Jaguar Land Rover and China's SAIC Motor Corporation have joined the California-based GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association driving the development and adoption of an open In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. This brings the number of OEM members to eight.
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Fiat Group plans to invest 10bn reais (US$6bn) in Brazil by 2015 in operations that include production of cars, car parts and agricultural machinery.
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Audi expects the A1 to become its third best-seller in Britain after the A3 and A4 with annual sales of around 18,000 units, said Jeremy Hicks, director of Audi UK.
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Having earlier announced new 'Sky' engines and transmissions, Mazda Motor has followed up with the launch of its 'Skyactiv' next-generation technologies - including engines, transmissions, vehicle bodies and chassis - that will appear first in the Japanese domestic market Demio (sold overseas as the 2) on sale in the first half of 2011.
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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has rejected overtures from VW and says Alfa Romeo isn't for sale. Marchionne aims to rebuild the brand himself by developing new models and reentering the U.S.
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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has rejected overtures from VW and says Alfa Romeo isn't for sale. Marchionne aims to rebuild the brand himself by developing new models and reentering the U.S.
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Mazda said its next Mazda2/Demio subcompact would get fuel economy of 30 km/liter (70 mpg) without the help of an electric motor, likely making it the most fuel-efficient gasoline car on the road.
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Mazda said today its next Mazda2/Demio subcompact would get fuel economy of 70 mpg without the help of an electric motor, likely making it the most fuel-efficient gasoline car on the road.
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PSA raised its full-year operating income target slightly as it gave more optimistic full-year forecasts for the European, Chinese and Latin American car markets. PSA said full-year recurring operating income would now exceed 1.5 billion euros ($2.
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Toyota Australia is set to export its 500,000th vehicle to Saudi Arabia tomorrow (21 October).
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Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi said the Japanese automaker is not considering other partners amid news that Ford plans to sell most of its 11 percent stake in Mazda.
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Chrysler Group has begun awarding its first round of Fiat dealer franchises. Notices were delivered to dealers beginning today. The company has been reviewing proposals from about 600 applicants.
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Arguably the most remarkable technology on the new second-generation Volvo S60 is its optional pedestrian detection and automatic braking system.
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McLaren Automotive design director Frank Stephenson was honored this weekend at the 80th anniversary of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
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Hidden in the wreckage of the Europe Union's September passenger-car sales are signs that the market finally is stabilizing, although a recovery still looks difficult. For the month, the EU's new-car sales totaled 1.2 million units, down 9.
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Chrysler Group has begun awarding its first round of Fiat dealer franchises. The company has been reviewing proposals from about 600 applicants for the last several weeks.
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Talks between Volkswagen and Russia's GAZ on establishing a Russian vehicle assembly plant have reached an advanced stage, Europe's biggest carmaker said.
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Volkswagen may sell a record 7 million vehicles worldwide this year, reducing the sales gap with Toyota to just over 1 million units.
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Chrysler Group has begun awarding its first round of Fiat dealer franchises. Notices were scheduled to be delivered to dealers today. The company has been reviewing proposals from about 600 applicants.
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Chrysler Group appointed the first group of U.S. Fiat franchise locations as the automaker moves to bring the Italian brand back to the nation.
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