After dominating the airwaves as the primary automotive advertiser on the Super Bowl, Hyundai now heads to the Academy Awards as the event's exclusive automotive sponsor for the second straight year.
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U.S. regulators have purchased and will test the Lexus ES 350 once owned by a Tennessee woman whose testimony in Congress personalized allegations of unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp.
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Toyota outlined a range of services now being offered nationwide to customers who have been affected by the automaker's recalls.
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Lexus has released details its new CT 200h car, the first full hybrid vehicle to be launched in the premium compact segment. The CT 200h was designed and developed with the European market in mind but will be sold worldwide, Lexus said.
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Toyota showed an impressive reduction in its fleet's average carbon dioxide emissions in 2009 and now trails No. 1 Fiat by a small margin in the race to be Europe's greenest brand. Toyota slashed its average CO2 emissions to 130.
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China's BYD aims to boost its car exports this year to feed improving demand in a recovering global economy. BYD aims to sell its clean-technology cars in Western Europe next year, following plans to export electric cars to the U.S. later this year.
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The European auto industry does not expect a quick recovery this year, said Dieter Zetsche, president of the Brussels-based industry body ACEA. "If the economy looks better in 2010, it's only when compared with 2009.
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VW suffered a worse than expected 71 percent drop in operating profits last year, but predicted a rebound this year as new models boost sales volumes.
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South Korean carmaker Kia Motors Corp. will boost car production in Slovakia by 40 percent this year, driven mainly by rising demand in the SUV market, the company's Slovak unit said on Wednesday.
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Toyota Motor Corp.'s U.S. sales for February likely took a hit from massive recalls, but the big question remains how deep the damaging crisis will cut into its results in coming months.
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A decision on the restructuring plan for Opel unit will take some time, CEO Nick Reilly said, according to a German newspaper.
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Economics and finance expert Laurence Dors starts at Renault on Monday, March 1. She will join the French automaker's top-level executive committee as an executive vice president July 1.
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The British government will give up to 5,000 pounds ($7,668) to anyone who buys an "ultra-low carbon" car starting next year, the Department of Transport said on Thursday.
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The sun seems to be setting on the competent, but shy Galant. It's Mitsubishi's Camry/Honda challenger, though it's hardly been a threat. It debuted in its current-generation format in 2004, and for 2010, it is only available in one model -- the 2.4-litre I4 equipped ES -- which was last year's base model.
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The special BlueEFFICIENCY display, at Britain's largest automotive brand experience centre brings together the latest cutting-edge technology aimed at reducing and ultimately eliminating CO2 emissions.
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As the headlines talk about the failing USF1 team, Campos' push to get two cars to Bahrain, and the hopeful and feisty Stefan GP, Australian driver Mark Webber admitted he sees the sport's situation as "totally mad". "I've always been a massive believer that you need quality, not quantity," said the Red Bull driver.
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Sometimes the job is more difficult than it looks or needs to be. My youngest son's girl friend has an older Magentis. She bought it used and so far it has been reliable, but she just hasn't had the money to spend on maintenance. This year's bonus was to go repairs, one high beam, one low beam, an oil change, and an air filter.
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Stefan GP on Saturday continued its feisty push to race in formula one in 2010. Amid rumours the Serbian outfit may not have sent containers of equipment to Bahrain for the first race as it earlier claimed, copies of the actual transport orders were published on Stefan GP's official website.
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