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Oct
30th

CHINA: Geely ‘confident’ over Volvo acquisition

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Geely Automobile's parent company is confident its bid for Volvo Car Corporation will be successful. Full story...
Oct
30th

CZECH REPUBLIC/GERMANY: Scrappage schemes boost Skoda as Audi buoys VW group

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Car sales at Volkswagen's Czech unit Skoda Auto rose 6.5% in the third quarter halting a first half decline as scrappage subsidies in Germany, its biggest market, and growing business in China pushed sales to 174,984 vehicles. Full story...
Oct
30th

BRAZIL: Optimistic forecasts for 2010 and beyond

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This year will see over 3m new vehicle units sold in Brazil, including commercial vehicles, nearly 7% growth and better than expected. Full story...
Oct
30th

SOUTH KOREA: Global 2010 sales seen up 6%

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Global car sales are expected to grow about 6% to 65m vehicles in 2010 as the financial crisis ends, helping demand revive, Hyundai Motor Group's research unit said on Friday. Full story...
Oct
30th

ARGENTINA: VW pickup production to start by year’s end

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Volkswagen's new Amarok pickup truck will go into production in Argentina before the end of this year and vehicles will begin to be exported from the first quarter of 2010. Full story...
Oct
30th

US: Indian partsmaker strike halts some NA factories

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An Indian parts supplier strike on since 21 September that has already shut a Ford plant in Canada will now cause General Motors to idle one factory and cut a shift at another, a source told Bloomberg News. Full story...
Oct
30th

US: Two more plants reject Ford concessions

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United Auto Workers members at two more Ford plants have rejected a concession deal agreed between national union leaders and the automaker. Full story...
Oct
30th

UK: Britain closer to Vauxhall finance deal

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British business secretary Peter Mandelson has said Britain was closer to agreeing finance package to support Magna's takeover of General Motors operations in Europe. Full story...
Oct
30th

GERMANY: New minister plays down Opel review

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Germany's economy minister has distanced himself from comments by a party colleague who had said the new government in Berlin would review the previously agreed sale of General Motors unit Opel to Canada's Magna. Full story...
Oct
30th

Audi sees Q4 operating profit exceeding 348 million euros

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Volkswagen AG's premium Audi brand expects its fourth-quarter operating profit to exceed the 348 million euros ($515.8 million) earned in the third quarter, its finance chief said on Friday. Full story...
Oct
30th

Audi’s success saves parent VW group from 9-month pretax loss

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Volkswagen AG's premium Audi brand expects its fourth-quarter operating profit to exceed the 348 million euros ($515.8 million) earned in the third quarter, its finance chief said on Friday. Full story...
Oct
30th

Audi keeps VW group from 9-month pretax loss

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Volkswagen AG's premium Audi brand expects its fourth-quarter operating profit to exceed the 348 million euros ($515.8 million) earned in the third quarter, its finance chief said on Friday. Full story...
Oct
30th

FRANCE: Renault sees 50% Q4 production boost

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Renault group revenues declined 11.3% to EUR8.1bn year on year in the third quarter of 2009, a shallower decline than than in the first (-30.8%) and second quarters (-16.9%) but the automaker said orders in the third quarter continued the positive trend of previous quarters and fourth quarter production was expected to be more than 50% higher than the same period of 2008. Full story...
Oct
30th

Geely boss confident of gaining control of Volvo

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Zhejiang Geely Holding, the parent of Geely Automobile, is confident about its bid for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit, chairman Li Shufu said on Friday. Geely Holding is leading a consortium that includes both domestic and foreign banks. Full story...
Oct
30th

Geely chairman confident Chinese firm will win control of Volvo

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Zhejiang Geely Holding, the parent of Geely Automobile, is confident about its bid for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit, chairman Li Shufu said on Friday. Geely Holding is leading a consortium that includes both domestic and foreign banks. Full story...
Oct
30th

Skoda Q3 car sales up on German subsidy

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Car sales at Volkswagen AG's Czech unit Skoda grew 6.5 percent in the third quarter, reversing a decline in the previous two quarters, the company said on Thursday. Full story...
Oct
30th

House approves higher limits on U.S. loans

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The House on Thursday passed a bill to raise limits on federally guaranteed loans to small businesses including auto dealerships to $3 million, putting pressure on the Senate to approve similar legislation. Full story...
Oct
30th

BMW to collaborate with German carbon fiber firm on electric car

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BMW has set up a joint venture with carbon-fiber specialist SGL Group to build lightweight components for the carmaker's Megacity electric vehicle. Full story...
Oct
30th

Renault to increase Q4 output more than 50%

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Renault SA said positive trends carried over into the third quarter from the second and sales declined less sharply than earlier in the year. Full story...
Oct
30th

6% rise for 2010 global car sales, Hyundai unit says

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Global car sales are expected to grow about 6 percent to 65 million vehicles in 2010 as a financial crisis ends, helping demand revive, Hyundai Motor Group's research body said on Friday. Full story...
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