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May
18th

Vote: Design Award 2012

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We need your help to decide on the best-looking car of the last 12 months, ahead of the 2012 New Car Awards


May
18th

2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI – Beauty Beneath the Skin

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2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI - Beauty Beneath the Skin
2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI - Four Seasons Update - May 2012 - Automobile Magazine
We start to look beneath the Passat's plain wrapper.

Although its mainstream mission and conservative exterior styling have led some staff members to believe the 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI is bland, so far, everyone who's driven the car during its first month in our Four Seasons test fleet has walked away impressed.


Photo Gallery: 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI - Four Seasons Update - May 2012 - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI - Four Seasons Update - May 2012 - Automobile Magazine


May
18th

Ferrari Myth exhibition opens in Shanghai

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Spreading the gospel of Enzo, Ferrari opened its Myth exhibition at the Italian Center in the Shanghai Expo Park on May 18.
May
18th

VW lures GM’s Mayer as U.S. marketing chief

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Volkswagen of America, riding a 38 percent increase in United States sales this year, has hired Kevin Mayer from General Motors to steer VW brand marketing.
May
18th

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Vauxhall workers get a reprieve

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That huge collective sigh of relief you probably heard from Merseyside (and very likely Westminster) yesterday would have been Vauxhall management, workers and politicians greeting the news from General Motors' European unit that the Ellesmere Port Astra plant is good to go until at least around 2020.
May
18th

JAPAN: Honda to begin Fit Hybrid production in Thailand

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Honda is to start hybrid vehicle production in Thailand, following a similar move in the US in April.
May
18th

BMW eyes new production sites abroad, reports say

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BMW is considering new production sites around the world, including eastern Europe, according to media reports on Friday. But a BMW spokesman told Automotive News Europe today that the company has no plans add a new factory in Europe.
May
18th

BMW eyes new production sites abroad, reports say

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BMW is considering new production sites around the world, including eastern Europe, according to media reports on Friday. But a BMW spokesman told Automotive News Europe today that the company has no plans add a new factory in Europe.
May
18th

Worthersee Tour 2012 – Worthersee Tour 2012

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All the pictures from the Worthersee tuning event in Austria, including the 217bhp VW Polo R concept


May
18th

PRODUCT EYE: Heads-up on BMW’s 640d Gran Coupé

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BMW tends to do things in style and with just a month or two before this year's Tour de France, they turned on a bit of that glamour with the press drive yesterday (17 May) of its 640d SE Gran Coupé west of Strasbourg in the Vosges mountains.
May
18th

US: GM reshuffles sales team ahead of product blitz

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General Motors has reshuffled its US sales team "in preparation for numerous product launches in the coming months".
May
18th

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT

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Many a spring vacation starts and ends with a pile of overstuffed suitcases and backpacks crammed along with their respective owners into the family minivan, sedan or sport-utility vehicle.
May
18th

UK: April car production up 9.3%

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UK car production rose 9.3% year on year to 94,352 units in April. Of those, 80,936 were exported, up 9.9%.
May
18th

USA: Lexus HS 250h hybrid axed due to poor sales

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Toyota has axed the slow-selling Lexus HS 250h after fewer than three years on the market. The car was sold mostly in Japan, the US and Canada.
May
18th

UK: Uncertain economy continues to unsettle Europe’s new car market

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Data released by JATO Dynamics points to continued weakness in the European car market in April as the region continues to experience economic instability and slowdown.
May
18th

US: Ford starts selling C-Max hybrid

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Ford has begun taking orders for the C-Max hybrid in the US, claiming it is America's most affordable, fuel-efficient hybrid utility vehicle.
May
18th

Russia’s AvtoVAZ doubles 2011 net profit

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Russia's largest carmaker, AvtoVAZ, said on Friday its net profit more than doubled in 2011 to 6.7 billion rubles (about $215.8 million). The maker of Russia's best-selling Lada cars said that its revenue grew 27 percent to 175.
May
18th

China’s Chery seeks government approval for planned venture with Jaguar Land Rover

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Chery has applied for government permission to establish a joint venture with Jaguar Land Rover in China after the two companies signed an agreement in March to cooperate on production.
May
18th

Rebadged Chryslers and Dodges get mixed results in Europe

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Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne's plan to improve slow sales of the Fiat and Lancia brands in Europe through rebadged Chrysler models is getting mixed results.
May
18th

China car dealerships struggle as stockpiles rise, price cuts grow

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Chinese car dealers are struggling with a rising number of unsold cars that threaten to deepen price cuts, according to the nation's biggest automobile dealers' association.
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