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Mar
27th

Wraps come off Tesla’s new saloon – Tesla Model S

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Striking electric sports saloon takes aim at Jaguar XF and BMW 5-Series


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Mar
27th

Marchionne forecasts more global car factory closures

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Automakers will be forced to close more factories to align car production with falling new-car sales, Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne said today. Full story...
Mar
27th

SOUTH AFRICA: Mercedes plans two four-week shutdowns

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Mercedes-Benz South Africa plans to shut its East London production plant for four weeks next month and for a further four weeks from the last week in May, according to local reports, though it was not clear when in April the four-week shutdown would begin. Full story...
Mar
27th

Road-ready F450 spotted!

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Hot Ferrari caught out


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Mar
27th

White House to announce hike in fuel-economy standards

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The White House today will boost fuel-economy standards for light vehicles to 27.3 mpg for 2011, media reports said. Cars will be required to travel an average of 30.2 miles on a gallon of fuel, up from 27. Full story...
Mar
27th

U.S. raises fuel-economy standard to 27.3 mpg

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Fuel-economy standards for all light vehicles will rise 8 percent, to an average of 27.3 mpg for the 2011 model year, under new U.S. rules issued today. Full story...
Mar
27th

U.S. raises fuel-economy standard to 27.3 mpg for 2011

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Fuel-economy standards for all U.S. light vehicles will rise 8 percent to an average of 27.3 mpg for the 2011 model year and will cost the industry $1.46 billion to make the change, the government said today. Full story...
Mar
27th

U.S. lifts fuel standard to 27.3 mpg for 2011

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Fuel-economy standards for all U.S. light vehicles will rise 8 percent to an average of 27.3 mpg for the 2011 model year and will cost the industry $1.46 billion to make the change, the government said today. Full story...
Mar
27th

FRANCE: Minister blasts Conti over plant closures

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French minister of finance Christine Lagarde has criticised Continental for its plans to shut down its production sites in Clairoix and Hanover. Full story...
Mar
27th

RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ to raise prices

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AvtoVAZ has said that it will raise prices on all of its 2009 Lada models by an average of 2.5% starting from March 30. Full story...
Mar
27th

Johnson Controls to cut more jobs, close 10 plants

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Auto interiors and battery maker Johnson Controls Inc. said it would close an additional 10 plants and cut more jobs than planned as it expects no near-term recovery in global auto production. Full story...
Mar
27th

German scrapping bonus lifts orders for Opel

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The German scrappage bonus has triggered a boom in demand for Opel, the struggling German unit of General Motors that is looking for a new investor. "We forecast some 120,000 customer orders in the first quarter of 2009. Full story...
Mar
27th

CHINA: FAW-Toyota stalls on Changchun plant

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According to the National Business Daily, FAW-Toyota is likely to postpone its CNY4bn Changchun plant project due to financing problems. Full story...
Mar
27th

Fiery new Insignia VXR uncovered

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Racy new Insignia gets a 300bhp twin-turbo V6 engine and four-wheel drive


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Mar
27th

FRANCE: Conti moves meeting to dodge protesters

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Continental will move its next works council meeting from northern France to the Riviera because at the last one angry workers burst in and pelted managers with eggs. Full story...
Mar
27th

CANADA/US: Magna firm on closing NY gear plant

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Magna International will continue to wind down its Syracuse, New York, New Process Gear plant because it would still be unsustainable even if it qualified for US government aid, according to a company memo to staff yesterday cited by a Toronto newspaper. Full story...
Mar
27th

Fiat CEO confirms 2009 profit target

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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed today the Italian industrial group's aim to reach a trading profit exceeding 1.0 billion euros ($1.36 billion) this year despite the crisis ravaging the car industry. Full story...
Mar
27th

Volkswagen GTI refined for 2010:

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When Volkswagen hopped up a Golf back in 1976, it invented a niche that came to be known as the Hot Hatchback segment. With just 100 hp, it’s difficult now to think that was hot . . . but it was. Full story...
Mar
27th

Surprise unveil for Tesla S – Tesla S

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First pictures of striking electric sports saloon are leaked onto the internet


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Mar
27th

RUSSIA: Automakers to build vehicles in far east

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Russia will begin car assembly this year in its far east in a bid to wean the local market off foreign imports, deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov announced on Thursday. Full story...
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