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Sales of new light vehicles in Russia grew 15% in August, according to the Association of European Businesses (AEB).
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12 Sep, 2012
New Renault Clio SUV - tipped to be called Captur - has been spotted
Less than a week before labor contracts between the CAW and the Detroit 3 automakers expire, the two sides are meeting more frequently, but talks "have not yielded many results," the union said today.
GM has appointed global purchasing chief Bob Socia as president of GM China, succeeding the retiring Kevin Wale, effective Oct. 1. Wale became president of GM China in 2005, growing sales from 560,000 units that year to 2.
General Motors has appointed global purchasing chief Bob Socia as president of GM China, succeeding the retiring Kevin Wale, effective Oct. 1. Wale became president of GM China in 2005, growing sales from 560,000 units that year to 2.
Kevin Wale, the president of General Motors China, is to retire, effective 31 October. His replacement will be Bob Socia, GM's current vice president for Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.
Car orders in Italy fell 35 percent in the first 10 days of September compared with the same period last year, as continued economic uncertainty kept consumers out of car showrooms, the president of the Italian foreign carmakers' association UNRAE...
Fiat's 2012 results will be better than 2011 even though car sales in its Italian home market have slumped to levels last seen 40 years ago, Fiat Chairman John Elkann told news magazine Panorama, in an interview excerpt released on Wednesday.
Sales of car and light commercial vehicles in Russia grew 15 percent year-on-year in August to 258,761 units, which was a record for the month, the Association of European Businesses said in a statement.
A media report suggesting that Ford's board of directors will meet this week to consider a succession plan for the top job at Ford has set Detroit tongues wagging. The hotly tipped successor to Alan Mulally is Mark Fields.
Sales of new vehicles in the world's largest market continue to rise, but might another increase in the price of petrol and diesel make millions of potential car buyers delay their purchase?
Vehicles sales in China in August rose 8.3% from a year earlier, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
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Tweaks to the Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 reduce CO2 emissions to 91g/km
VW Group supervisory board chairman Ferdinand Piech is taking an upbeat line on prospects for the company's sales in China despite recent reports of a sharper than expected slowdown for the Chinese economy.
The Peugeot 2008 Concept, a prototype of a forthcoming small crossover, is set to have its global debut at the Paris motor show.