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Oct
24th

Ford Mondeo factory in Belgium to close in 2014

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Ford factory in Genk, Belgium
News 24 Oct, 2012

Ford confirms it will close its Belgian plant in response to weak sales

Oct
24th

Ford factory in Genk, Belgium – pictures

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Ford factory in Genk, BelgiumFord Mondeo on the production lineFord Mondeo on the production line Pictures 24 Oct, 2012
Oct
24th

JAPAN: VW newcomer’s sales on the up!

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Three weeks after its 1 October launch, Volkswagen's new ultracompact up! passenger car is a hit in Japan.
Oct
24th

2012 Nissan Versa 1.6 S Sedan review notes: Basic and respectable wheels

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ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: A few years ago, Nissan made a big deal about offering the most affordable new car in America: a version of the
Oct
24th

SOUTH AFRICA: Strike ends at Toyota seat supplier

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The strike at supplier Toyota Boshoku, a parts supplier estimated to have cost Toyota Motor's South African unit about 3,000 units of lost production, has ended after agreement was reached with the union.
Oct
24th

Ford to meet UK unions amid plant closure reports

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Ford will meet British unions on Thursday amid media reports that it is planning to close its factory in Southampton, southern England.
Oct
24th

NADA seeks Tesla meeting to discuss retail store plans

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The National Automobile Dealers Association is seeking to meet with electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc. about its retail network plans.
Oct
24th

Q&A with Continental: fuel injection

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In our third and final interview with Continental while at this year's commercial show at Hanover, Matthew Beecham talked with Wolfgang Gutbrod, Head of the commercial vehicles customer segment Business Unit Engine Systems.
Oct
24th

JAPAN: Subaru maker forecasts better profit

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Increased sales of top models is expected to boost profits at Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru vehicles, by about 34%.
Oct
24th

PSA wins government rescue as crisis deepens

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The French government stepped in to rescue PSA by guaranteeing as much as 7 billion euros ($9 billion) in new bonds in exchange for greater influence over the company's strategy.
Oct
24th

JAPAN: Toyota ‘will miss 10m production target’

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The Toyota group, which includes Daihatsu and Hino, is likely to fall short of its global production target of 10.05m units this calendar year, according to the Nikkei newspaper.
Oct
24th

Ford to shut European plant; GM outlines product-sharing plan

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Ford said it will close a Belgian assembly plant and GM outlined a joint product-sharing plan with a French rival as the Detroit automakers battle mounting losses in Europe.
Oct
24th

BELGIUM: Employer body Agoria estimates Ford Genk closure to shave GDP by 0.3%, cost 9,500 jobs

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Belgian employer and technology body, Agoria, is estimating today's (24 October) news from Ford it is to shutter its Genk plant could cost a possible 9,500 jobs, will slash the country's GDP by 0.3% and affect 40 suppliers.
Oct
24th

COMMENT: Ford’s Genk closure highlights the scale of Europe’s crisis

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The decision by Ford to close its Genk manufacturing plant underscores the problem faced by volume car players in Western Europe's declining car market. The problem, in a nutshell, is matching supply with demand in a market that is more than 20% off where it was in 2007.
Oct
24th

Honda Civic Type R details

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Honda Civic Type R
News 24 Oct, 2012

The Civic Type R will get a brand-new 250bhp 1.6-litre turbocharged engine when it arrives in 2015

Oct
24th

Self-driving car forces U.S. to study, ensure safety

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With Google now testing its self-driving car on California highways, automakers and U.S. regulators are anticipating what safety hurdles must be overcome to make vehicle autonomy real.
Oct
24th

BELGIUM: Ford senior management bypass Genk to see Prime Minister

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Ford says it met its union representatives this morning to discuss the closure of the Genk plant, but that senior management have travelled directly to Brussels to see the Flanders President and Belgian Prime Minister.
Oct
24th

GERMANY: Ford confirms plans to axe Genk plant in 2014

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Ford said on Wednesday (24 October) it had started "a consultation process" in Belgium on plans to close its Genk plant and to cease vehicle production there by the end of 2014.
Oct
24th

VW’s third-quarter profit falls on Europe gloom and technology costs

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VW's third-quarter profit fell by a fifth as the deepening slump in European car markets and costs of a technology overhaul weighed on the automaker's results.
Oct
24th

UK: BYD electric minicabs for hire in London from 2013

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Chinese electric car maker BYD - in which legendary US investor Warren Buffett has a stake - and greentomatocars have signed a memorandum of understanding to create London's first fleet of all-electric minicabs.
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