Chrysler said on Thursday that it will release its ownerand#8217;s manuals as smartphone apps. This is in addition to replacing its hard-copy ownerand#8217;s manuals with DVDs and small quick-reference guides, something it did last year.
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Tucked away in a secluded conference room in Cobo Hall on an arctic afternoon in Detroit last January, AutoWeek editors heatedly debated our Best in Show Awards.
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Tucked away in a secluded conference room in Cobo Hall on an arctic afternoon in Detroit last January, AutoWeek editors heatedly debated our Best in Show Awards.
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AvtoVAZ's net loss increased to RUB49.2bn ($US1.58bn) last year from RUB24.7bn in 2008, calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a statement.
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The first 4,400 buyers of the Chevrolet Volt range extender petrol-electric hybrid car will be eligible for a free home charging station, General Motors said on Thursday.
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General Motors Co. plans to increase production by 56,000 vehicles by keeping most of its U.S. plants open through its traditional summer shutdown period, the company said today. GM said nine of its 11 U.S.
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Car makers in India are setting up component manufacturing plants close to their car assembly plants to cut production costs. Hyundai Motors is the latest with group unit Hyundai Wai zeroing in on the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Visteon Corporation has put forward a fourth amended reorganisation plan.
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The Renault-Nissan alliance wants to win 10 percent of the car market in China and the United States, Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of both Renault and Nissan, said in an interview with a French magazine.
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: A few months ago, I raved about this car with a five-speed automatic transmission. Now, after a couple of nights in this six-speed manual example, I'm even more sold on the Forte Koup SX.
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Toyota will resume construction on its mothballed plant in Mississippi and begin producing the Corolla there late next year.
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The arrival of Chinese brands in Brazil has been rather slow, although watched with interest due to the size and industrial strength of the world's most populous country. China is experiencing explosive growth in its automotive sector and, in 2009 produced 14m vehicles, a total no other country has ever reached in one year. Smaller automakers started slowly here three years ago as Chana, Change, Hafei and Jinbei looked first for opportunities in the light commercial segment.
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Japanese automaker is slashing by $500 million the amount it will spend to finish the mothballed plant. Corolla output would mark another shift for the project, with an original price tag of $1.3 billion.
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GM's decision to withdraw all loan guarantee applications for its Opel/Vauxhall operations in Europe has been welcomed by the UK government.
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The VW group is expanding in South Africa as part of its Strategy 2018. Following investment totalling around EUR500m (US$600m) there over the last four years, the company has announced a further EUR50m (US$60m) on modernising and expanding the press shop at its plant in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth. It has also opened a new EUR23m (US$27.6m) distribution centre near Pretoria.
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Mercury axed, Mazda and Volvo gone. Alan Mulally's One Ford is almost a reality. But some links may be harder to untangle, writes Mark Bursa
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Volkswagen expects to significantly exceed last year's profits due to strong demand for group models in key markets western Europe, China and North America.
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Choosing to resurrect founding father Gottlieb Daimler's maxim 'The best or nothing' heralds the start of a marketing offensive to reassert its brand in the face of pressure from Audi and BMW. Guy Bird caught up with Dr Joachim Schmidt, executive VP of sales and marketing, to ask the 61-year old what he thinks the Mercedes brand should now stand for, the new product that will attract younger customers to help expand from about one million sales in 2009 to 1.5m by 2015 and whether Mercedes could, or even should, ever be 'sexy'.
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