Mercedes and its dealers are completing a $1.6 billion makeover of U.S. stores to lure younger buyers as the automaker expands its lineup. The automaker has said it will launch coupe and SUV versions of its new compact car family in the U.S.
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World’s most popular Roadster sets production record after 21 years, 10 months.
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Toyota will launch a seven-seater hybrid called the Prius + at Geneva next month as well as a Yaris hybrid, a direct competitor for Honda's recently launched Jazz hybrid.
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What to do if your brand has just taken the mother of all batterings in the global media, as juicy details of industrial espionage and secret services continue to fly?
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Nissan is aiming to win a 5 percent share of Europe's car market by 2014. The automaker achieved a 3.1 percent share in 2010 and hopes to improve this to between 3.5 and 4.
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Suzuki's local importer is considering whether to launch its first D-segment model in to the UK and is currently evaluating the Kizashi - launched in India this week - against rivals ahead of possible sales towards the end of the year.
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The Australian new vehicle market started the year with a solid January result albeit down slightly on last year due to a significant decrease in sales in the flood-ravaged state of Queensland.
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New Zealand new vehicle sales "started on a positive note with both new passenger cars and commercial vehicles ahead on January 2010", said Perry Kerr, chief executive officer of the Motor Industry Association.
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Porsche sold 2,400 vehicles in the U.S. in January, a rise of 34 percent on month-on-month 2010 deliveries. The Cayenne SUV was the best-selling model for the luxury carmaker with sales of 1,047 units, a 77 percent rise from last January.
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Porsche sold 2,400 vehicles in the U.S. in January, a rise of 34 percent on month-on-month 2010 deliveries. The Cayenne SUV was the best-selling model for the luxury carmaker with sales of 1,047 units, a 77 percent rise from last January.
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BMW expects 'significant' sales increases in the first half of this year because of demand for new models. The company expects to see double-digit growth in China, but also in countries like Brazil, Korea and Russia. In the U.S.
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SsangYong will sell cars in Germany again, two years after it withdrew from Europe's biggest market. The Korean brand aims to have 150 dealers in Germany by 2012 and will work with Alcadis, Europe's Belgium-based SsangYong importer.
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Siemens will use the DistribuTECH conference in San Diego to showcase its lineup of EV charging stations for consumers and businesses.
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At the 2011 NAIAS in Detroit, Ford gave fans the opportunity to test-drive the all-new Focus Electric. Obviously, this exercise helped regular folks find out what driving an electric vehicle feels like, but did you know that Ford engineers learned as much if not more from the experience?
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A lot of people do stupid things, and sometimes those things wind up on the Internet. Such as the father who had the brilliant idea of letting his four-year-old girl drive a motorcycle on a busy Indian
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Ford launched a new website, FordImages.com, allowing enthusiasts and car collectors to view and purchase thousands of images dating to the earliest days of its storied brand.
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We all know the Super Bowl is coming up this Sunday, February 6, pitting the Green Bay Packers against the Pittsburgh Steelers. And when you think Super Bowl, you think Super Bowl ads. In fact, there's so much hype surrounding these ads and they're watched by so many people that they can pretty much be considered an event in and of themselves.
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Transport Canada announced that Ford is recalling 68,247 2009-2010 F-150 trucks and 239 2011 Explorers across the country.
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Mazda announced that its MX-5 roadster is about to make history once again. With 900,000 units sold since April 1989, the iconic Japanese will retain its title of "Best-selling two-seat sports car" in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Yesterday, we published a short story about the leak of a picture showcasing the facelift of the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan.
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