Fiat S.p.A. has appointed Camillo Rossotto group treasurer in the latest management shake-up under CEO Sergio Marchionne. Starting April 1, Rossotto will replace Maurizio Francescatti who has decided to leave the company, Fiat said.
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Toyota's Europe sales took a hit in the first full month following its announcement that it would recall more up to 1.8 million cars here, including its top-selling Auris, Avensis, Aygo, Yaris and Prius model lines.
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Saab has named former Volkswagen executive Adrian Hallmark its executive director of sales. Hallmark, 47, will be counted on to help Saab try to rebound from its near collapse earlier this year.
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BMW is developing a new family of modular gasoline and diesel engines and#8211; including the company’s first three-cylinder unit and#8211; that will power up to 1.5 million of the automaker’s cars a year, CEO Norbert Reithofer said. Full story…
Daimler veteran executive Ola Kaellenius is moving from his post as manager of Mercedes-Benz's U.S. plant in Vance, Alabama, to head Mercedes-Benz AMG GmbH, the automaker's performance-vehicle unit in Germany.
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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has formed its sixth joint venture in China, to produce airbag inflators and seat belt parts.The U.S. safety systems supplierand#8217;s Asia Pacific unit signed an agreement with Xiand#8217;an Dong Fang Group Co.
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General Motors Co.'s South Korean unit plans to recall about 60,000 units of the Chevrolet Cruze and Captiva in South Korea, the government and the company said today.
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European Union competition authorities have given Spanish car parts supplier Gestamp Automocion the go-ahead to acquire a unit of German supplier Edscha.
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I wonder if the rumored plan by Fiat S.p.A.
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Believe it or not, 80 percent of BMW 1-series owners believe they are driving a front-wheel-drive car. No, this is not an early April Fools' Day joke. BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer shared the mind-boggling statistic last week.
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A weekend of firsts continued at Bristol Motor Speedway as Justin Algaier held off his teammate, Brad Keselowski, for his first NASCAR Nationwide victory. In a race slowed by 11 caution flags Algaier jumped off at the final restart, with 27 laps remaining, and held off Keselowski's Dodge.
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Cleveland - Recent research at insurance.com, the premier online destination to compare real rates for auto insurance, has answered the age old question. And fellas? It's time to turn over the keys.
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Cleveland, OH - Alcoa Auto Wheels is providing advanced lightweight wheels for the V12 Vantage - billed by Aston Martin as its most exhilarating sports car.
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The IS 250 is an entry-level premium sports sedan from Lexus that seats five occupants and features V6 power along with rear-wheel-drive (RWD). Full story…
Although there were 12Hours of racing involved on Saturday, in Sebring, the final result of the race does not differ a lot from the qualifying session. Alexander Wurz completed what his teammate Marc Gene had started with the pole by bringing victory to his team that also included Anthony Davidson as third driver.
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According to one Red Bull insider, David Coulthard's DTM career "could have been the shortest of all time". The Scottish veteran has tested a Mercedes C-class car of the German touring car series and is linked with a race seat in 2010.
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Even with Max Mosley gone and a new era of small teams dawning, Paul Stoddart seems unlikely to mount a return to the formula one paddock. The 54-year-old Australian ran Minardi between 2001 and 2005, when he sold out to Red Bull in the wake of a furious political fracas with the then FIA president Mosley.
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Ron Dennis has been quoted as questioning Red Bull's claim that Sebastian Vettel suffered a spark plug failure whilst leading the 2010 season opener in Bahrain last weekend. Initially after the 22-year-old pole sitter gave up the lead of the race to the eventual three podium-getters, Red Bull diagnosed an exhaust problem.
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Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia) clinched victory in Rally Argentina and pulled away in provisional IRC classification as Kris Meeke (Peugeot 207) retired.
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The choice of an outside lane restart helped Jimmie Johnson score his 50th NASCAR Sprint Cup victory by beating Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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