Ford plans to follow up the US Edge SUV launch in China with the 2012 European Kuga next year to rival Chinese-made compact SUVs, with an estimated price between CNY200,000-300,000 (US$30,000-$45,000), local media reports said.
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GM's completed sale of Nexteer to Pacific Century Motors (PCM) marks the start of a new chapter for a 104 year old supplier once known as Saginaw Steering Gear. As part of the deal, PCM will leave Nexteer's existing management team in place and headquartered in Saginaw, Michigan.
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General Motors will hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan for research and development of electric vehicles, CEO Dan Akerson said on Tuesday morning in Detroit.
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Hubei-based Dongfeng Motor, one of China's top four auto groups, reported year-to-date sales of 2.28m vehicles by 21 November, meeting its full-year goal 40 days ahead of schedule.
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EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: This is the first new product to come out from the Fiat-led Chrysler Corp., and if all the new vehicles are as good as this one, Chrysler will have a bright future.
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"What happened to Top Gear?" my favorite bartender asked this past weekend.
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"What happened to 'Top Gear?' " my favorite bartender asked this past weekend.
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"What happened to 'Top Gear?' " my favorite bartender asked this past weekend.
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Toyota is recalling about 650,000 units of the Prius hybrid for a problem with the coolant pump that could cause the engine to overheat.
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General Motors Co. will hire 1,000 engineers over the next two years to improve technology related to electric vehicles.
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Audi’s 5-Series rival gets sharp new look with shorter but roomier body, and hybrid is on way.
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Ford is using recycled cottons in the interior of the new 2012 Focus as part of carpet backing and sound absorption material.
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Mazda Motor and Sumitomo Corp will jointly spend JPY30 to 40bn (US$355-$475m) to build a car plant in Mexico, which will supply compact cars to Latin America, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.
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Small and densely populated countries offer fertile ground for the usage of electric vehicles and the setting up of battery charging infrastructures. In this third instalment of November's just-auto management briefing looking at EV infrastructure, we take a closer look at developments in Israel and Denmark.
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Ford on Tuesday signed an agreement with its Belgian unions to secure the future for the Genk assembly plant and Lommel proving ground facilities.
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Electric cars will make up 20 percent of UK auto sales by 2016 as drivers take advantage of government subsidies and lower fuel costs, the head of the country's power grid said.
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Bill Parfitt, chairman and CEO of Vauxhall and Chevrolet in the UK and Opel Ireland discusses the UK manufacturing base, the UK market in 2011 and the launch of the Ampera.
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Vehicle output in Japan fell 8.4% in October from a year earlier to 751,620 units - the first drop in a year.
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Opel chief Nick Reilly says that although the carmaker expects its European sales will drop 9% on the year to 836,000 cars in 2010, he believes it will hold its market share stable at 7%.
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The Fiat Group is to formally split into two separate companies on 1 January 2011, Fiat SpA and Fiat Industrial SpA, both of which will be listed on the Milan Stock Exchange.
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