Though volume fell 13%, 2008 was the second best year in Colombian auto industry history, with 219,498 sales, 33,536 less than record 2007 when 253,034 units were registered.
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Volkswagen is putting two thirds of 92,000 employees in Germany on short-time working for five days next month. VW is cutting production as global new-car sales plunge in the deepening economic downturn.
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Jag's XJ220 successor revealed, Peugoet's answer to the Picasso, Ford's Ka faces its challengers, FREE VW Golf GTI supplement
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Italian motor giant and troubled US car maker agree to form an alliance
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Entry-level version of stylish estate arrives boasting 50mpg and penny-pinching running costs...
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Two Chinese automakers showed up at the Detroit Show - with very different stories to tell. One promises a revolution, the other is playing safe. Mark Bursa assesses the US prospects for BYD and Brilliance.
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Continental shares jumped nearly 14 percent after German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that Schaeffler could seek complete control of the Hanover-based supplier.
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Schaeffler Group denied a report that it is seeking complete control over Continental.
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Iran Khodro, the Middle East's biggest carmaker, aims to boost output and exports incoming years despite a global downturn for the sector and Western sanctions on the country that have pushed up costs.
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General Motors will go to market with four core brands in the future: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. Pontiac will be shrunk "significantly," a senior GM executive told the Automotive News World Congress on Tuesday night.
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Consumers are wary about the advertising messages they get from traditional media sources such as television and newspapers, which makes new media all the more critical for successful marketing, a top GM advertising executive said Tuesday.
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Automotive companies that wish to innovate their way into continued viability need to accept product ideas from all areas of their businesses -- and outside. "Invention may belong to randd, but innovation does not," Andrew Brown Jr.
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Hundreds of North American auto-parts makers may fail within months as a weakening economy forces automakers to slash production, the CEO of Canada's second-largest supplier said.
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Just as Chrysler LLC announced a sequel to its ownership saga, the struggling automaker also unveiled plans to help underwrite the fourth installment of the "Terminator" movie series.
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The 31st edition of the Dakar, the first one to be held in South America, is now over and has seen the victories of Marc Coma in the bike category, Josef Machacek in the quad category, Giniel De Villiers in the car class and Firdaus Kabirov in the truck category.
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Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) set again the fastest time of the day at the Algarve Motor Park in Portimao, Portugal, beating the Toyota-powered Williams of Nico Rosberg.
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This partnership, managed by Pascal Picotte, will be back in the Superbike and Supersport classes of the 2009 Parts Canada Superbike Championship.
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British driver Mike Conway, a test driver for team Honda in Formula 1, will compete in the IndyCar Series in 2009 with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
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The IndyCar Series has announced a new testing policy that will be implemented for the 2009 season which will see teams restricted to six days of running over the course of the year.
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