General Motors, saving cash as it awaits federal rescue loans, has suspended construction of a Michigan plant scheduled to build fuel-saving engines.
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WASHINGTON -- Joan Claybrook, a longtime nemesis of the auto industry, is stepping down -- but not walking away. Claybrook, 71, is resigning early next year as president of the consumer group Public Citizen.
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EDITORIAL ASSISTANT JONATHAN WONG: In preparation for a busy Thanksgiving, I easily stuffed a fold-up table and eight folding chairs in the back.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Automakers have improved the safety of small cars just as they become more popular with consumers. But some new models still have mixed performances in crash tests, a safety group said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Automakers have improved the safety of small cars just as they become more popular with consumers. But some new models still have mixed performances in crash tests, a safety group said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. finally has found a lithium ion battery partner.
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Overhauled WRC could introduce the Skoda Fabia S2000.
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Ace tin-top squad Chevrolet has unveiled its new World Touring Car Championship challenger. Based on the imminent Cruze road car, it will debut next season.
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Cost-cutting moves agreed for 2009.
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Premium roof box for premium cars
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Australian new vehicle sales fell in November, reflecting a further softening of economic conditions as a result of the global financial crisis.
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A report prepared for the Ontario Manufacturing Council concluded that 582,000 direct and indirect jobs would be lost in Canada over the next five years if the Big Three US automakers closed their operations in the province of Ontario.
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The European automotive industry will continue to contribute to the ambitious European energy and climate change strategy and is ready to meet the CO2 legislation for passenger cars, endorsed by the European Parliament this week, automakers group ACEA said.
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Ford has promoted company veteran Roelant de Waard to head its European sales, effective January 1. Currently, De Waard is head of Ford's operations in the UK, the carmaker's biggest European market.
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Skoda Auto has opened a new facility at its Czech technology centre at Mladá Boleslav that it says will enhance its engineering capabilities and create 300 new jobs, primarily for mechanical and electrical engineers and other highly qualified specialists
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Ford has promoted company veteran Roelant de Waard to head its European sales, effective January 1. Currently, De Waard is head of Ford's operations in the UK, the carmaker's biggest European market.
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TOKYO -- Honda President Takeo Fukui shifted into crisis mode today, slashing sales and profit forecasts, delaying plant openings, cutting executive pay and axing the NSX sports car program to rein in costs.
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TOKYO -- Honda President Takeo Fukui shifted into crisis mode today, slashing sales and profit forecasts, delaying plant openings, cutting executive pay and axing the NSX sports car program to rein in costs.
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General Motors on Wednesday opened a new joint venture manufacturing plant in northeast China which with capacity to build up to 150,000 vehicles a year.
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