Czech car production rose by 12.88 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2010, thanks to stronger exports as well as domestic sales, the Czech Car Association said.
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The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën have announced that they will expand their cooperation by including hybrid components for front-wheel drive vehicles.
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Consumers in Latin America and the Caribbean will now be able to compare the safety performance of new cars from leading global brands following the launch of Latin NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme).
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Yamato Transport Co. have announced that they have started field testing for parcel collection and delivery operations with the use of a prototype light commercial electric vehicle (EV) built by MMC.
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New Passat goes on sale now with prices starting at £18,470.
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced four senior executive appointments into new board-level roles in a restructured global marketing and sales division. Included in the changes is the recruitment of Saab's sales chief Adrian Hallmark.
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Partsmaker GKN said third quarter pre-tax profit more than doubled as strong demand in North America and Asia helped push revenues 21 percent higher and led the company to predict a positive end to 2010.
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Saab's sales boss, Adrian Hallmark, is quitting the Swedish automaker to become Jaguar's global brand director.
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Saab's sales boss, Adrian Hallmark, is quitting the Swedish automaker to become Jaguar's global brand director.
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Toyota's next Prius-badged hybrid looks a lot like the standard Prius, only bigger. The company posted a photo on its Prius Facebook page last week showing a Prius with the silhouette of a larger, MPV-sized vehicle behind it.
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The world debut of Saab's first crossover is set to take place at the Los Angeles auto show in November. The mid-sized 2011 Saab 9-4X draws styling cues from the Aero X concept.
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BMW has recalled 21,383 5-, 6- and 7-series luxury cars to repair faulty brakes, reports China's Xinhua news service. The German automaker also is recalling 388 Rolls-Royce Phantom sedans produced between January 1, 2003, and November 30, 2009.
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BMW and PSA will extend their engine partnership to include jointly developing, purchasing and producing hybrid powertrain components for front-wheel-drive vehicles. BMW expects volumes of its new fwd architecture could be 700,000 to 1 million units.
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What's the latest trend for expensive premium cars? Making them look dull. The matte paint that used to be reserved for cars headed for crash testing is showing up on high-end models. Three premium cars wore the unflattering finish in Paris.
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Kia signed a two-year extension of its sponsorship deal with the National Basketball Association through the league's 2011-2012 season.
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The introduction of the Tesla Roadster and the upcoming arrival of the Karma Fisker are proof that a sports car without a high-revving combustion engine can still be exciting and desirable.
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Michael Schumacher lacked the "humility" to set a more realistic target for his 2010 return to formula one.
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The 2010 award banquet of the three major karting championships which ran in Québec this year took place last Saturday in Trois-Rivières. Nearly 200 people were there to applaud the winners in each championship and the winners of the special prizes for the Coupe de Montréal, Coupe du Québec and Coupe Vega.
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Former Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve and IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani are in Australia where they will compete in a very special Australian V8 Supercar race.
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ROCHESTER, Michigan--This could very well be the most important car for General Motors. The make-it-or-break-it car, the last hope, the savior. The car that will put America back on its feet.
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