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Oct
5th

SOUTH KOREA: Sales slow as holidays keep customers away

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Car sales in South Korea slowed last month by the most in almost a year as national holidays kept customers out of showrooms. Full story...
Oct
5th

GERMANY: Fall in registrations starts to slow

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New car registrations in Germany fell 18% last month over September last year according to the automobile federation. However, the latest fall, the 10th in a row, was slower than the pace of recent months, when drops of around 30% were recorded. Full story...
Oct
5th

INDIA: Maruti Suzuki goes from strength to strength

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Market leader Maruti Suzuki India sold 108,006 vehicles in India during September, its highest-ever monthly sales following the record of 104,971 set just one month earlier. Full story...
Oct
5th

Opel says its minicar will rival the Fiat 500

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Opel/Vauxhall's new minicar will be a competitor to Fiat's cult hit 500, the carmaker's sales and marketing head Alain Visser said. The General Motors Co. Full story...
Oct
5th

INTERVIEW: Vauxhall managing director Duncan Aldred

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Duncan Aldred may look impossibly young to be managing director of Vauxhall Motors but, after 20 years with General Motors, he is getting close to qualifying for the once traditional long-service 'carriage clock'. Full story...
Oct
5th

US: Kia adds second shift at Georgia

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Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) has launched a second shift at its new West Point, Georgia, factory. Full story...
Oct
5th

UK: Axeon and Ricardo to develop battery system for European OEM

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A European automotive manufacturer is a customer for a lightweight battery pack being developed by UK-based lithium-ion energy systems supplier, Axeon, and automotive technology and systems integration provider, Ricardo. Full story...
Oct
5th

just-auto’s research round-up

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Here's a brief run-down of reports available in our research store that caught our eye over the past week or so... Full story...
Oct
5th

INDIA: Tata to introduce Aria crossover in October

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Tata Motors will launch the Aria, said to be the first Indian-designed, developed and built crossover, on 11 October. First shown as a concept at the Geneva motor show in 2005 and at the New Delhi show in 2006, the production Aria was finally unveiled in New Delhi last January. Full story...
Oct
5th

MALAYSIA: Government to decide on five new automakers

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The Malaysian government will decide by the end of the yearon proposals by five foreign vehicle manufacturers to launch assembly operations in the country, according to trade and industry minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. Full story...
Oct
5th

Russia’s AvtoVAZ swings to first-half profit

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AvtoVAZ returned to profit in the first half with a net profit of 3.1 billion rubles ($102 million), a revival driven by state help and a market pick-up. Full story...
Oct
5th

Marchionne’s investment freeze delays new Fiat Panda

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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's latest investment freeze will again delay the launch of the third generation of Europe's biggest-selling minicar, the Panda, company sources said. Full story...
Oct
5th

Marchionne’s investment freeze delays new Panda

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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's latest investment freeze will again delay the launch of the third generation of Europe's biggest-selling minicar, the Panda, company sources said. Full story...
Oct
5th

Ford outlines plans to shrink Lincoln dealer network

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Ford plans to dramatically reduce the number of Lincoln dealerships as part of a major overhaul of the lagging brand, with the bulk of the cuts coming from 500 stores in the nation's top 130 markets. Full story...
Oct
5th

F1: Hispania Racing Team driver lineup unclear for Japan GP

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Hispania Racing Team on Tuesday did not reveal the identity of its race drivers for this weekend's Japanese grand prix. Full story...
Oct
5th

NASCAR: How much respect does a non-Chaser owe a Sprint Cup Chaser?

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Sunday's incident at Kansas Speedway between Kyle Busch and David Reutimann highlighted the problem of having a playoff system, which involves drivers not in the playoff. Full story...
Oct
5th

IRL: Tony Kanaan may be forced to leave Andretti Autosport

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Tony Kanaan and his IndyCar team Andretti Autosport will have to resort to Plan B as they were told that they are losing the financial backing of long-time partner 7-Eleven. Full story...
Oct
5th

GP2: Giedo van der Garde eyes 2011 Formula 1 debut

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Twenty-five-year-old Dutch GP2 driver Giedo van der Garde is hoping to make his formula one race debut in 2011. Full story...
Oct
5th

Leon Haslam to BMW World Suberbike team for 2011

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Twenty-seven-year-old Leon Haslam has been confirmed by BMW as team mate to Aussie Troy Corser for the 2011 of the World Superbike Championship, after finishing second in the 2010 Championship. In fact, Haslam has been released from his contract with Suzuki Alstare and will be testing the S 1000 RR bikes in the coming weeks. Full story...
Oct
5th

Top 10 Jaguar Anecdotes

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The celebrations for Jaguar's 75th anniversary took an unexpected turn at this year's Mondial de l'automobile in Paris, where we attended the unveiling of the stunning C-X75 prototype. Highlighting Jaguar's future, the event also had us looking back on the brand's history by way of various anecdotes, revised and compiled here by Auto123, that have marked the past years. Full story...
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