.

Hungary’s industrial production rose by 2.6% month on month in August, according to data adjusted seasonally and by working days, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) has reported on Friday. This comes after a 1.2% decline in July.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Deputy Chairman of Opel’s Management Board Thomas Sedran, inaugurated a new EUR 500 million flexible engine factory at the Opel plant in Szentgotthárd, W Hungary, creating 800 new jobs.

Investment expert Csaba Kilián has been named as the new General Secretary of the Association of the Hungarian Automotive Industry (MGSZ). He has long been involved with the industry during his activities as investment promotion director.

The Hungary-based Mercedes-Benz plant of German carmaker Daimler plans to double its current 150,000-unit capacity. The expansion of the Kecskemét-based Mercedes plant, absorbing HUF tens of billions, may start in 2013.

The Mercedes assembly plant, operated by Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Ltd, in Kecskemét, east central Hungary, began production this spring. the June issue of Diplomacy and Trade carried an interview with the CEO.

The number of new passenger car registrations has grown in Hungary in May compared to the same month of 2011. This was the 5th month in a row when a year-on-year increase was recorded. Suzuki's figures continue to be impressive.

The Hungarian Opel engine production plant sees a jump in production volumes ahead, thus, it expects to hire hundreds new employees over the next three years to work in the company’s plant in Szentgotthárd, southeastern Hungary.

Johnson Controls, a global leader in automotive seating, overhead systems, door and instrument panels and interior electronics, has launched production at a new facility in Kecskemét for the local Mercedes plant.

Mercedes’ new plant was inaugurated in Kecskemét, East Central Hungary, on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Dr Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG. The day also saw the start of the production of the new B Class models.

New investors and Chinese-owned companies that are already active in Hungary but in different sectors show interest and can enter the local car parts production scene, the business daily Napi Gazdaság reported on Wednesday.

Following an increase in the figures in January, the number of new passenger car registrations has grown in Hungary once again in annual terms in February, too, the financial website portfolio.hu quotes Datahouse data.

Hungary's National Development Ministry and National Asset Management Agency (MNV) jointly announced that the the state has acquired controlling interest in the exchange-listed Hungarian automotive company Rába after a public tender.

As announced on Monday, the Hungarian unit of German carmaker Audi is to invest over HUF 2 billion (EUR 6.64 m) in a new vehicle development division in the northwestern Hungarian town of Gyõr. The new facility will create 70 jobs.