General Motor's Mexico unit said on Monday it shut operations for a week at its pick-up and sport utility vehicle plant in central Mexico due to weak demand in the United States.
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Borrowing his most famous movie line, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped into the heart of the domestic car industry today, declaring that the Detroit automakers will recover from the economic crisis.
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Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement said today the government needs clarity this week on the status of cost-cutting talks between Chrysler and the Canadian Auto Workers union.
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While the Mustang got its own celebration two days earlier on the other side of the country at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, on Sunday, the annual Fabulous Fords Forever show in California honored all Blue Oval creations of the last 100 years.
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We got to fling a prototype of the coming Nissan electric vehicle around the parking lot at Dodger Stadium and, like the Dodgers themselves on Opening Day, it was a winner.
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In today's News Brake: The weekend's racing winners, including Mark Martin and Dario Franchitti; Rolls-Royce pulls the sheet off the name for its new car; and we get a glimpse of the redesigned Jaguar XJ ... But Wait, There's More!
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General Motors is prepared to hand over part of Opel without setting a price for the German unit, company sources told a newspaper.
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Iran Khodro (IKCO) has launched a locally developed model called the Runna which appears to be based on the Peugeot 206 sedan sold in emerging markets such as Brazil and China.
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Geely has announced that its net profit grew 190% last year on strong local sales.
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Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is back in the United States for talks as pressure builds to agree a partnership with Chrysler before 30 April, sources said on Monday.
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A report in Swedish business daily Dagens Industri says that officials from one of the Chinese vehile makers believed to be interested in buying Volvo Cars from Ford will next week visit Volvo Cars' HQ.
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Hyundai Motor's first quarter profit is expected to drop by almost half, according to a poll of Korean analysts, though affiliate Kia Motors is forecast to return to a net profit thanks to a weaker won and higher domestic sales boosted by new model launches.
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The numbers have been crunched, the data compiled and the results analysed – now it’s time to dish the dirt on the UK’s worst cars.
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Revenues and earnings at Indian component makers are expected to have fallen in the January-March quarter, as both domestic demand and exports slowed, a brokerage said.
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V8-engined MkVI revives classic Sixties look
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SAIC Motor, which operates joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen posted a 400% rise to 18,000 sales of its own-brand passenger cars in the first quarter of this year. SAIC also makes MG and Roewe cars after acquiring brands and technology from the defunct British MG Rover group four years ago. It launched two new models in Shaghai today.
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As if the new Cube weren't accessory-oriented enough, Nissan North America also is launching a U.S. business unit that will push accessories even more.
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