BMW's supervisory board chairman Joachim Milberg will remain in his post until 2016, despite reaching the age of 70 in April, according to Germany's Manager Magazin.
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18 Jan, 2013
The Ford Fiesta ST will start from £16,995 when it goes on sale in April
Toyota Australia on Friday (18 January) began exports of its new locally built, AR series, I4 engines to Thailand and Malaysia.
UK car exports broke all-time export records in 2012, with overseas shipments exceeding 1.2m, up 8% on 2011, according to data released by the SMMT.
Renault is considering producing cars in France for Nissan and other partners as part of a possible deal with the country's unions on working conditions and increased flexibility.
Renault's international expansion strategy is bringing results with the group setting a new international sales record last year, thanks in no small part to the success of the Dacia brand.
Nissan's new GBP200m battery plant in Sunderland has begun producing batteries for electric vehicles at the factory next to its Wearside car plant.
Nissan's new GBP200m battery plant in Sunderland has begun producing batteries for electric vehicles at the factory next to its Wearside car plant.
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18 Jan, 2013
Aston Martin celebrates its 100-year anniversary in spectacular aerial style
Fiat said it had signed a final agreement with Mazda for the Japanese automaker to build a two-door roadster for its Alfa Romeo brand.
Fiat said it had signed a final agreement with Mazda for the Japanese automaker to build a two-door roadster for its Alfa Romeo brand.
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18 Jan, 2013
Dacia hopes a simple approach to advertising will help it sell a new range of cut-price cars
Sales data released by JATO shows that the premium brands performed relatively well in Europe's declining new car market last year.
They're just mine, other people will have other memorable lines from a week in Motown, but here's a snapshot, in no particular order, of a week in Detroit.
There were two world premieres at the Montréal auto show; one each from Honda and Mitsubishi Motors.
The media preview day of the Montréal auto show took place on 17 January.
Sales of VW brand cars in Russia rose 40 percent year-on-year in 2012. This helped VW Group, which also includes Skoda, Audi and Seat, boost its 2012 volume in the country 39 percent to 317,700 vehicles.
Mini executives admit they're not sure of their target customer for the new three-door Paceman, which is based on the Countryman SUV.
Viktor Mizo is all smiles and speaks fluent English as he explains why the Republic of Macedonia would be an excellent spot to build an auto parts plant. Mizo can rattle off his country's virtues faster than you can take his business card.
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