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Jan
25th

CHINA: Volvo unveils new headquarters

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Volvo on Tuesday opened a new Chinese headquarters in Shanghai as it aims to expand market share following local automaking group Geely's purchase of the carmaker last year. Full story...
Jan
25th

Q&A with Tenneco Automotive

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In this interview, Matthew Beecham talks with executives of Tenneco Automotive about the company's shock absorber business. Full story...
Jan
25th

SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai and Kia swap east Europe production

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Hyundai Motors is to swap production of two models between its Czech factory and a Kia Motors plant in neighbouring Slovakia. Full story...
Jan
25th

UK: Lexus taps Kylie Minogue to launch CT200h

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Toyota's luxury brand Lexus has tapped Australian superstar singer Kylie Minogue to launch the CT200h full hybrid hatchback here in the UK. Full story...
Jan
25th

CHINA: Porsche denies plans for local SUV production

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Porsche has denied media reports in China that it is planning to produce an entry-level SUV there. Full story...
Jan
25th

Alfa Romeo two-seater for Geneva

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Italian firm set to unveil 4C GTA concept car based on the KTM X-Bow


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Jan
25th

COMMENT: UK industry needs to sell itself better, starting with UK Gov

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I found myself at 'Mercedes-Benz World' in Surrey for a meeting last week. Full story...
Jan
25th

US: Parts shortage hits Ford F-150 production

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Ford, which recently announced it is to create 7,000 new jobs in North America, has had to temporarily lay off workers at its Dearborn truck plant near Detroit because of a shortage of parts for the V6 engines for the F-150 pickup, still the top selling vehicle line in the US. Full story...
Jan
25th

COMMENT: Sacked Renault exec lawyers scenting blood?

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Urbane, smooth, and polished, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn delivered an ultra-professional performance on Sunday evening (23 January) live on French flagship news programme, Le Journal de 20h. Full story...
Jan
25th

INTERVIEW: General Motors’ Chris Borroni-Bird, director of the design and technology fusion group

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What is the future of personal transport? One man with an idea or two is GM's technology guru Chris Borroni-Bird, interviewed at breakfast in Detroit earlier this month. Full story...
Jan
25th

BRAZIL: Volkswagen tops export and import tables

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For some decades, Volkswagen has been Brazil's biggest auto exporter. Between 1987 and 1992, it sold sedan and station wagon versions of the Gol (badged Fox) to the US and Canada. Locally assembled Golfs were also shipped to the US for a time. Full story...
Jan
25th

Mercedes A-Class scooped

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1:4-scale clay design model reveals striking look of next Mercedes A-Class.


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Jan
25th

Porsche 911 Black Edition

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Limited addition coupe and cabriolet available in any colour you like, as long as it's black.
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Jan
25th

UK: Manufacturing summit held to grow UK industry

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On the day that it was announced that the UK's economy suffered a shock contraction of 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2010, the UK Government also announced that it has been meeting with leaders of UK manufacturing industry to 'promote manufacturing excellence, challenge perceptions of the industry and dispel the myth that Britain doesn't make anything any more'. Full story...
Jan
25th

2012 Porsche 911 Carrera gets blacked out:

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Porsche is adding a dark and sinister model to the Carrera lineup, the 2012 Black Edition. Full story...
Jan
25th

Aston Martin adds a V8 Vantage S:

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Slotted between Aston Martin's vaunted V8 Vantage and the venerable V12 variant comes a tweener model that promises to be anything but vague: Aston is adding the S variant, with more power and an upgraded transmission. Full story...
Jan
25th

2012 Porsche 911 Carrera blacks out:

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Porsche is adding a dark and sinister model to the Carrera lineup, the 2012 Black Edition. Full story...
Jan
25th

Daimler, Japan’s Toray to form carbon-fiber parts JV

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Daimler and Japanese textile maker Toray will form a joint venture to produce and sell lightweight carbon fiber parts aimed at improving the fuel economy of cars, they said on Monday. Full story...
Jan
25th

CHINA: Faurecia expands in China with JV

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Faurecia has signed a new joint venture agreement with Ningbo Huazhong Plastic Products to manufacture automotive exterior parts in China. Full story...
Jan
25th

Nissan to reach full Leaf EV output speed by March

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Nissan Motor Co. said today it would add overtime and holidays at one if its Japanese factories towards the end of the business year in March to bring production of the Leaf electric car up to full speed. Full story...
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