Japan's Ashimori Industry has yet to make a seatbelt in India but is already planning to triple production from December 2011, nine months after its new plant in Neemrana in the north western state of Rajasthan begins output next March.
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Renault group sales rose 14% year on year in 2010 to 2.6m vehicles and, in Europe, moved up one place to second for passenger car while remaining top light commercial maker with 15.9% market share.
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Porsche marked its return to the Detroit auto show on Monday with the unveiling of a new motorsports-inspired concept of the 918--the company's two-seat supercar first revealed in road-going Spyder form at last year's Geneva motor show.
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Porsche marked its return to the Detroit auto show on Monday with the unveiling of a new motorsports-inspired concept of the 918--the company's two-seat supercar first revealed in road-going Spyder form at last year's Geneva motor show.
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Ford chose the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, where CEO Alan Mulally delivered a keynote speech, and an event in New York to launch the electric Focus on Friday and will follow up today with the Detroit show reveals of the C-Max hybrid and plug-in hybrids which will be built both in the US and Spain.
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Ford chose the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, where CEO Alan Mulally delivered a keynote speech, and an event in New York to launch the electric Focus on Friday and will follow up today with the Detroit show reveals of the C-Max hybrid and plug-in hybrids which will be built both in the US and Spain.
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Saab Automobile has named Matthias Seidl as interim chief operating officer for Saab Cars North America, effective immediately, replacing Michael Colleran, "who has resigned to pursue further career opportunities".
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Volkswagen's first built-in-US car since the 1970s Rabbit (Golf) is confusingly named Passat despite being four inches (10cm) longer and restyled inside and out compared with the European version launched at the end of last year.
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Volkswagen's first built-in-US car since the 1970s Rabbit (Golf) is confusingly named Passat despite being four inches (10cm) longer and restyled inside and out compared with the European version launched at the end of last year.
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The New Zealand new vehicle industry finished the year on a strong note with passenger cars up 14.5% on December 2009 and commercials ahead by 30%. For the full year new car sales were 14% ahead of 2009 with commercial vehicles 17.8% up on the previous year.
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General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says he says "empathy" with fellow-automaker Renault concerning last week's furore that saw high-level French politicians refer to "industrial espionage" following the French manufacturer's suspension of three senior executives.
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General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says he says "empathy" with fellow-automaker Renault concerning last week's furore that saw high-level French politicians refer to "industrial espionage" following the French manufacturer's suspension of three senior executives.
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General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says the automaker is aiming to produce more that the initial 25,000 Volts projected.
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General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says the automaker is aiming to produce more that the initial 25,000 Volts projected.
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Volkswagen's new U.S.-built sedan, which until now was known as the NMS (for "new midsize sedan"), will wear the familiar Passat nameplate when it goes on sale this fall as a 2012 model.
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Nissan Motor Co. will return to the Detroit auto show in 2012 after a three-year absence.
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The C-Max is definitely a different take on people haulers for Ford. With Euro design and quirky seating, it's a unique species in the company's lineup. So why not take things a step further? Two steps, in fact.
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Say good-bye to the Aveo. The Korean-built, hard-to-pronounce Chevrolet econobox will soon be gone. Replacing it is a sleeker and trendier new proposition not so subtly called the Sonic.
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