Volvo releases latest teaser shot of its forthcoming 3-series rival.
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Beautiful two-door takes fight to Audi A5.
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City car gets more performance and marks centenary of Abarth birth.
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Official pictures clearly show how super saloon takes influence from 911, with familiar look to the front end and a distinctive crease along the side.
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Fiat has submitted three plans involving proposed tieups with three local automakers to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the central government's planning agency, the Beijing Times has reported.
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Japanese carmakers have announced more layoffs with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. cutting 1,100 jobs and Subaru a further 800.
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Valeo is to temporarily shut some of its French factories over the December holiday period because of falling car production.
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Magna International will shut two auto parts plants in the Toronto area next June, eliminating 850 jobs.
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GMAC Financial Services, GM's finance arm, has said it has applied to become a bank holding company, making it eligible for aid under the US government's emergency bank rescue plan.
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French carparts firm Faurecia will shut most of its 37 plants in France for most of the month of December, in response to falling demand from carmakers and the car sales slump, a company source said.
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Turkish automotive market sales are expected to shrink 20 percent next year in response to the global financial crisis and economic slowdown, the head of a Turkish automotive association said on Friday.
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Cash-strapped GM has asked a real estate firm for help in raising up to US$257m from the sale and leaseback of some of its European offices and other property assets, the Financial Times has reported.
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Audi could delay a decision on whether to build cars in the United States, where demand has dropped sharply, its CEO has said.
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Daimler has said that it wants to talk to unions about potentially reducing working hours at four German Mercedes-Benz assembly plants.
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German holding company Arques Industries AG has agreed the purchase of Auto Windscreens.
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Mini has released photos of its new Convertible.
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Now that the new, bigger Mini is on the market, the BMW division will reveal the similarly bigger Mini convertible at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
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Suzuki plans to lay off around 1,200 of its 5,523 workers at its Hungarian unit on a sharp drop in orders, the company said on Friday. Japan's Suzuki, one of Hungary's biggest exporters, lowered its 2008 production forecast.
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Suzuki plans to lay off 1,179 of the 5,523 workers at its Hungarian unit, national news agency MTI said on Friday, citing a company document.
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Swedish industrial group AB Volvo (owner of Volvo Trucks) is prepared to offer financial assistance to its former car unit Volvo Cars if necessary, but is not interested in buying it back, the company's chairman told a Swedish business newspaper.
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