AvtoVAZ on Monday increased pressure on politicians to put up more money to help it through the current downturn and refinance its debt mountain, saying it remained on the edge of bankruptcy.
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General Motors wants significant progress this week on the sale of Opel/Vauxhall to Magna International or it might reconsider its options, according to numerous UK media reports over the weekend.
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The world's largest Audi Centre - West London Audi - is officially being opened with what Audi describes as a 'huge party for the capital's top glitterati'.
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A report by the UK government's Committee on Climate Change is advocating road pricing and strict 70mph (110km/h)speed limits on motorways as well lessons in eco-driving lessons to help the country meet legally-binding carbon emissions targets.
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General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery finally announced late on Friday that they had "entered into a definitive agreement that would allow Tengzhong to acquire" GM's Hummer brand.
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South African assembly of Hummer's H3 SUV will not resume and all global production will be "consolidated" in the US, a General Motors spokesman confirmed on Monday.
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Developed entirely in Brazil, the Chevrolet Agile is the first member of a new General Motors family codenamed Viva that cost US$400m to develop and will spawn at least two more derivatives.
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Wolfgang Schaefer, commercial executive at Stuttgart-based automotive supplier Behr, is considered to be the top candidate for the CFO position at German car parts maker Continental AG, according to the Financial Times Deutschland.
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"Win on Sunday, sell on Monday!" This axiom has driven most automakers to get involved in some form of motor racing over the years, but will the old saw stand the test of time with the eco-oriented vehicles of the future, asks Jeremy Burne?
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The Thai automotive industry is the ideal role model for survival for South Africa, delegates at the AIDC Conference in Port Elizabeth were told.
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The seat of a car is far more than just a simple frame structure with a piece
of padded cloth or leather on top. On the contrary - the seat of a car these
days must meet many different demands, with safety requirements constantly
becoming stricter and the customer's comfort expectations greater than ever
before. And the seat should always offer the same ergonomic benefi ts for every
occupant, with superior comfort and safety, regardless of the size, stature and
weight of the driver.
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TWENTY-SEVEN spectacular musical mechanical mash-ups, twenty-seven unique concepts and twenty-seven talented musicians - but there can only be one winner. Never mind the X Factor, 30beats could be the ultimate music competition of the moment.
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Jarno Trulli has admitted he could imagine switching to the new Malaysian-owned team Lotus F1.
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Bernie Ecclestone has hinted that a novel approach to reducing testing costs will be adopted by formula one in the near future.
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A spokesperson for Rubens Barrichello has denied suggestions the Brazilian veteran has already signed to switch to the Williams team in 2010.
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Alain Prost is still not ruling out a move to Renault as a full-time replacement for the ousted and banned team boss Flavio Briatore.
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79 days after sustaining life-threatening head injuries in a Budapest qualifying crash, Felipe Massa on Monday morning returned to the wheel of a formula one car.
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Bernie Ecclestone has admitted the possibility that some of F1's new teams might not actually make it to the Bahrain grid next March.
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