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Here's a round-up of recent media reports on the effects of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami on the global auto industry.
- Beijing Motor Show 2024 preview: the Auto China car show juggernaut returns
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- New Morgan Plus Four gets ‘design, dynamic and technological enhancements’ for 2024
- New 2024 Morgan Plus Four revealed – pictures
- New Kia Sorento 2024 review: a good car just got even better
- New Kia Sorento 2024 – pictures
- New Kia Sorento facelift: UK prices and specs revealed for updated SUV with EV9 overtones
- 2024 Kia Sorento facelift – pictures
- Volkswagen Tayron being tested – pictures
- New Volkswagen Tayron papped as Tiguan’s seven-seater sibling continues testing
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Botched spying probe increases pressure on Renault/Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, Buick turns to the NCAA to court younger buyers and Bristol Motor Speedway gears up for several record-setting attempts.
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Porsche will build its new Cajun SUV in Leipzig, and create at least 1,000 new jobs in the process. The automaker currently employs around 650 people in Leipzig manufacturing the best-selling Cayenne SUV and the Panamera sedan.
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Time to take a deep breath in Renault's story of spooks, Swiss accounts and flights to West Africa.
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Slotting in between the DB9 and the DBS.
What's in a name? That's been a question for Aston Martin, which has birthed roughly a dozen aesthetically gifted models -- coupes, convertibles, classic GTs, and a sedan -- from its Vertical Horizontal platform. This James Brown of high-dollar platforms now spins off the Virage and the Virage Volante convertible, and the name reminds us of how boutique makes like Aston must carefully carve and preserve their precious jewels: The original 1988 Virage was the company's first all-new car in twenty years.
Photo Gallery: 2012 Aston Martin Virage - First Drive - Automobile Magazine
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All Nissan Americas employees in Japan are accounted for following the earthquake and tsunami and the unit does not expect any "near-term impact on sales or vehicle availability", it said in a status update statement on Wednesday (16 April).
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Skoda cuts the price of 2,000 entry-level Octavia 1.6 petrols by 25 per cent.
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Last week, Matthew Beecham talked with Satoru Ushida, marketing director of Falken Tyre Europe about their ambitious plans for Europe using a motorsport platform to promote their products. Since then, Satoru provided us with an update on the company's tyre production since Japan's most powerful earthquake hit the north-east coast.
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Tragic events in Japan impact on car industry as plants are forced to close.
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Almost every report on the 2012 Fiat 500 cites BMW's Mini and its highly successful rebirth as a boutique go-kart.
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Staff at BMW and VW are among many European nationals leaving Japan as the government battles to cool nuclear reactors damaged by last week's record earthquake.
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Staff at BMW and VW are among many European nationals leaving Japan as the government battles to cool nuclear reactors damaged by last week's record earthquake.
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Our team of spies catches not one, but two hot JCW coupes on the prowl.
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The BMW group plans to further improve profitability and set a new record for unit sales, chairman Norbert Reithofer told the annual general meeting in Munich.
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The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, will showcase the 25-year history of the Porsche Exclusive program with an exhibit that runs until May 1.
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Porsche’s new Cajun SUV gets ready for head-to-head battle with Range Rover Evoque.
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The automobile industry is the largest US importer of goods shipped via container transport from Japan, giving auto manufacturing and support businesses the greatest threat of disruption as Japan's industrial output struggles following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, according to data and analysis from The Journal of Commerce/PIERS.
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A French government minister has welcomed the apology by Renault to its three sacked employees following their exoneration in the alleged industrial espionage affair.
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Lee Hyun-soon, the veteran vice chairman of randd at Hyundai who developed the automaker's first in-house engine, has resigned from the company for personal reasons.
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Lee Hyun-soon, the veteran vice chairman of randd at Hyundai who developed the automaker's first in-house engine, has resigned from the company for personal reasons.