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The recovery of Detroit's automakers is about to face its stiffest challenge yet on an unlikely battlefield: The sizzling market for mid-sized family sedans, as GM and Ford square off against Japanese, Korean and German rivals.
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21 Sep, 2012
In a world exclusive, Auto Express asked Ford to recreate the iconic Cortina for the 21st century
Chrysler is under pressure to reach a contract deal with the Canadian Auto Workers or face a strike after the union reached a tentative agreement overnight with GM, leaving Chrysler the only Detroit Three automaker without a new labor deal in Canada.
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21 Sep, 2012
Official pictures and details of the facelifted Nissan 370Z, ahead of its debut at the Paris Motor Show
France's Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) union let drivers pass without charge through motorway tolls last week in an extraordinary bid to highlight its continued high-profile protest against PSA Peugeot-Citroen's plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs and close the Aulnay plant near Paris.
Mahindra & Mahindra, maker of utility vehicles, tractors, SUVs and owner of Ssangyong, is opening a technical centre near Detroit to supply engineering services to the huge US car industry.
General Motors and Ford plan a series of launches in volume segments and to improve their reach and service to make a dent in the Indian car market where leader Maruti Suzuki and runner-up Hyundai Motors are slipping.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: At nearly $41,000 as equipped, I hate to call this 2012 Mitsubishi
Toyota Motor wants to triple its car production in Indonesia to 300,000 vehicles as it plans to introduce four or more new car models there over the next four years, a senior official said.
General Motors is recalling the Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saturn Aura to fix a problem with the transmission shift cable. GM says the tabs on the cable end may break.
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26 Sep, 2012
The SEAT Leon has been unveiled ahead of the Paris Motor Show
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus has launched mass production of the Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck at a plant near Lisbon, Portugal, targeting the European market.
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21 Sep, 2012
The facelifted Honda CR-Z has made its world debut at the Indonesian International Motor Show
A program to cut costs and improve profits at Daimler's Mercedes-Benz cars division will have a volume of significantly more than 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The cost of insuring PSA/Peugeot-Citroen soared more than any company in Europe on concern that asset sales won't be enough to bolster the carmaker's worsening finances.