Honda is bringing a three-wheel, one-person battery-electric concept to the Geneva auto show. It's called the 3R-C, and it's Honda's vision of what a green urban commuter car could look like.
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The reclusive Akio Toyoda took the rare step of waving the family flag, as the scion to Toyota Motor Corp.'s founding dynasty tries to steer the world's largest car company out of a spiraling safety crisis.
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With congressional hearings scheduled well into next month, a lot more certainly will be said about Toyota's spate of recalls and how NHTSA handled the investigations. When it's all done, though, what will it mean to the automotive enthusiast?
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The grilling that US lawmakers had indicated they would give top Toyota executives, starting with the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing yesterday, played out last night - on primetime news broadcasts.
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Plans by Chinese engineering company Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery to acquire General Motor's Hummer unit appear to have hit the buffers.
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Plans by Chinese engineering company Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery to acquire General Motor's Hummer unit appear to have hit the buffers.
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South Korean carmaker Kia Motors Corp. will boost car production in Slovakia by 40 percent this year, driven mainly by rising demand in the SUV market, the company's Slovak unit said on Wednesday.
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Dutch supercar maker finalises deal to purchase Saab from GM
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Sweden's ministry of industry has welcomed news of Saab's final sale to Dutch carmaker Spyker in a deal that should secure around 3,000 jobs at the Trollhattan plant.
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South Korea's carmakers took a record 5.7% share of the global car industry in 2009, building 3.513m of the 61.295m vehicles produced worldwide, according the Korea Automotive Manufacturers Association.
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Maruti Suzuki, India's market leader, is recalling 100,000 A-Star models to fix a potential fuel leak. The A-Star is exported as the Suzuki Alto and Nissan Pixo to countries including Germany, France and the UK.
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Euro zone industrial new orders unexpectedly rose in December against November, data showed, helped in large part by a car-scrappage scheme in France designed to encourage vehicle purchasing.
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Dramatic saloon points to all-new 508, features diesel-electric hybrid engine
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General Motors last night confirmed it would add a third shift at its Lordstown, Ohio complex, adding 1,200 jobs producing the new GM Daewoo-designed 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan.
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Punto Evo and 500C become latest Fiat models to get the Abarth treatment
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The European auto industry does not expect a quick recovery this year, said Dieter Zetsche, president of the Brussels-based industry body ACEA. "If the economy looks better in 2010, it's only when compared with 2009.
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Below is the full text of Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda’s prepared testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to be delivered today: Full story…
Pendragon sees demand for upscale marques such as Maserati and Mercedes-Benz showing signs of recovery, helping this year's outlook as the auto sector grapples with the end of government scrappage schemes.
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A new, smaller SUV for Land Rover will go on sale late in the third quarter of 2011, Land Rover announced to dealers at the U.S. National Automobile Dealers Association Convention.
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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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