BMW will lease up to 700 all-electric 1-series cars to selected customers in major global cities, the companyand#8217;s board member for sales and marketing Ian Robertson said on Tuesday.
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Ford Motor Co. led the U.S. industry to a 13 percent sales gain in February while topping General Motors in monthly sales for the first time in 12 years.
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Malaysian automaker Proton plans to sell a plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid minicar in Europe within 30 months. The hybrid is one model in the new Emas family of minicars jointly developed by Italdesign Giugiaro and Proton.
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How times change. North American customers no longer clamour for monster SUVs or gas-guzzling full-size cars. The fastest growing market segment is small cars. Ford product chiefs said that Fiesta and Focus-size cars now account for almost 25% of the US market and sales are growing year on year.
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Nissan Motor is holding talks over developing a small car with the Indian group Ashok Leyland, local press reported.
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Fiat could discuss spinning off its auto activities when it presents a five-year strategic plan next month, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. Such a move could unlock value for the company and cheer the market.
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Opel's stunning Flexstream concept car - not for production - demonstrates shows that cars that run on batteries don't have to be small and boxy. It shows how large family saloons could look in the future.
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Mazda Motor is to hire 150 workers by the end of April as it begins to increase production at its plant in Hiroshima, local reports said.
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While the introduction of a hybrid variant to the C-segment Auris range from the middle of the year commanded much attention in Geneva, a Toyota executive told just-auto that changes to the rest of the Auris range for 2010 include a much enhanced driving experience - an area seen by many as a competitive weakness for the current model.
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Ford was the big winner in the US light vehicle sales race in February, posting an adjusted-for-selling-days rise of 43.5% to 140,319 units, according to WardsAuto.com data. GM sales rose 12.2% to 141,551 and Chrysler inched up 0.6% to 84,201 units.
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Tata Motors is eyeing the UK and Scandinavia as the first European markets to launch an electric version of its Nano brand.
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Toyota Motor Europe's executive vice-president with responsibility for sales and marketing has told just-auto that it is too early to say how much damage has been done to Toyota in Europe due to its highly publicised recalls and quality concerns.
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The Swedish and Austrian governments have been given an additional year to spend the EUR15.6m in earmarked European Union (EU) subsidies for the auto sector previously announced by the European Commission.
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Opel revealed a handsome take based on the Chevrolet Volt's green technology this week at the Geneva auto show with the Flextreme GT/E concept.
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Nissan Motor Co. said it will recall 540,000 vehicles worldwide due to potential defects in brake pedal pins and fuel-gauge components.
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PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) have abandoned plans for an equity stake swap as part of a closer strategic tie-up.
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Opel/Vauxhall will build a new Agila small minivan without current partner Suzuki, the carmaker's head of sales and marketing Alain Visser said.
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Toyota apologized to its European customers over a recall crisis that has dented its reputation for quality and safety but said the company is not aware of any accident in Europe resulting from unintended acceleration.
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Toyota apologized to its European customers over a recall crisis that has dented its reputation for quality and safety but said the company is not aware of any accident in Europe resulting from unintended acceleration.
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Going green and small cars are the big buzzwords of this year's Geneva auto show ... so much so that now even platinum-selling pop stars are getting in on the act and downshifting to more fuel-efficient models.
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