Renault bought Samsung Motors to gain a foothold in the Korean market - but the company's highly advanced and flexible plant is bringing many more benefits. Mark Bursa reports from Busan.
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PSA and Renault want to finish paying back the 3 billion euro ($3.93 billion) loans the French state granted each of them to help them through the crisis as soon as possible.
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Hyundai aims to boost its car sales in Russia by 27 percent to 75,000 units this year from a year earlier, with the launch of its flagship Sonata sedan in the fourth quarter
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VW plans to bring back the $85,000 Phaeton to the U.S., where the sedan flopped and was withdrawn in 2006, as part of the German carmaker's aim of tripling its share of the world's second-largest market by 2018.
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An executive at Daimler AG's U.K. truck unit was arrested by police as part of a cartel probe by British antitrust regulators. Ian Jones, the head of the U.K. Mercedes-Benz truck division, was detained by police earlier this week.
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A dominant Helio Castroneves (Penske) won his second straight IZOD IndyCar race yesterday by taking with ease the Indy Japan 300 presented on Twin Ring Motegi in front of a large crowd.
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Dean Stoneman clinched the 2010 title following the two last Formula 2 rounds of the season, in Valencia. Nicola De Marco and Kazim Vasiliauskas took the last season wins.
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Clint Bowyer rolled the dice on gas, while Tony Stewart came up empty to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase in New Hampshire.
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Paul Di Resta (C Class Mercedes) took another win in Oschersleben ahead of his team mate Bruno Spengler.
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Sebastian Vettel is still eyeing the 2010 title from his fifth place in the standings, five races to the end of the season.
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After rumours that the HRT team would be unable to finish the season due to budget constrains, Colin Kolles insisted everything is as should be in his team's garages.
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Ford will put some 20,000 people behind the wheel of the new 2011 Ford F-150 months before the vehicle arrives in dealer showrooms so they can see for themselves how its all-new powertrain lineup - including the much-anticipated 3.5-liter EcoBoost - performs and how F-150 stacks up against the competition.
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BMW is discarding the bullish appearance of the existing 6-series for a more classically elegant form set to debut later this month at the Paris motor show.
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Toyota Motor Corp. settled a suit with relatives of four people killed in a San Diego accident that prompted the Japanese automaker to recall vehicles on concern they might suddenly accelerate.
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When Porsche realized some years back that most of its owners parked their 911's and Boxsters next to a premium SUV in the garage, the German sports car maker set out to create one such model. The end result was the Cayenne-- an off-road capable 4x4 built by a brand famous for world-class, high-performance coupes.
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Paul Di Resta (Mercedes Classe C) set the pole position after the qualifying session in Oschersleben Friday. He finished ahead of his teammate, Canadian driver Bruno Spengler.
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Brad Keselowski shoved NASCAR's top ten drivers into the background by winning his first Sprint Cup pole on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Jamie McMurray, driving the McDonald's Chevrolet set the fastest time of the day Saturday during the second and last practice session leading to the Sylvania 300, round of the NASCAR Sprint Cup held on the one-mile oval of New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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