Hyundai hopes to bring the coupe version of its luxury Genesis model line into the UK and to sell it as a separate up-market brand alongside the existing range.
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General Motors' brands Vauxhall and Chevrolet have welcomed the announcement of a UK government grant subsidy for electric vehicles.
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Honda Motor launched its new CR-Z hybrid sports coupe in Japan on Friday (26 February, 2010). It's both the auto industry's first hybrid sports coupe and the first petrol-electric hybrid offered with a manual transmission (automatic is optional). The CR-Z combines a 1.5-litre i-VTEC engine and Honda's own Integrated Motor Assist (IMA)hybrid system.
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Ssangyong has clinched a deal to export 15,500 Kyrons to Vietnam over the next five years, as it embarks on a revival plan and looks to attract investors.
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Ssangyong has clinched a deal to export 15,500 Kyrons to Vietnam over the next five years, as it embarks on a revival plan and looks to attract investors.
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Volkswagen will demonstrate how eCall, Europe's emergency call system, works in real-life situations during the CeBIT technology show in Hanover March 2-6.
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Tata Motors Ltd., India's top vehicle maker, reported a rise in sales and margins at its Jaguar Land Rover unit as luxury buyers returned after the global crisis, helping send its shares up more than 6 percent.
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Magna International Inc. co-CEO Don Walker, proponent of the supplier giant's acquisition strategy, indicated today that the company may be dialing back its takeover plans this year.
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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.
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U.S. Mercedes-Benz dealers urged the automaker to open the faucet a tad on vehicle inventories, especially the M-class crossover and E-class coupe, as the automaker prepares for higher volumes in 2010. Factory officials told U.S.
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Porsche Cars North America says it has slashed its inventories in half in the past few months to about 45 days and expects to end incentive spending by the end of March.
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BMW Group is using the Winter Olympics to launch a marketing campaign to convince shoppers that BMWs are engineered well but are fun to drive, too. George Sharpe Sr., chairman of the BMW Dealer Forum in the U.S.
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German dealer group AVAG ended its 2008-2009 fiscal year with improved revenue and unit sales, helped by scrapping incentives. But an increasing shift toward cheaper cars in the below- 10,000 euros ($13,600) price segment is hurting revenue.
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Hybrid and electric cars won't be exotics any more at the 2010 Geneva auto show.
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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.
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It sure seems like the folks at Lexus had a strange epiphany. While most premium car makers offer mastodons that can barely withstand a little country dirt, Toyota's luxury division has endowed the redesigned GX with some of the best off-road capabilities in the business.
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Lucas di Grassi's crash on Thursday raised fears that Virgin had experienced another wing failure.
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Adrian Sutil insists it was more "sensible" to stay with Force India in 2010 rather than gamble on securing a seat with a top team.
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The race to perfect ultra-fast pitstops in 2010 continues to heat up.
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Vitaly Petrov has been given until the middle of the 2010 season to start scoring points, according to the Russian rookie.
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