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Apr
1st

Wagoner gets pension, but that’s all

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Ousted CEO Rick Wagoner left General Motors with a $22.1 million pension, but that pales compared with what he could have received if GM were in better financial shape. As of the end of 2008, Wagoner had 4. Full story...
Apr
1st

Crisis claims first major Russian auto plant

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A Russian car assembly plant will shut down indefinitely this month in the first major auto failure of the economic crisis. Full story...
Apr
1st

New Focus on horizon

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Ford shapes up family car for the next decade with dramatic looks and cutting-edge tech.
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Apr
1st

UK: Honda brings free payment protection across the pond

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The free payment protection promotion pioneered by Hyundai in the US, and copied just this week by GM and Ford, has now crossed the Atlantic with Honda (UK) announcing it as part of a new April package of car offers. Full story...
Apr
1st

FRANCE: Carmakers stop forecast cuts – supplier

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Carmakers have stopped cutting sales and output forecasts, a tier one parts supplier CEO has said. Full story...
Apr
1st

Key player in DaimlerChrysler merger set to head German rail company

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Ruediger Grube, a senior Daimler executive who helped organize the merger between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler, is set to take over as the head of German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn, sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Full story...
Apr
1st

Maeda named Mazda’s new design boss:

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Ikuo Maeda is the new head of design at Mazda Motor Corp. Full story...
Apr
1st

Maeda named new Mazda design boss, replacing van den Acker:

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Ikuo Maeda is the new head of design at Mazda Motor Corp. Full story...
Apr
1st

Dacia Duster production car revealed

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A month to the day after the Duster concept wowed the crowds in Geneva, Dacia has released official pics of the production car...


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Apr
1st

RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ to shut from May 1 to May 12

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AvtoVAZ has announced its work schedule for April-May and confirmed downtimes. Full story...
Apr
1st

NETHERLANDS: Europe GM importer units go bust

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Four units of the Dutch car dealer and European importer of North American General Motors cars, Kroymans, have been declared bankrupt, an industry union said. Full story...
Apr
1st

CANADA: CAW declines to reopen GM deal

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The Canadian Auto Workers union has said it would not reopen its recent concession agreement with General Motors of Canada but would be willing to look at alternative measures to help reduce the burden of the company's so called "legacy costs". Full story...
Apr
1st

US: Chrysler Financial axes 80 jobs

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Chrysler Financial is axing 80 jobs or 2% of its 4,000-strong workforce. Full story...
Apr
1st

Watanabe acknowledges ‘anxiety’ among new Toyota hires

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President Katsuaki Watanabe welcomed Toyota Motor Corp.'s latest class of new hires today, trying to soothe "anxiety" about joining the carmaker as it braces for record losses. Full story...
Apr
1st

US: S&P cuts Fiat rating

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Standard & Poor's cut Fiat's long-term debt rating to BB+, the highest junk rating, and warned that a further downgrade was possible, just as Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne was travelling to Detroit for talks on the possible alliance with Chrysler. Full story...
Apr
1st

VW’s Lower Saxony opposes gov’t stake in Opel

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The premier of Lower Saxony, Christian Wulff, spoke out against the German government taking a stake in Opel on Wednesday. "The state should not enter the business of building cars. Full story...
Apr
1st

US: Chrysler halts Sterling Heights for four weeks

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Chrysler has halted production of its Sebring and Dodge Avenger cars for four weeks as consumer demand continues to fall. Full story...
Apr
1st

GMAC reverses policy on inventory repayment

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In a sharp reversal, GMAC Financial Services said today that it has backed off a tough new inventory repayment policy on aging new vehicles and has agreed to resume subprime lending. Full story...
Apr
1st

GMAC reverses policy on inventory repayment, restores subprime lending

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In a sharp reversal, GMAC Financial Services said today that it has backed off a tough new inventory repayment policy on aging new vehicles and has agreed to resume subprime lending. Full story...
Apr
1st

Maeda named Mazda’s new design boss

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Ikuo Maeda is the new head of design at Mazda Motor Corp. Full story...
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