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Nissan Mexico has been recognized by Element Fleet Management, a leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company in Mexico, with the Constructor's Championship Award, which recognizes the automaker's customer service, operational strength, consistency, and commitment to fleet continuity. The award…
ISUZU Motors de México has received international recognition with a Three-Star rating at the Aftersales Awards 2026, placing it alongside Vietnam as one of only two markets to achieve the highest distinction in this edition. The company also secured eighth place…
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Metric / Key Factor 56,000 to 90,000 commercial drivers ~14% (second highest globally per IRU) Shift from piece-rate/per-km to guaranteed base salary plus safety and productivity bonuses Mexico–Puebla (Highway 150D), Arco Norte, Highway 57 (Bajío corridor) 54% to 57% of interceptions occur in transit; 76% involve violence…
To mitigate this financial risk, automakers are utilizing geographic allocation strategies. As highlighted by MBN, 55.7% of all low-emission vehicle sales are concentrated in just four states: Mexico City (21,766 units), the State of Mexico (12,736 units), Nuevo Leon (9,947 units), and Jalisco (8,513 units).
This article by Clara Zepeda originally appeared in the November 4, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. The auto industry in Mexico continues a pace of steady growth, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported.
September 18, 2025 // Trade Report The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is accepting comments through Nov. 3, and will hold a public hearing Nov. 17m on the operation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. According to USTR, the USMCA provides for its own termination as of…
Throughout the third quarter of 2026, San Luis Potosí reported two projects linked to the automotive industry San Luis Potosí Attracts Automotive Investments Throughout the third quarter of 2026, San Luis Potosí reported two projects linked to the automotive industry: an expansion…
With the development of electric air taxis—capable of vertical takeoff and passenger transportation—as an alternative mode of mobility, new challenges are emerging for Mexico’s aerospace industry. These include strengthening its design, simulation, testing, and manufacturing capabilities to compete…
Cars cross borders constantly, often many times before they are finished. An engine might be cast in Mexico, assembled in the United States and installed in a vehicle built in Canada, while its chips come from Asia and its seats from a supplier across a different border. That makes the auto industry acutely sensitive to trade policy: a tariff on parts or vehicles can change prices, profits and factory plans almost overnight, and automakers spend years planning around rules that can shift in months.
Trade fights have shaped the industry for decades. Japanese export restraints in the 1980s pushed Toyota, Honda and Nissan to build plants in America, and the long-standing tariff on imported light trucks helped keep pickups a Detroit stronghold. NAFTA and then the USMCA bound North American production together. More recently, Section 232 tariffs on imported vehicles and parts, retaliatory measures, and duties in the United States and Europe on Chinese electric vehicles have redrawn the map once again.
This page follows tariff announcements and trade negotiations, automakers' estimates of what they cost, price increases, production shifts and nearshoring, and the strategies that companies use to avoid or absorb new duties. It also covers export markets and the global expansion of Chinese brands. For shoppers, the effects show up in sticker prices and which models are offered; for workers and investors, they shape where cars are built. Few policy debates reach the driveway as directly.
How trade rules shape the cars people buy: auto tariffs, USMCA, Section 232, trade wars, Chinese EV duties, and the plants that move as a result.
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