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PSA is driving forward its bid to further differentiate its Peugeot and Citroen brands by appointing new design bosses for the marques. Gilles Vidal is Peugeot's new design director while Thierry Metroz will head Citroen design. Full story...
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Lotus has named Donato Coco as its director of design. Previously, Coco was Ferrari's design director and also worked for Citroen, where he rose to chief designer. Full story...
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Lotus has named Donato Coco as its director of design. Previously, Coco was Ferrari's design director and also worked for Citroen, where he rose to chief designer. Full story...
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World Rally Championship convert Kimi Raikkonen will make his competitive debut in a Citroen C4 on January's Arctic Lapland Rally - a fortnight before his 2010 WRC campaign kicks off in Sweden. Full story...
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A fall in car production in local plants run by Volkswagen, PSA Peugeot Citroen and Kia Motors - now seen as the engine of the local economy - of 10.1 percent year on year in October, after a 19.1drop in September, contributed to a 3.8% overall dip in Slovakia's industrial output, official data showed on Tuesday. Full story...
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The door is open to Kimi Raikkonen's signing with Citroen in 2010 to becoming more than a temporary sabbatical from formula one. Full story...
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As European scrapping incentives wane, PSA/Peugeot Citroen SA wants a bigger slice of the booming Chinese market, and analysts prefer its stretch targets to Renault SA's caution. Full story...
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Mitsubishi Motors said it is not discussing any numbers regarding a possible acquisition of a stake by PSA/Peugeot-Citroen. The Nikkei business daily had reported PSA could pay up to 300 billion yen ($3. Full story...
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Mitsubishi Motors said it is not discussing any numbers regarding a possible acquisition of a stake by PSA/Peugeot-Citroen. The Nikkei business daily had reported PSA could pay up to 300 billion yen ($3. Full story...
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A costly tie-up between PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA and Japan's Mitsubishi Motor Corp. risks landing Europe's No. 2 carmaker with a partner too small to exploit Asia's booming markets. Full story...
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen could buy a large stake in Japanese peer Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as part of a plan to deepen ties to ride out the industry's worst ever slump. Here are some facts about Mitsubishi and PSA. Full story...
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A costly tie-up between PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA and Japan's Mitsubishi Motor Corp. risks landing Europe's No. 2 carmaker with a partner too small to exploit Asia's booming markets. Full story...
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A costly tie-up between PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA and Japan's Mitsubishi Motor Corp. risks landing Europe's No. 2 carmaker with a partner too small to exploit Asia's booming markets. Full story...
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French carmaker PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA could buy a large stake in Japanese peer Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as part of a plan to deepen ties to ride out the industry's worst ever slump. Here are some facts about Mitsubishi and Peugeot. Full story...
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The news is finally official: Kimi Raikkonen will not be on the 2010 formula one grid because he has signed full-time with Citroen's junior World Rally Championship team. Full story...
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Shares in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) soared more than 20% on Thursday after the Nikkei business daily reported PSA Peugeot Citroen was in talks to spend up to JPY300bn (US$3.4bn) to acquire a 30-50% stake in the Japanese automaker. PSA itself would confirm only it had "started discussions with Mitsubishi Motors Company (sic) concerning the possibility of extending their relationship". Full story...
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PSA/Peugeot Citroen could buy a large stake in Mitsubishi as part of plan to deepen ties to ride out the auto industry's worst ever slump. Full story...
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PSA/Peugeot Citroen could buy a large stake in Mitsubishi as part of plan to deepen ties to ride out the auto industry's worst ever slump. Full story...
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France's PSA/Peugeot Citroen SA could buy a large stake in Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as part of plan to deepen ties to ride out the auto industry's worst ever slump. Full story...
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Road racer Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello scored a victory at the Monza Rally Show last weekend, driving a World Rally Championship Citroen C4 WRC. Full story...
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