U.S. auto suppliers starving from carmaker production cuts expect this month to request the same type of federal aid being used to help General Motors and Chrysler LLC., a top supplier association executive said today.
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Continental Automotive Systems plans to cut about 10 percent of its North American work force over the next few months. Continental employs about 16,000 people in North America, so about 1,600 jobs will be cut.
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General Motors lowered its forecast for U.S. and global sales this year, saying the lowered assumptions will push it to make tougher operational decisions. The new estimate for U.S. sales is 10.5 million, GM said in a statement today.
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German go-fast tuner Brabus has revealed an updated Mercedes-Benz M-class tuning kit, including a wide body, custom wheels and suspension and engine modifications across the line.
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Hyundai Motor has cut its worldwide production target for the first quarter of 2009 by 17% year on year and switched its US plant to a three-day week.
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Sales of used cars in Japan fell by 6%, the eighth consecutive year of declines, figures in the local press showed today.
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Nissan Motor is to continue production cuts at US assembly plants indefinitely, Japanese officials said.
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Actor Ricardo Montalban, known as the pitchman for the Chrysler Cordoba and its "soft Corinthian leather,'' died Wednesday at the age of 88.
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Kia's assembly plant in Zilina, Slovakia, has begun full production of six new petrol-powered Ceed ISG (idle stop & go) models claimed to deliver up to a 15% fuel economy improvement in city driving.
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Hyundai Motor affiliate Kia Motors delivered welcome good news to the industry today, reporting growth in its full year 2008 global sales, driven in particular by China, which offset declines in some western markets.
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Ford Motor Co. has filed a federal lawsuit against embattled car dealer Denny Hecker, alleging Hecker's now-closed Ford-Lincoln-Mercury store in Stillwater, Minn., owes the car company more than $3.1 million. The Ford lawsuit, filed Monday, Jan.
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Ford increased its European market share in 2008 by 0.1% to 8.6% despite falls in traditional markets such as the UK, the company said today.
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Designer Camilo Pardo, credited with drawing the Ford GT supercar, is leaving the automaker after a 24-year career with the company. Pardo, 45, confirmed to AutoWeek that he is leaving Ford, but he declined to give details.
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France will put "a lot of money" into aid for the struggling car industry, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday. Sarkozy said the state would do all it could to make sure the industry came out of the crisis stronger than before.
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Designer Camilo Pardo, credited with drawing the Ford GT supercar, is leaving the automaker after a 24-year career with the company.
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The National Automobile Dealers Association has canceled annual networking breakfasts for female and minority dealers at its annual convention and exhibition Jan. 24-27 in New Orleans because of lack of participation.
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Those attending the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington DC on 20 January will also see the first ever African-American president's official ride - a new, custom-built Cadillac limousine.
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Big Cat has plans for a stunning rival to Audi's R8 – and Auto Express has the low-down!
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BorgWarner has inked a contract for a transmission joint venture with China Automobile Development United Investment (CDUI), a company owned by Chinese automakers FAW, SAIC, Dongfeng, Chery, ChangAn, Brilliance, Guangzhu, Changfeng, JAC, Geely, Polarsun and Great Wall Motor.
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