Nissan and Renault were among the big winners in European sales in the first half as both bucked a downward trend in that hit Fiat, Ford and Toyota hard in June, leading to a third consecutive monthly decline in overall registrations.
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The SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture will introduce a new brand -- Baojun -- to market its future lineup of passenger cars. The partnership among General Motors Co., Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.
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Led by Daimler, automakers led a positive second-quarter that also saw suppliers and retailers make gains. The shareholder value for European automakers increased 7.3 percent; partsmakers rose 4.1 percent and retailers edged up 0.
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Hella KGaA Hueck and Co. contributes headlamps to the new adaptive lighting system on the new, second-generation Volkswagen Touareg.
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Mitsubishi, which is pinning its revival hopes on emerging markets, plans to introduce a global small car in China and possibly manufacture it there. The yet-to-be-named small car will have a 1.0- to 1.
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An original gathering planned for Saturday August 28 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as NASCAR driver Paul Menard to meet all the Ménards.
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BMW's, Mercedes-Benz's and Audi's German plants are running at full speed right now. The reason: wealthy car buyers in China currently have an insatiable desire to own German luxury cars.
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What is a luxury car to you? You might immediately think that luxury is what BMW or Mercedes-Benz sells, which is good. But sometimes, luxury doesn't always have to be married with sportiness. There are some people out there who want a quality-crafted car without a sport suspension or scalpel-like steering, and they're not all retired.
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In Volkswagen's bid to take over the World (much like Toyota, Ford, GM and others), they have realized or have long since known that the North American (read US) market is where their future fortunes lie. These days, you need to produce and, well, sell somewhere around 7.5 million new vehicles in a year in order to capture the first step on the podium.
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Russian Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov's future with the Renault team could be decided in less than two weeks, according to reports.
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Canadian teenager Brett McCormick, replacing the injured Aaron Yates at Michael Jordan Motorsports, had his best results of the season this past weekend at the Mid-Ohio American Superbike double-header event.
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Toronto, Ontario - Volvo Cars of Canada Corp., (VCCC) announced the start of its upcoming Naughty Volvo Tour to launch the All-New 2011 Volvo S60. The Naughty Volvo Tour will stop at three cities across Canada, starting in Montreal, QC, July 22 and 23, opening in Toronto, ON, July 26 to 28, and simultaneously in Vancouver, B.C., July 26 and 27.
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Former Formula 1 driver Patrick Tambay has taken issue with Bernie Ecclestone's claim that formula one can "do without Monaco".
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As part of its research and development of traffic management systems, IBM surveyed 8,192 drivers in 20 cities on six continents, getting feedback on issues such as commuting time, anger caused by driving in traffic, and the amount of time stuck in traffic as a first-ever Global Commuter Pain Index.
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Colliers' 10th annual North America Parking Rate Survey again indicates that parking garage owners and operators have managed to hold rates steady. Over the past year, Canadian and U.S. parking rates both registered little change, highlighting the high degree of stability in this often overlooked real estate sector.
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Canadian James Hinchcliffe's race in Toronto did not go as expected as he crashed in the last lap of the Indy Lights championship Toronto 100 while fighting for a podium finish.
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Canadian race car driver Jacques Villeneuve has moved to cool increasing speculation about his plans for a formula one team.
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The new BMW 1-Series M coupe is ready, but according to 1addicts.com you'll have to wait for next summer to drive it here in North America.
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The ad campaign is titled "Get More Gs." and that's a great entertainment. Subaru placed rally driver Dave Mirra at the wheel of the new 2011 WRX STI to drive regular folks taken randomly in the street and make them get some Gs. Hilarious.
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The Hispania Racing Formula 1 Team and Toyota are close to a deal. Italian web site 422race.com can reveal that Jose Ramon Carabante's team will sign in the next few days the deal with the Cologne-based constructor.
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