Former Citroen France finance director Linda Jackson is returning from Paris to the UK as managing director of Citroen UK. She starts her new role on 1 July.
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Volkswagen sees the newest Jetta model bolstering U.S. sales of the car by as much as 25 percent by 2012, helping the automaker seize up to 4 percent of the U.S. auto market. Higher sales could boost the company's U.S. share to between 3.
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Volkswagen sees the newest Jetta model bolstering U.S. sales of the car by as much as 25 percent by 2012, helping the automaker seize up to 4 percent of the U.S. auto market. Higher sales could boost the company's share to between 3.
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Kia Motors is recalling 56,000 Cee'd compact models made in 2008-2009 in Slovakia because of problems with the brake unit, the firm's Slovak subsidiary said.
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Former Chrysler and Federal Mogul financial officer Kevin Clark, 48, is the new chief financial officer at Delphi and starts his new job on 12 July. Keith Stipp, who was acting CFO, remains treasurer.
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Turkeys' Renault Mais expects its sales to rise to 81,000-82,000 units this year from around 72,000 last year, the company's general manager Ibrahim Aybar told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Swiss textile-to-car components group Rieter is selling Turin based IDEA Institute, which it has owned since 2000, to fellow Swiss company Quantam Kapital.
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When it comes to automatic transmissions, five-speeds seem so yesterday. European and Japanese brands are incorporating eight-speed gearboxes, while domestic automakers are putting six-speed transmissions in even their smallest cars.
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When it comes to automatic transmissions, five-speeds seem so yesterday. European and Japanese brands are incorporating eight-speed gearboxes, while domestic automakers are putting six-speed transmissions in even their smallest cars.
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Recent complaints have fuelled fears that customers of hire purchase agreements are being hit with extortionate charges when their contracts expire. Have you or anyone you know been affected, if so we want to know.
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Recent complaints have fuelled fears that customers of hire purchase agreements are being hit with extortionate charges when their contracts expire. Have you or anyone you know been affected, if so we want to know.
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The European Union's executive took a further step to encourage the widespread use of electric vehicles, proposing the EU sign up to an existing set of common safety standards.
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A union maintained its rejection of a key labor deal with Fiat, keeping the future of the carmaker's Naples plant in the balance.
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Renault aims to build on the sales momentum of its new Megane range by launching a convertible version with new features to help the model compete better against rivals from Peugeot, Volkswagen and Ford.
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All major automakers except Renault saw their European new-car sales fall during May as scrappage programs that paid buyers to trade in old cars ended and continuing economic uncertainty sapped confidence. Renault group jumped ahead of Ford Motor Co.
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Robert Bosch GmbH slipped to No. 2 behind Japan's Denso Corp. last year in their battle to be the world's biggest supplier.
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Even in the wake of his impressive performance at Le Mans, Romain Grosjean insists he is still focused on returning to formula one.
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PPG Industries, the world's leading manufacturer of transportation coatings, has launched the first use of its next generation B1:B2 waterborne paint technology in the United States.
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With the development of Emergency Steer Assist, Continental, the international automotive supplier, is pursuing an entirely new approach to accident-prevention driver assistance systems. "Many of the systems in use today are restricted to intervening in the longitudinal dynamics, Emergency Steer Assist is the lateral dynamics complement to Emergency Brake Assist", said Dr.
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Former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve (Braun racing) will be part of the first ever Nationwide Series race to be held at the famed Road America circuit this coming Saturday.
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