A plastic molds supplier to Visteon Corp. must pay one of its own component makers more than $8.2 million in a supply chain lawsuit over parts for the Nissan Pathfinder and Xterra compact SUVs.
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The Ram truck brand is launching its first full-scale advertising and marketing campaign for the 2010 Ram Heavy Duty pickup. The new campaign is part of Chrysler Group's strategy to separate Ram from the Dodge brand.
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The UK’s auto industry trade body, SMMT, has welcomed UK Government measures announced in the Budget that are designed to support ultra-low carbon technologies. Full story…
A federal judicial panel on Thursday will begin considering whether more than 80 lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. can be consolidated into fewer cases and, if so, which courts should handle the litigation.
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In News Brake: GM will reveal three super-small city-car concepts in May, AW has a green survey for you, and we remember Donald Frey, a key product planner behind the iconic Ford Mustang . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Renault COO Patrick Pelata and Renault Latin-American manager Denis Barbier have announced that Colombian assembler Sofasa, with a facility in Medellín, about 400km north of Colombian capital Bogota, will build a new vehicle.
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Lear Corporation on Wednesday said it priced an underwritten public offering of US$350m in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% senior notes due 2018, and $350m in aggregate principal amount of 8.125% senior notes due in 2020. The senior notes due 2018 were priced at 99.276% of par, resulting in a yield to maturity of 8.00%, and the senior notes due 2020 were priced at 99.164% of par, resulting in a yield to maturity of 8.25%.
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Japanese firm puts a shocking price on its four-seater electric car
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Saab is in talks with possible partners about exchanging technologies as it tries to return to profit by 2012, the head of new owners Spyker Cars, Victor Muller, said.
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Chrysler's U.S. sales for March are tracking down 10 percent from a year earlier after the automaker curtailed discounts sharply, a company executive said today.
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Test drive accident with Italian supercar sparks biggest insurance claim in UK history
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Hyundai will start vehicle production at its new Russia plant at St Petersburg next January, the company has told local media.
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You certainly didn't expect to pay sticker for the first Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon limited edition off the line, did you?
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You certainly didnand#8217;t expect to pay sticker for the first Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon limited edition off the line, did you?
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Insolvent German supplier Karmann has signed an agreement to sell its car roof making business to Magna International for an undisclosed sum although Financial Times Deutschland, citing company sources, put the price at about EUR20m (US$27m).
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The European new car market will have to wait until 2011 to see a revival, according to UK-based research firm Datamonitor.
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European Union (EU) funded research could see 'interactive' cars communicating with each other and road infrastructure by 2015.
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SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: This truck is expensive, but so are Harleys and all the accessories. That's the price you pay for the brand name, in this case applied to an F-150 pickup with amenities galore.
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The city car of the future will seat two people, run on electric power and communicate with other vehicles to reach a destination faster while automatically avoiding traffic tie-ups and crashes.
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