Olivier Quesnel has been appointed Director of both Citroën Sport and Peugeot Sport. He will take up his position on January 1, 2009. Peugeot Sport's current Director Michel Barge has moved on to another position.
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WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives approved emergency U.S. aid for Detroit's automakers, setting up a showdown in the Senate where prospects for passage are less certain.
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WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives approved emergency U.S. aid for Detroit's automakers, setting up a showdown in the Senate where prospects for passage are less certain.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Steven Chu, a Nobel physics laureate and advocate of alternative energy research, as his energy secretary, a Democratic aide said on Wednesday.
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The auto industry will sell an estimated 11.5 million new cars and trucks in 2009, the lowest sales total since 1982, according to Michael Robinette, vice president of forecast services with consulting firm CSM Worldwide. U.S.
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Porsche was one of five manufacturers [not counting current engine supplier Honda] to meet with Indy Racing League officials in June and September regarding the IndyCar Series' 2011 engine specifications, as the series seeks future engine suppliers...
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Audi of America Inc. said today that it plans to advertise during the 2009 Super Bowl, after its commercial in this year's game helped drive record traffic to its Web site. Audi will broadcast a 60-second spot during the first quarter of the Feb.
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Volvo Car Corp.'s 2008 global sales will be its lowest since 1996. The Swedish brand, currently owned by Ford Motor Co., expects its 2008 global sales will be about 380,000 vehicles, according to Volvo spokeswoman Maria Bohlin.
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OUR TAKE: Mercury actually has a pretty long history of trying to tie itself to fashion/design leaders, but it's mostly been this sort of "borrow a label" thing. Nautica, anyone?
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The Bush administration hinted today it will seek a )x("",car czar who would be acceptable to President-elect Barack Obama and could stay on after Obama takes office next month.
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Continental cut its 2008 profitability outlook, citing the auto industry's "substantial" negative development over the past six weeks. The company said on Wednesday it saw a full-year EBIT margin of 7.5 percent to 8.
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Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn will become chairman of the carmaker's board of directors as well as its CEO. Ghosn, 54, will inherit the chairman post from former Renault CEO Louis Schweitzer at the carmaker's annual shareholders meeting on May 6.
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Honda has overtaken Toyota as the brand that does the best job of keeping U.S. customers. A total of 64.7 percent of Honda buyers came back to the marque, according to the 2008 Customer Retention Study released today by J.D. Power and Associates.
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Renault chairman Louis Schweitzer is stepping down after 17 years heading the French automaker.
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Georgia state Sen. Emanuel Jones has won court approval for his purchase of Bill Heard Enterprises Inc.'s flagship store, ushering in the end of the dealership group's bankruptcy liquidation.
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Suzuki Motor chairman and chief executive Osamu Suzuki said on Wednesday he would take on the additional post of president after Hiroshi Tsuda resigned and became an adviser due to health problems.
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White is the most popular color choice for vehicles in North America for the second year in a row.
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White is the most popular color choice for vehicles in North America for the second year in a row.
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