The electric Nissan Leaf and the series-hybrid Chevrolet Volt will battle with the redesigned Hyundai Sonata sedan for honors as North American Car of the Year, it was announced on Thursday.
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A European seller of electric cars called Think has started U.S. production with a plant in Indiana.
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A European seller of electric cars called Think has started U.S. production with a plant in Indiana.
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GM and Ford said plants affected by a shortage of parts coming from Canada have returned to normal output. GM's seven plants that shut down or shortened shifts are running again today, said Chris Lee, a spokesman for the automaker.
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Honda recalls the Fit, Hurley Haywood and Graham Rahal will be back on the track in 2011, and we take a closer look at fuel prices.
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The December new vehicle retail sales pace is significantly beating expectations, driving a strong close to a challenging year of recovery, according to JD Power and Associates, which said sales are expected to come in at 936,300 units, which represents a seasonally adjusted annualised rate (SAAR) of 10.8m units.
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Honda is recalling more than 143,000 Fit cars from the 2007-08 model years in the United States for defective headlights.
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Opel says it is evaluating the possibility of using some installations elsewhere from its Antwerp site, which has built its last car.
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Hyundai Mobis has been awarded a US$260m supply contract for integrated centre stack equipment by GM.
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The Saturn Ion is being investigated by U.S. auto-safety regulators following at least 633 complaints about sudden loss of power steering. The U.S.
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BMW Brilliance Automotive, a joint venture between BMW and Brilliance China, will add at least 50 dealerships in 2011, sales and marketing chief Daniel Kirchert said.
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The Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf and Hyundai Sonata today were named finalists for 2011 North American Car of the Year, while the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ford Explorer and Dodge Durango were named Truck of the Year finalists.
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European vehicle production will decline by 1.6% in 2011 according to the latest forecasts issued by JD Power Automotive Forecasting. However, the good news is that the latest output data shows an improving trend with stocks wound down.
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Great Wall Motors will launch an automatic version of its self-developed Hover H5 SUV at the 8th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, scheduled to be held in Guangdong Province between 21 and 27 December.
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U.S. auto sales in December are on pace to rise by 14 percent from a year earlier to hit an annualized rate of 12.4 million vehicles, J.D. Power and Associates said today.
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The average cost of a car sold in the US could rise by more than 20% if regulators institute the Obama administration's aggressive targets for increasing fuel economy, according to a Centre for Automotive Research study.
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General Motors has completed the repurchase of all the preferred shares the government obtained in return for public funds, repaying US$2.1bn to taxpayers.
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Welsh assembly government members visited body-in-white and stampings supplier Stadco's plant in Wales yesterday (15 December), to evaluate the company's investment that has created eight new jobs and secured a further seven posts.
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Toyota adds new T Spirit and SR models to Yaris range from January 2011.
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