EXECUTIVE EDITOR--AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: First impression from behind the wheel of the 2011 A8: What a sweet piece of machinery.
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Small and electric cars - and quarterly results - made up much of the news this week just past. We began with another drive in the Nissan Leaf, which you just may possibly have heard of by now, just ahead of its European launch and learned that the US allocation is already sold out for a year with particular appeal to wealthy west coast 'early adapters'.
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Chrysler Group LLC may report its smallest quarterly loss since emerging from bankruptcy protection, helped by the biggest sales gains among U.S. automakers.
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Easter delivery for Skoda’s acclaimed SUV, but prices of models ordered now won’t rise.
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What kind of mileage would the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid get on a road trip, say, from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back? To find out, I drove to Vegas.
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Firm to build successor to monster LM002, based on running gear of new Porsche SUV
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Spanish car sales are set to fall next year to just under 900,000 units, leading trades federations have estimated, renewing pleas for the government to launch new subsidies to lift registrations in Europe's fifth largest market.
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GM, pitching investors on its initial public offering, said earnings before interest and taxes may rise to as much as $19 billion in what it called a 'high cycle' for the global automobile industry. GM, planning to raise as much as $10.
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Close encounter with five-door version of new Range Rover Evoque, as we get a special preview
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Valmet Automotive is estimating it should receive regulatory approval for its acquisition of convertible roof specialist Karmann by year-end.
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Murcielago successor details leak out as Lamborghini builds 4,099th and last Murcielago supercar.
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Lamborghini ceased production of its high-performance Murcielago six months ago and will not see sales pick up again before the second half of 2011 with the launch of a successor supercar, its CEO said on Friday.
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John Devine, the former CFO at both General Motors and Ford Motor Co., has taken over as CEO of drivetrain parts supplier Dana Holding Corp. for the third time.
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Dana Holding Corp., which has had six CEOs in three years, said CEO James Sweetnam has resigned after leading the supplier since July 2009.
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BMW has thrown its hat into the eco-supercar ring by confirming plans to place the Vision EfficientDynamics concept into production.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), each holding a 14.59% and 29% stake in GAC Changfeng Motor (GAC Changfeng) respectively, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to make GAC Changfeng into a new new joint venture owned 50% each by MMC and GAC Group.
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Fiat intends to strengthen its home-country roots and has no desire to delay investments, its CEO said on Friday. Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne has clashed with trade unions as he bids to boost productivity at Fiat's Italian plants.
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BMW Group has officially begun expansion of its assembly plant in Leipzig to make it the first location in Germany equipped to handle the large-scale production of zero-emission electric cars.
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£150,000 plug-in hybrid supercar to be built at BMW’s expanded Leipzig plant.
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