Former VW labor leader Klaus Volkert started a jail term for using his labor post to obtain sex and bribes. His trial included claims about glamorous prostitutes and sex parties.
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Former Volkswagen labor leader Klaus Volkert has started a 33-month jail term for using his labor post to obtain sex and bribes.
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Guangzhou Automobile Co. Ltd (GAC) and MIRA have signed a contract for MIRA to provide engineering support on a new vehicle programme for GAC.
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BMW will flip the switch on the second phase of its heavily cloaked 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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The Ford Focus 1998 - 2005 has been voted 'Used Car of the Decade' by CAP - the UK's independent used car pricing specialists.
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New vehicle sales in Indonesia rose by 4.8% to 48,329 units in November, from 46,119 units a year earlier, according to data released by distributor PT Toyota Astra Motor.
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Inchcape expects to end 2009 slightly ahead of its view as it benefited from strong demand for new cars in the UK during the second half. The company does not expect global car industry recovery to start until well into the second half of 2010.
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Inchcape expects to end 2009 slightly ahead of its view as it benefited from strong demand for new cars in the UK during the second half. The company does not expect global car industry recovery to start until well into the second half of 2010.
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Renault is in talks with Daimler and other companies about partnerships, the French carmaker's Chief Operating Officer, Patrick Pelata, said.
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Renault is in talks with Daimler and other companies about partnerships, the French carmaker's Chief Operating Officer, Patrick Pelata, said.
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With bankruptcy behind it, General Motors is speeding up the development of vehicle programs that had been delayed.One car, the next generation Chevrolet Malibu, will go on sale in two years instead of three.
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Italy's market for new cars could sink 16 percent to 1.8 million units in 2010 if the government scraps trade-in incentives, the country's foreign carmakers' association Unrae said.
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Geely, a preferred bidder for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit, has signed up Johnson Controls as its global auto parts supplier. The companies will also cooperate in the clean energy sector, Geely said.
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The head of Japan's automaking lobby said today he feared that the U.S. market would remain weak and would not reach total sales of 11 million vehicles next year. U.S.
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Volkswagen is tying the salaries of its top managers to customer and employee satisfaction.
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Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra have shown interest in taking over Fiat's factory in Termini Imerese, Italy, a newspaper said, Fiat has said the plant wil halt Lancia Ypsilon production by 2011 to be replaced by some other output which has not...
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Chrysler Group will build its first Fiat-derived four-cylinder engine for North America at a Michigan factory. CEO Sergio Marchionne disclosed the plans today for Fiat's 1.4-liter and#8220;fully integrated robotized engine,and#8221; or FIRE.
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Chrysler Group will build its first Fiat-derived four-cylinder engine for the North American market at a factory in Dundee, Michigan. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will formally disclose U.S. manufacturing plans Thursday for Fiat's 1.
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