GKN Driveline Torque Technology has started production at its new wholly owned facility in Pudong, Shanghai, China.
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1958 Chevy Corvette - By Design
Kid stuff comes good fifty years later.In the 1950s, most Detroit cars got an annual face-lift, with big sellers getting all-new body shells every two or three years. Low-volume cars like the Chevrolet Corvette didn't justify big investment, but since fiberglass was cheap to tool, General Motors intended to change Corvettes every year to demonstrate the potential for plastic body panels on mainstream cars. The original Corvette design lasted three years, but the 1956 face-lift was supposed to be good for only one. In 1955, it fell to me to stick four headlights on the C1 front end for 1957, while simultaneously working on the C2, due in '58 with its new shorter-wheelbase, V-8-only chassis.
Photo Gallery: 1958 Chevy Corvette - Vintage Chevy Corvette Convertible - Automobile Magazine
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Reports over the weekend have suggested that General Motors sees acquiring Chrysler as a way of boosting cashflow at a time of tightened credit and falling revenues, and that some sort of deal is close. It has also been reported that negotiators hope to finalise a deal before the 4 November presidential election and are lobbying for government financial assistance to help clinch it.
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Volkswagen is cutting production and work hours at its plant here in response to falling demand for expensive, premium SUVs.
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The Schaeffler Group said it submitted the final draft of its Continental takeover filing to the European Commission on October 17.
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Porsche Automobil Holding, the holding company for automakers Porsche and Volkswagen, is warming to the idea of adding VW executives to its management board.
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At this writing, oil prices are way less than $100 a barrel. It was $138 not long ago. The facile and foolish interpretation is that this news means we've returned to "normal."
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Car makers Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, are offering discounts on their newest models to boost sales of their North-American pickup trucks, the Financial Times reported.
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Mercedes sales staffers: Get ready for ribald jokes about standard-equipment urinals and emergency fill-ups when you explain to customers that they have a new fluid level to check.
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Federal pension law could force automotive companies with plans heavily invested in stocks to pony up more money over the next few years to keep their plans fully funded.
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Steven Xu didn't sell a single Chrysler 300C last month. But by local standards, he's an optimist, just because he kept the doors open at Yueye Chrysler during the October National Day long weekend.
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With a roiling economy, cash flow woes and a credit crisis, the Detroit 3 are entertaining possible alliances that once would have been considered fanciful.
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Acura dealers say they have been told that Acura will offer a V-8 engine option within 18 months. "It's confirmed," says Dave Conant, principal owner of the multibrand Conant Auto Retail Group in Cerritos, Calif., which includes one Acura dealership.
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Looking for expert reporting on the day's top automotive stories in one concentrated dose? On Nov. 3, Automotive News will launch a daily video news program called "Automotive News Today."
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Mike Kahn runs what may be the fastest-growing dealership group in America, moving up more places than any other company on Automotive News' latest ranking of the country's largest auto retailers.
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Honda Motor Co. CEO Takeo Fukui says he's fine with direct loans from the U.S. government to the Detroit 3. Meanwhile, he will fortify the Acura brand with a new V-8.
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