Michelin is taking an upbeat view on prospects for South America and is planning to continue with all its announced projects for the region, including the construction of a new plant in Brazil.
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PSA Peugeot Citroën sold a record 15,876 vehicles in Brazil in the month of September, the company's largest monthly volume since it started operations in the country in 2001.
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A strike by workers at GM Thailand is reportedly costing the company THB200m (USD6m) a day.
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Volkswagen Group is planning to source more auto components for global operations from India.
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Robert Bosch, widely predicted to report its first loss this year in more than 60 years, could close its plant in South Wales (UK) with the loss of more than 900 jobs.
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Daimler has said that it sees evidence that the US freight truck market has bottomed.
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Susan Docherty, 46, currently general manager, Buick-GMC, has been promoted to the position of GM's vice president, US Sales, effective October 16, replacing the departing Mark LaNeve.
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PSA Peugeot-Citroen has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Naza Group of Malaysia under which Naza will assemble and sell Peugeot's 207 model.
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Choosing to launch a new luxury brand in a car showroom might be seen as taking cost-cutting a step too far. But when that brand is Infiniti and the showroom is an Infiniti Centre, and you want the journalists to get a feel for the Infiniti experience, it makes sense.
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Japanese firm announces production of its first every hybrid.
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Tata Motors is expected to produce around 40,000 Nanos this fiscal year, but numbers will increase four-fold to a level approaching 200,000 units during the 2010/11 fiscal year.
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Toyota's Indian unit, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), has revised its earnings forecasts and expects to end the current fiscal year with a small profit instead of the loss it had projected earlier.
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Daimler has placed a major order with Opel bidder Magna International to develop and build the aluminium bodies for the upcoming Mercedes SLS AMG gullwing.
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Britain's Industry Minister Lord Mandelson has said that Britain 'will not accept' Magna's plan for the takeover of Vauxhall/Opel unless 'shortcomings' identified in a report by PwC are addressed.
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Troubled AvtoVAZ produced 29,846 vehicles in September, down 44.7% on last year
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Vehicle sales in Vietnam surged 104% in September from a year earlier to 11,071 units according to data released by the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
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New car sales in Poland grew 8.14% year-on-year to 24,991 units in September, according to automotive research institute Samar.
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The phasing out of a tax-break (IPI) helped Brazilian vehicle sales to a record September.
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An Italian government minister has explicitly linked the extension of Italian government incentives for the auto industry to increased production for Fiat.
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