The top-ranking strategic planning, product planning and public relations executives within Toyota's U.S. operations will retire within the next two months.
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President Barack Obama signed legislation that would give rejected General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group dealers access to neutral arbitration if they want to be reinstated, kicking off a six-and-a-half months arbitration process.
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The top officials from the UAW unanimously endorsed Bob King as a successor to President Ron Gettelfinger, who has led the union through a tumultuous decade marked by declining membership, historic concessions and automaker bankruptcies.
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Opel will launch an electric vehicle, a small SUV, a minicar and hybrid models within five years to freshen its product line, CEO Nick Reilly said. Sales of an electric car should start within the next three years.
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Volkswagen is tying the salaries of its top managers to customer and employee satisfaction.
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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 auto-making 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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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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Opel will launch an electric vehicle, a small SUV, a minicar and hybrid models within five years to freshen its product line, CEO Nick Reilly said. Sales of an electric car should start within the next three years.
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Volkswagen is tying the salaries of its top managers to customer and employee satisfaction.
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Rinspeed unveiled the two-seat UC electric commuter car. It has a range of 120km and a top speed of 110kph. The vehicle is controlled by a joystick and measures 2.50 meters in length.
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Aston Martin released pictures of its Cygnet microcar based on the Toyota iQ. The Cygnet is designed to be a new luxury commuter concept car.
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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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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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Not too long ago it looked like model-year 2009 would be the last for the Chrysler PT Cruiser. It is the only Chrysler vehicle still based on the Neon platform, and the only one still using the Neon's old 2.4-litre engine.
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It looks like Danica's NASCAR Nationwide debut will come at Auto Club Speedway in California rather than at Daytona where she will make her stock car debut in an ARCA car.
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The Toyota Highlander is the very portrait of the quiet SUV: sober look, lacklustre engine, efficient yet impersonal steering. In short, despite its undeniable road-going capabilities, it's easily lost in the sea of SUVs out there and doesn't push the envelop on any level.
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Concept study of a purely electrically powered model based on the BMW 1 Series Coupé. The BMW Concept ActiveE represents a consistent continuation of the research and development activities of the BMW Group relating to electromobility as part of project i. A concept which realizes CO2-free mobility in BMW style is presented.
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At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will present a battery-electric Volvo C30 with a range of 150 km. The show car represents the first step toward building a test fleet of at least 50 electric Volvo C30s that will be on the road in 2011.
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DETROIT - Today GMC unveiled the 2011 Acadia Denali in Detroit. The first Denali was launched in 1999 on the Yukon brand and helped define the luxury SUV segment. With nearly half of all Yukon sales being Denali models, expanding the Denali line to include the Acadia was a logical extension. Acadia Denali will provide GMC customers with all the amenities the Denali is known for in a fuel-efficient crossover.
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