Don't miss the Vancouver Olympic Games if you want to catch a glimpse of the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid! While General Motors is busy developing a "parallel"-type hybrid variant of this midsize sedan for the 2011 model year (rumor has it the car could also be a plug-in hybrid), the bankrupt automaker announced in June that the few 2010 models being produced would find their way into vehicle fleets across the continent.
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Toyota plans to increase production for the US market by about 65,000 vehicles after truck inventories dipped too low and demand showed signs of stabilising, executives have said.
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Toyota has denied a German magazine report that it was considering building derivatives of Mercedes-Benz's A-and B-class cars on its own platform to better utilise its European plants in the long term.
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Hyundai Motor sales last month totalled 278,485 units vs 254,023 a year previously. Exports were down to 203,800 from 205,722 in June 2008, however.
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Audi's 35-metre high structure will form the centre-piece for the Festival of Speed
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Avtodiesel, the embattled Russian engine maker, is facing a lawsuit seeking its move into bankruptcy. The suit was filed by Alfa Bank with the Moscow Arbitration Court, according to local news reports.
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Daimler cannot slow down its efforts to cut costs next year despite an expected improvement in markets, its chief executive has said.
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The head of the Seat brand has warned that efforts by the German government to boost auto sales this year will have repercussions on the market's performance next year.
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Toyota has not ruled out keeping its NUMMI joint venture with General Motors in Fremont, California, going on its own, after GM pulls out, to produce the Prius hybrid there.
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Say you need a practical, roomy luxury sedan to use as a family car or for hauling business associates to big lunch meetings.
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Reports suggest that Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC) may make a bid for Opel/Vauxhall.
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BMW plans to start producing X5 and X6 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) at the Avtotor plant in the Russian city of Kaliningrad in July.
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AvtoVAZ has posted a net loss of 24.662 billion roubles in 2008 against a net profit of 3.669 billion roubles in 2007, the firm has said in a statement.
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A US bankruptcy court has refused Delphi permission to compensate private equity company Platinum Equity by up to $30m in expenses if its bid for the auto industry supplier is beaten.
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New car sales continued to surge in Germany last month as volume rose 40% year on year to 427,000 units according to car makers' association VDIK. First half registrations were 26% ahead of 2008 at just over 2m units.
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GAZ, Russia's second-largest car producer, is to cut 7,000 jobs at its Nizhny Novgorod factory this month because of plummeting car sales, according to the Interfax news agency.
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Ssangyong Motor has won court approval to order the striking workers to leave its plant in Pyeongtaek, it said.
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Vehicle seat specialist Lear is to become the latest US components company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the "fastest and most effective way" to reduce debt in the face of slumping global auto production.
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Proton is showcasing Lotus cars to the Malaysian public for the first time since since it acquired the British-based company in 1996.
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