Ssangyong will close one of the production lines at its lone domestic plant for three-and-a-half months beginning this week in a bid to improve its overall production efficiency.
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French star Sebastien Loeb overcomes snowy conditions to take victory in Norway.
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China's Chery Automobile aims to grow its car sales by nearly a fifth in 2009 banking largely on government support to bolster demand amid a slowing economy.
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PSA Peugeot-Citroen plans to start building a car plant in Russia's Kaluga region in March, Maxim Akimov, the region's deputy governor, said on Monday.
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Sweden's government at the weekend dismissed a local television report that negotiations between General Motors and Sweden over carmaker Saab had broken down.
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The European Commission expects more information from Spain on the country's funding package for the automotive sector before approving it, Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd said on Monday.
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BMW and Daimler have agreed to develop some parts together, but do not expect cross shareholdings, a German media report said on Monday.
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Daimler will announce 1.6 billion-euro ($2.1 billion) savings to counter a slump in demand for new cars, the Stuttgarter Zeitung said, without citing sources.
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Daimler will announce 1.6 billion euro ($2.1 billion) savings to counter a slump in demand for new cars, the Stuttgarter Zeitung said. The savings will come from accelerating a cost-cutting program for passenger cars.
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General Motors has said it could take "unconventional and aggressive steps" to cut costs in Europe, ahead of its deadline tomorrow (17 February) to present a recovery plan to the US government in return for federal loans.
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Shares in BMW rose 2 percent early today after a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on possible closer cooperation between the Bavarian automaker and Daimler.
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New US president Obama won't appoint a single, powerful "car czar" to oversee the revamping of General Motors and Chrysler, as originally thought, and will instead keep the politically delicate task in the hands of his most senior economic advisers, US reports at the weekend said.
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A number of factors are shaping the lead-acid automotive starter battery market. While some are market driven, others are outside manufacturers' control. Matthew Beecham recharges just-auto's annual review of the battery market.
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Fiat will lift the lid off its new 500C convertible at the Geneva show, a successor to the convertible version of the original rear engine 500 launched in 1957.
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Best spy shots yet of BMW's upcoming flexible 5-Series!
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BMW early on Monday confirmed weekend newspaper reports it would axe weekend working at its Mini Plant Oxford here in the UK, with the loss of 850 temporary workers. The plant union said the way the cuts had been announced was "disgraceful".
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BMW has launched a 'concept' 5 series Gran Turismo, a five-door vehicle with four seats, which, it said, combines features of a prestigious sedan, a sports activity vehicle and a classic GT, or grand tourer. The concept will be at Geneva, the production car at Frankfurt in September.
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BMW said today that it would shed 850 workers at its plant in Oxford, England, where it makes the Mini. The carmaker said the global economic slowdown had hit demand for the Mini, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in August.
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The 52-year-old executive likes to sail competitively and enjoys testing his strength and endurance by climbing 3,000 meter peaks in the Pyrenees. L'Epine joined Renault from college in 1982 as an engineer in the company's aftersales department.
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