General Motors Co. today named Brian Sweeney, a 20-year veteran of the company, to become the third leader of Buick-GMC in the past month. He replaces Michael Richards, who left GM last week after working there eight days.
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SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: Still crazy, after all these years--how many years has it been since the new Mini burst on the scene with its retro-cool good looks and unbelievably fun driving character? Mini arrived as a 2003 model,...
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BMW will launch the second phase of its Project i city-car initiative at the Detroit auto show with the unveiling of a plug-in electric version of the 1-series coupe.
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BMW will launch the second phase of its Project i city-car initiative at the Detroit auto show with the unveiling of a plug-in electric version of the 1-series coupe.
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With bankruptcy behind it, General Motors is speeding up the development of vehicle programs that had been delayed.
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Brilliance China Automotive said on Thursday it was in talks with Toyota on technology cooperation and the possibility of forming a minivan production joint venture.
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Skoda saw car sales rise 26 percent in November year on year thanks to a strong performance in Germany and China. Overall, Skoda sold 55,460 vehicles. In the Czech Republic alone, Skoda sold 5,403 cars, up 10.6 percent on the year.
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Volvo bidder Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on Thursday said it had signed up Johnson Controls as its global auto parts supplier.
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Opel will launch hybrid models within five years as part of a campaign to overhaul and freshen its product line, GM Europe head Nick Reilly has told a German magazine.
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Tata Motors, India's biggest commercial vehicle maker, has denied it was considering buying Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo's majority stake in Indian truck and bus maker Swaraj Mazda.
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Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra have shown interest in taking over Fiat's factory in Termini Imerese, Italy, according to Indian newspaper Business Standard.
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The former head of Volkswagen's works council has started a 33-month jail term for using his labour post to obtain sex and bribes, according to German press reports today.
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Battery-powered concept based on the 1-Series Coupe is revealed ahead of it debut in Detroit
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Renault's chief operating officer Patrick Pelata has said the company was in talks with Daimler and others about partnerships.
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Russia's largest carmaker AvtoVAZ has split off six of its subsidiaries, together employing 30,000 people, from its main car-making business, and could potentially sell them off, its president Igor Komarov said.
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Road test review of the year, Rolls ghost driven, official new MINI Moke, Audi electric e-tron first drive, bets car kit of 2009
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Volvo Cars will unveil its next-generation battery electric powered C30 at the Detroit show next month, the next step in the development process from the driveable electric prototype which the company showed in Frankfurt earlier this year.
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First spy-shots of new bigger, lighter supermini
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Entrepreneur Sérgio Habib, Group SHC head, has announced a deal with China's JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automotive Co) for high-volume, long term imports of three models starting in the last quarter of 2010.
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