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Sep
5th

JAPAN: Honda plans minivehicle sales boost

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Honda plans to double the proportion of minivehicle sales in Japan in five years, a Japanese business daily reported.
Sep
5th

Honda to recall about 960,000 Fits, other models

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Honda Motor Co. said today it would recall about 960,000 Fit subcompacts and other models globally to repair defects including malfunctioning power window switches. No accidents have been reported due to the defects, a Honda spokesman in Tokyo said.
Sep
5th

Fiat announces top management team for Europe

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Fiat veteran executive Gianni Coda, who heads the automaker's newly created Europe, Middle East and Africa region, today announced his direct reports. A total of 28 Fiat and Chrysler Group executives will report to Coda.
Sep
5th

CHINA: Ford plans more models

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Ford plans to compete in more market segments in China, a senior executive has said.
Sep
5th

JAPAN: Toyota to make key hybrid parts in China

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Toyota is to make hybrid drivetrain parts outside Japan for the first time.
Sep
5th

FRANCE: Toyota Yaris plant goes three-shift in January

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Toyota Motor Europe's Yaris plant, Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF), will restart three-shift operations on 3 January, 2012 for at least 18 months.
Sep
5th

US: Johnson Controls and Saft finish battery joint venture

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Johnson Control and Saft have reached an agreement to end their joint venture, Johnson Controls-Saft, formed in 2006 to develop and manufacture Li-ion vehicle batteries.
Sep
5th

US: Lutz back with GM as consultant

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General Motors has announced the retention of former Vice Chairman Robert A. "Bob" Lutz to provide counsel to the senior leadership team of the company.
Sep
5th

Eterniti Hemera teaser

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Teaser shot of new British-built SUV, based on the Porsche Cayenne, released ahead of Frankfurt


Sep
5th

Ad man Korde brings world of knowledge to Ford

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Satish Korde is a Renaissance man charged with helping Ford Motor Co. complete a renaissance of its own. Korde, 61, the new CEO of Team Detroit, Ford's advertising agency, is a chemical engineer by training.
Sep
5th

Shares keep on shifting: Will it last?

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Nearly half a year after the Japan earthquake slashed vehicle supplies, August sales results show Toyota and Honda are still on the defensive, with low stocks of key models and new concerns in some quarters about whether they'll make it all the way...
Sep
5th

When you do the math, promoter extraordinaire Terry McAuliffe’s grand hybrid vehicle plan just doesn’t add up

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Terry McAuliffe, the former head of the Democratic National Committee and political ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton, has bold and beautiful plans to hire U.S. workers to produce hybrids and electrics.
Sep
5th

Tiny, sporty, glitzy and green

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What a difference two years make.
Sep
5th

Center stack is new high-stakes battleground

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For auto suppliers and gadget companies eager to get a piece of the auto industry, the hottest chunk of vehicle real estate now is the center stack.
Sep
5th

Team Detroit’s new leader helps Ford reach consumers with marketing through social media

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Ford Motor Co.'s advertising agency, Team Detroit, a unit of WPP Group, continues to push for new ways to use social media.
Sep
5th

VW’s new marketing boss keeps the focus on German engineering

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Tim Mahoney is laying the groundwork for Volkswagen marketing that aims to connect the brand to consumers in new ways.
Sep
5th

GM’s Ewanick: We must keep our brands’ ‘swim lanes’ unique

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Joel Ewanick has logged more than 160,000 frequent-flier miles since December, when he was promoted from General Motors' U.S. marketing boss to global chief marketing officer.
Sep
5th

Smaller Japanese brands rethink U.S. strategies

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Setting a product strategy for the giant U.S. market can be a huge headache for the smaller Japanese carmakers. Suzuki's U.S. product plans remain unsettled as the parent company focuses increasingly on emerging markets such as India.
Sep
5th

Johnson Controls, Saft agree to end battery making JV

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Johnson Controls has reached an agreement with France's Saft to end their battery making joint venture, with the U.S.-based supplier set to buy out Saft and retain control of most of the operations.
Sep
5th

Geely boss gets his way as Volvo strives to join top luxury brands

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Geely boss Li Shufu seems to be taking Volvo upscale, after all. Shortly after acquiring Volvo last year, the chairman of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group had a dispute with Volvo's management about the Swedish brand's proper image.
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