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Hyundai Motor, which has been gaining market share in the US, is moving production of its Santa Fe SUV from its Alabama plant to the new Kia plant in Georgia, a Hyundai spokesman said.
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Spanish firm Seat celebrates 25 years in the UK and nearly 500,000 sales.
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Spanish firm Seat celebrates 25 years in the UK car industry having sold nearly half a million vehicles.
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Voluntary safety recall begins to modify 458s to prevent fire risk.
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Honda US has marked the start of production of the fully redesigned, Alabama-built 2011 Odyssey minivan with an end of the line celebration involving around 1,200 workers at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) in Lincoln.
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General Motors has sent the first drivable Chevrolet Volts to China ahead of sales starting next year. The automaker delivered two cars to the Shanghai Expo Bureau for use as part of its VIP transportation fleet at World Expo 2010 Shanghai.
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Union workers at Kia will vote on Thursday on a proposed deal with the management that could avert a strike at the automaker for the first time in 20 years.
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Secret 599 drop-top shown to potential buyers in California.
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Tata Motors Ltd., India's leading vehicle maker with about two-thirds of the local market, plans to focus on Africa, Russia, China and the Middle East for growth, Chairman Ratan Tata said.
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Visteon last night said it expected to emerge from US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by 1 October.
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Magna International last night announced that the plan of arrangement to eliminate its dual-class share structure had been completed.
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US new vehicle retail sales in the last week of August slowed considerably, pulling down the August selling rate below 8.5m units, according to JD Power and Associates.
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Component maker Anand Automotive plans to raise capacity to bridge the demand supply gap in the Indian automobile industry. The company plans to pump in fresh investment for the expansion.
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Car sales fell in Italy, Spain and France during August, confirming a grim outlook for the sector after government subsidies to car buyers were phased out or ended. Italian sales declined 19 percent. In Spain volume fell 23.8 percent.
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Bentley's sales and marketing chief Stuart McCullough has left the British ultraluxury brand, the company said today. He is succeeded by Alasdair Stewart, former sales and marketing boss at the Bugatti supercar brand.
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Support our call for all manufacturers to publish details of known problems with their vehicles.
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As the Indian auto industry ramps up production capacities to meet growing demand, component makers in turn are gearing up to meet demand from the OEMs. The largest auto air conditioning manufacturer, Subros Auto Air Conditioning Systems, is planning to set up another facility in Chennai to cater to the auto hub there.
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