Lithe styling, a comforting yet high-tech interior and the power of a supercharged 5.0-liter V8--these are the ingredients that make the redesigned 2011 Jaguar XJL sedan a delight to drive.
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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Co. bought $500 million of GM shares through the automaker's initial public offering.
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Here's a brief run-down of reports available in our research store that caught our eye over the past week or so...
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Porsche is investing around EUR150m in its Weissach development centre for a high-tech wind tunnel, a design centre and an innovative electronics integration centre.
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The first two weeks of November saw possibly the best Bogotá motor show ever: the 12th annual event featured about 1,000 vehicles displayed by 45 brands, about 30 local launches and attracted 215,000 visitors.
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The planned IPO of China Zhengtong Auto Services Holdings will look to raise up to US$554m, documents have suggested.
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Chrysler Group, hosting President Obama in Indiana, today said it is contemplating an $843 million investment to upgrade a Kokomo, Ind., transmission plant to build a new front-wheel-drive automatic transmission for future models.
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The international automotive supplier Continental is bringing forward a pay increase for its more than 25,000 employees in the German metal and electrical industry to 1 February 2011.
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Audi has big plans for its electric vehicle business.
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Santa Rosa-based EV maker ZAP has signed a deal with Shanghai officials to provide charging stations, battery swap facilities and maintenance depots for the city's commercial Yangpu district.
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As governments wake up to the need of establishing an infrastructure of charging points for electric vehicles (EVs), commercial players are offering anything from the expertise to set up the network down to the individual chargers.
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Chinese car exports increased by 73.47% in October 2010 over October 2009's sales figures according to statistics released by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I used to love the CRX, and after that I thought the Insight was cool--the two-seat one, not the five-door out now.
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TRW Automotive Holdings said it had won its first contract to supply an integrated driver assist system (DAS) and chassis control unit "for a major European car manufacturer". It would begin to supply the control units, known as the safety domain ECU or SDE, in 2013 for 2014 model year applications.
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Renault aims to reach an early-retirement deal with unions at the beginning of 2011 to reduce its French work force.
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VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn said he expects the automaker to sell more than 7 million vehicles for the first time this year.
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VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn said he expects the automaker to sell more than 7 million vehicles for the first time this year.
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Renault-Nissan is focused on making investments in emerging markets, particularly in Russia and China, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
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BMW has launched an automotive finance company after receiving regulatory approval for the venture.
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