Following the recent acquisition of iconic brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford, India's Tata Motors is focused on penetrating the European, Chinese, Russian and Indian military markets to increase sales of Land Rover.
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MINI has taken its time updating the Convertible, but new car should be worth the wait.
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New R8 V10 super-Audi unveiled, S5 cabrio unleashed, SUV shoot-out, Nissan 370Z driven, second generation MINI convertible
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India's Force Motors has said that it will sell up to a 14.5% stake in its joint venture with German truckmaker MAN for about 3 billion rupees.
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New Zealand's new vehicle market plunged in November for the first time since the used import flood of the early 1990s (used imports at one time were triple new vehicle shipments).
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Brilliance has said that its controlling shareholder will inject about CNY500m (US$72.7m) into the company in an effort to improve its liquidity and cash flow situation.
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China's vehicle output volume will reach 9.6m vehicles this year according to the Chinese government.
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All eyes are on Mazda as the stunning new 3 debuts at the Bologna Motor Show.
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Several as yet unnamed companies are interested in snapping up Saab if General Motors decides to sell.
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Honda is to put off boosting output capacities in Turkey and India in light of weak sales worldwide.
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China's passenger car sales fell about 15% in November from a year earlier according to preliminary data released by Nomura.
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Magna International is expected to start building a components plant in St. Petersburg in early 2009, Maxim Sokolov, chairman of the city government's investments and strategic projects committee, has said.
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy will announce assistance worth billions of euros for the auto and housing sectors on Thursday in a stimulus package intended to help France's economy through the global downturn.
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New-car sales fell by 21.8 percent in the Netherlands and by 16 percent in Belgium in November.
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South African new vehicle sales declined by 28.3% to 34,176 units in November on the back of a weakening economy, according to data released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (NAAMSA).
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Stunning concept car hints at forthcoming hot Scirocco flagship to rival Focus RS.
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US lawmakers have begun talking to Wall Street financial experts to see if there are ways to speed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and recovery plans should this prove necessary to rescue struggling Detroit automakers.
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Alfa Romeo, Fiat's sports car brand, is going ahead next year with the launch of the successor to its 147 sedan, Alfa Romeo CEO Luca De Meo said on Wednesday. The launch will take place despite Fiat temporarily halting production.
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Portugal's government on Wednesday announced a 200 million euro credit line for auto and car parts exporters as part of a support package to help the industry through a time of crisis and avoid job losses.
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Leoni, the specialist in wire, cable and wiring systems, has opened a production facility in the Mexican state of Durango. The plant will largely supply cable harnesses to US commercial vehicle manufacturers.
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