General Motors said today it will hold its annual stockholders' meeting on Aug. 4, two months later than usual. The meeting will be in Detroit for the first time since 1995. The past 14 stockholder meetings have been in Wilmington, Del.
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General Motors said today it will hold its annual stockholders' meeting on Aug. 4, two months later than usual. The meeting will be in Detroit for the first time since 1995. The past 14 stockholder meetings have been in Wilmington, Del.
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In its annual report, Behr states that the key trends its engine cooling business faces are turbocharging and exhaust gas recirculation. The combination of the two will enable compliance with stricter emissions standards while offering minimum fuel consumption. Matthew Beecham talked with Dr Thomas Heckenberger, director, technology centre, Behr Group and Dr Simon Edwards, director of advanced engineering, Engine Cooling, Behr Group, to find out more.
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Magna International today announced plans to build a new factory in Russia. The European arm of Canada's Magna International will build a car parts factory to supply the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga, near Moscow.
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Mercedes-Benz Hybrid LLC is considering the Ann Arbor, Mich., area as the site of its permanent hybrid electric vehicle and advanced propulsion research and development center. The unit of Daimler North America Corp.
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Mercedes-Benz Hybrid LLC is considering the Ann Arbor, Mich., area as the site of its permanent hybrid electric vehicle and advanced propulsion research and development center. The unit of Daimler North America Corp.
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Mercedes-Benz Hybrid L.L.C. on Tuesday was awarded a $7.5 million state tax break to make the Ann Arbor, Mich., area the site of its permanent hybrid electric vehicle and advanced propulsion research and development center.
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The Amelia Island Concours dElegance in Florida attracted cars from seven countries to fill out a field that was again gorgeous and competitive. But two local folks walked away with top honors.
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Over at Chrysler, we suppose any good news is worth celebrating, and the production of more than 12 million minivans during the past 25 years is certainly noteworthy.
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On top of cash-back incentives and employee-pricing programs, Jeep is implementing another value play to lift sales with the introduction of Rocky Mountain Edition versions of the Patriot, the Liberty and the Grand Cherokee.
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A health care agreement struck between Ford Motor Co. and the UAW would not work for General Motors, GM CEO Rick Wagoner said today.
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OUR TAKE: This is a competent trucklet. The four-cylinder engine is smooth and pulls strongly. The four-speed auto is a smooth shifter.
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The prime minister of Lower Saxony, Christian Wulff, will hold talks tomorrow (18 March) with Toyota Motor president Katsuaki Watanabe to propose a technological tie-up between Volkswagen and Japanese automakers.
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The South China Morning Post has reported that shares of carmakers listed in Hong Kong and on the mainland rose this week after the government said it would give farmers a subsidy of as much as 5,000 yuan for buying a vehicle.
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89 brand new cars for 2009, Audi's R2 Roadster, official: SLS Gullwing, Fiesta ST driven
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A Russian government commission is expected to draft a rescue plan for struggling AvtoVAZ within two weeks, company president Boris Alyoshin said on Tuesday.
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Ford and Volkswagen do not plan to lay off employees at their Russian plants, the directors of the carmakers' Russian subsidiaries told news agency Prime-Tass on Tuesday.
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Russia's largest truck manufacturer Kamaz this week resumed output on its main production line after a 10-day break, a company spokesman said.
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