GM Uzbekistan, the General Motors/Uzavtoprom JV, increased output 13.5% year on year to 195,038 units in 2008, the state statistics committee reported on Monday.
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AvtoVAZ plans to sell around 600,000 cars in Russia in 2009, Boris Alyoshin, the company's president, told reporters Monday.
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President Barack Obama on Monday afternoon issued a series of executive orders that reverse Bush administration policy by calling for stronger curbs on greenhouse gases and should make it easier for states such as California to adopt tougher fuel-efficiency rules than the federal standard.
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Individual US states may get the chance to set their own, stricter vehicle emissions regulations under the new Obama presidential regime.
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General Motors India (GMI) is getting ready to launch the Cadillac brand with the CTS model in India.
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The majority of Audi prices here in the UK are to increase by an average of 2% for orders placed from 23 February "as a direct result of increased financial pressure exerted by the current, unprecedented euro-to-sterling exchange rate", the importer said on Monday.
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Continental and its new owner, the Schaeffler group, have agreed on new cooperation including dividing the company into separate tyre and rubber groups in the north of Germany and autoparts groups in the south.
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Mitsubishi will show another iteration of its sporty micro-size electric car with the debut of the i MiEV Sport Air concept at the Geneva motor show in March.
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Ford supplier Visteon has hired legal and financial advisers to prepare for possible bankruptcy proceedings though that doesn't mean a filing is imminent, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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To cut emissions of carbon dioxide, Japanese supplier Denso Corp. is using resin made from trees, not petroleum, to make a radiator tank. The resin will debut in a tank this spring on cars built for the United States.
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Toyota Motor has declined to comment on Japanese media reports its is expecting global sales to fall 7% in fiscal 2009/10.
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Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group is the latest automaker to slash executive pay and expenses to weather the global industry meltdown. The South Korean automaker is cutting executive salaries by 10 percent, said Hyundai spokesman Oles Gadacz.
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Iranian automaker IKCO, which assembles multiple brands in the country, has produced over 475,000 passenger cars since the beginning of the current Iranian year (beginning 20 March 2008).
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Harry Willett's "Sports Car Influenced" Hot Rod took top honors at the 60th Grand National Roadster Show on Sunday, beating out a typically strong field of 14 cars at one of, if not the most prestigious car shows in the country.
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A right-wing Italian cabinet minister said there would be a popular revolt if Fiat is given government help.
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Dura Automotive Systems, which emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization last summer, is taking the first step toward becoming a private company, according to regulatory documents filed Wednesday, January 21.
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Fiat Professional achieved its 2010 sales target two years ahead of schedule, making the light commercial vehicle unit the only sweet spot for the troubled Italian automaker. The division boosted its global sales by 5.
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One of Cadillac's most anticipated models is being delayed one year.
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Anglo-Dutch automotive steel supplier Corus on Monday said it was axing about 3,500 jobs worldwide with 2,500 to go here in the United Kingdom.
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Anglo-Dutch automotive steel supplier Corus on Monday said it was axing about 3,500 jobs worldwide with 2,500 to go here in the United Kingdom.
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