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Mar
21st

PACE finalists create green breakthroughs

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Here are profiles of some of the 28 finalists for the 2010 Automotive News PACE Awards. This group highlights environmental innovations. Full story...
Mar
21st

Toyota’s Feb. sales hit by Europe recall

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Toyota's Europe sales took a hit in the first full month following its announcement that it would recall more up to 1.8 million cars here, including its top-selling Auris, Avensis, Aygo, Yaris and Prius model lines. Full story...
Mar
21st

Peugeot will launch upscale car line

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Peugeot will launch three upscale cars under the name hors-série in a bid to attract well-off buyers and boost profits. The hors-série models will complement sister brand Citroen's DS model line. Full story...
Mar
21st

Fritz Henderson takes role with turnaround firm

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Former General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson is working as a consultant for turnaround specialist AlixPartners LLP. Full story...
Mar
21st

Bosch aims to double sales at its auto division

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Robert Bosch GmbH plans to more than double revenue in its automotive technology division to 45 billion euros ($61.7 billion) within 10 years. The supplier sees opportunities in Asia's developing economies and in rising sales of electric cars. Full story...
Mar
21st

Saab names former VW exec Hallmark to lead global sales

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Saab has named former Volkswagen executive Adrian Hallmark its executive director of sales. Hallmark, 47, will be counted on to help Saab try to rebound from its near collapse earlier this year. Full story...
Mar
21st

Auto industry leaders in Russia eye brighter future

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Russia’s car industry predicts a return to pre-crisis demand levels at around the middle of the decade, although concerns about local suppliers and the high cost of credit remain obstacles to growth. Full story…

Mar
21st

Japan hopes to make EV recharging technology the global standard

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Japan's automakers aim to cement their lead in electric vehicles by making Japanese recharging technology the global standard and bringing it to the United States. Full story...
Mar
21st

Fiat appoints new group treasurer

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Fiat S.p.A. has appointed Camillo Rossotto group treasurer in the latest management shake-up under CEO Sergio Marchionne. Starting April 1, Rossotto will replace Maurizio Francescatti who has decided to leave the company, Fiat said. Full story...
Mar
21st

BMW to make 1.5M units of new modular engine a year

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BMW is developing a new family of modular gasoline and diesel engines and#8211; including the company’s first three-cylinder unit and#8211; that will power up to 1.5 million of the automaker’s cars a year, CEO Norbert Reithofer said. Full story…

Mar
21st

Mercedes U.S. plant manager to head carmaker’s tuning division

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Daimler veteran executive Ola Kaellenius is moving from his post as manager of Mercedes-Benz's U.S. plant in Vance, Alabama, to head Mercedes-Benz AMG GmbH, the automaker's performance-vehicle unit in Germany. Full story...
Mar
21st

TRW forms 6th joint venture in China, for airbag parts

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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has formed its sixth joint venture in China, to produce airbag inflators and seat belt parts.The U.S. safety systems supplierand#8217;s Asia Pacific unit signed an agreement with Xiand#8217;an Dong Fang Group Co. Full story...
Mar
21st

GM recalls Chevy Cruze, Captiva in South Korea

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General Motors Co.'s South Korean unit plans to recall about 60,000 units of the Chevrolet Cruze and Captiva in South Korea, the government and the company said today. Full story...
Mar
21st

Spin off Fiat’s trucks and tractors, not its car business

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I wonder if the rumored plan by Fiat S.p.A. Full story...
Mar
21st

BMW benefits from confused 1-series owners

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Believe it or not, 80 percent of BMW 1-series owners believe they are driving a front-wheel-drive car. No, this is not an early April Fools' Day joke. BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer shared the mind-boggling statistic last week. Full story...
Mar
21st

EU clears Spain’s Gestamp to buy Edscha unit

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European Union competition authorities have given Spanish car parts supplier Gestamp Automocion the go-ahead to acquire a unit of German supplier Edscha. Full story...
Mar
21st

IRC: Juho Hanninen wins Rally Argentina

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Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia) clinched victory in Rally Argentina and pulled away in provisional IRC classification as Kris Meeke (Peugeot 207) retired. Full story...
Mar
21st

NASCAR: Justin Algaier holds off Keselowski for first win

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A weekend of firsts continued at Bristol Motor Speedway as Justin Algaier held off his teammate, Brad Keselowski, for his first NASCAR Nationwide victory. In a race slowed by 11 caution flags Algaier jumped off at the final restart, with 27 laps remaining, and held off Keselowski's Dodge. Full story...
Mar
21st

F1: Paul Stoddart says no to Minardi F1 return

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Even with Max Mosley gone and a new era of small teams dawning, Paul Stoddart seems unlikely to mount a return to the formula one paddock. The 54-year-old Australian ran Minardi between 2001 and 2005, when he sold out to Red Bull in the wake of a furious political fracas with the then FIA president Mosley. Full story...
Mar
21st

Wheels For Aston Martin V12 Vantage

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Cleveland, OH - Alcoa Auto Wheels is providing advanced lightweight wheels for the V12 Vantage - billed by Aston Martin as its most exhilarating sports car. Full story...
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