Hyundai will debut a small minivan called the ix20 at this year's Paris auto show. The company says the new model has a dynamic, sporty profile that is a striking departure from the more boxy-looking models typically found in the segment.
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Hyundai will debut a small minivan called the ix20 at this year's Paris auto show. The company says the new model has a dynamic, sporty profile that is a striking departure from the more boxy-looking models typically found in the segment.
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Kia’s new supermini spied testing ahead of 2011 Geneva Motor Show debut.
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Spyker Cars inherited an extensive product plan when it acquired Saab from General Motors Co. in February.
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New vehicle sales last month up 36.9% year on year to 46,377 units were in line with expectations, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) said.
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The German new car market shrank by over 25% in August, according to industry data, exactly one year after the car scrapping bonanza came to an abrupt end.
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BMW AG's namesake brand increased U.S. sales 1.6 percent in August and beat Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus as the top U.S. luxury brand for the third straight month.
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Daihatsu Motor Co., the minicar unit of Toyota Motor Corp., is recalling more than a half-million vehicles in Japan because of faulty rear indicator lamps. The recalls are another blow to Toyota, which already has recalled 12.
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Suzuki Motor has retracted a plan to build an industrial park for parts suppliers for its Sagara plant in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, citing the yen's steep appreciation as a reason for the decision.
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China's Chery Automobile is considering an assembly plant in Spain, a regional government spokesman said. Separately, Mitsubishi is mulling an electric car component factory in the country.
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Ford expects 70% of its global growth this decade to come from Asia Pacific and Africa, its regional chief has said.
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South Africa's new vehicle sales jumped by 36.9 percent on a yearly basis in August, partly boosted by pre-emptive buying ahead of a tax on new cars, while strikes in the sector had weighed on exports.
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German automotive parts supplier Preh GmbH plans to set up a manufacturing joint venture in the east China city of Ningbo with local partsmaker Joyson Automotive Electronic Holding Co.
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Honda's shares closed higher than those of rival Toyota on Thursday for the first time since 1976, as investors anticipated faster growth in emerging markets for Japan's No. 2 automaker.
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Hankook Tire plans to invest US$1.2bn in a global tyre manufacturing facility in Indonesia, according to government sources.
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Lotus is preparing a high-risk concept-car blitz that will redefine its identity at this year's Paris auto show. Sources have confirmed that the sports car maker will take four all-new models to Paris, including two groundbreaking hybrids.
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Opel will begin selling cars in Israel next year as part of GM's strategy to expand the Germany-based brand outside Europe.
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Ferrari is recalling 1,248 458 Italia models worldwide following a series of fires involving the supercar.
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New Suzuki GB boss Yoshinobu Abe, four months into his job, is taking his time to study the UK operations as he works out how to move the brand forward.
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BMW AG's namesake brand increased U.S. sales 1.6 percent in August and beat Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus as the top U.S. luxury brand for the third straight month.
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