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Jul
19th

No More Front-Wheel Drive For Alfa Romeo

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No More Front-Wheel Drive For Alfa Romeo
No More Front-Wheel Drive For Alfa Romeo - Automobile Magazine
Italian Brand Breaks With Fiat, Teams Up with Maserati

Alfa Romeo will switch to rear-wheel drive across its entire range. No more MiTos, no more Giuliettas, no exceptions. In close cooperation with Maserati, the Fiat Group´s problem brand is readying four all-new models to challenge the BMW 3- and 5-series as well as X1 and X3, starting in 2016. When Fiat Auto was in the doldrums, Sergio Marchionne put his cards on the table. To placate investors, government officials, union representatives and the Italian public, the chain-smoking CEO fed analysts every detail from production strategy to product planning. When the financial situation improved, Marchionne´s focus switched from Fiat to Chrysler, and the information flow dried to a trickle. While some elements of the “new formula for a better future,” like Maserati´s ambitious expansion plans or Fiat´s controversial concentration on the 500 and Panda families were communicated with candor, other plans remained confidential.


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Jul
19th

GERMANY: Greenpeace backs Daimler as coolant row hots up

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Environmental lobby group, Greenpeace has come down firmly on the side of Daimler as the stand-off between France and Germany concerning the use of r134a refrigerant shows no sign of being resolved.
Jul
19th

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Dustbin is Go again

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Up until this week, the only product I recall being called the Go was a trusty and, in my case, just-retired, TomTom portable navigator. TT has just launched a brand new Go line but, unperturbed, Nissan Motor has also grabbed the nameplate for its revived Datsun brand.
Jul
19th

JAPAN: Mazda to assemble 6 in Vietnam

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Mazda Motor will begin Vietnamese assembly of the 6, marking the first output of the midsize line in southeast Asia.
Jul
19th

Zetsche uses windfall gain to buy Daimler stock worth $1.51 million

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Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has used the proceeds of share options granted in 2004 to purchase roughly $1.51 million worth of company stock.
Jul
19th

Zetsche uses windfall gain to buy Daimler stock worth 1.15 million euros

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Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has used the proceeds of share options granted in 2004 to purchase roughly 1.15 million euros ($1.51 million) worth of company stock.
Jul
19th

RUSSIA: Suzuki sees 2013 sales flat

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Suzuki expects car sales in Russia flat year on year at 33,000 units in 2013, Koichi Takakura, general director of Suzuki Motor Rus, told reporters.
Jul
19th

PSA sets breakeven goal for French plants by 2016

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PSA says it plans to end losses at its French assembly plants by 2016 through competitiveness talks with local unions. The carmaker also said it aims to increase average plant capacity utilization to 100 percent in the same timeframe.
Jul
19th

MEXICO: Alfa to build new parts plant for VW in Russia

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Nemak, an aluminium auto parts producing unit of Mexico's Alfa conglomerate, based in Monterrey, is building a plant to supply Volkswagen in Russia.
Jul
19th

COMMENT: Embattled Mercedes finds unlikely refrigerant friend

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What on earth is going on between France and Germany?
Jul
19th

CHINA: Jiangling posts 11% gain in net profit

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Jiangling Motors, the light truck and SUV maker in which Ford has a 30% holding, posted net profits for the first half of the year of CNY937m (US$152.6m) up 11.4% on the same period last year.
Jul
19th

JAPAN: Honda Fit/Jazz Hybrid powertrain details revealed

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Honda has announced initial details for the second generation Fit Hybrid (Jazz in some markets) ahead of its Japanese market launch in September.
Jul
19th

US: Johnson Controls books double-digit increase in Q3 2013 earnings as Europe improves

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Johnson Controls reported fiscal Q3 net income of US$571m, up 32% over last year. Revenues increased by 2%, to $10.8bn. Earnings per share were $0.83 compared with $0.63.
Jul
19th

Rolls-Royce prepares for the Wraith by taking on staff

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Rolls-Royce will create 100 new jobs as it prepares launch the Wraith coupe. The Wraith is currently in pre-production and customer deliveries will begin in the last quarter.
Jul
19th

Audi RS6 v RS4 v Nissan GT-R

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Videos 19 Jul, 2013

The team at Evo push the Audi RS6 to its limits against rivals

Jul
19th

JAPAN: Honda MPV launching in Indonesia

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Honda said its locally-developed MPV would make its world debut at the Jakarta motor show on 19 September.
Jul
19th

GERMANY: Porsche completes Leipzig paint shop construction

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Construction work on the new paint shop at the Porsche plant in Leipzig was completed by a spectacular helicopter operation in which nine air vents were placed on the roof of the building from a height of 40 metres.
Jul
19th

AutoWeek – Latest Car News Feed 2013-07-19 05:30:00

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BMW has revealed several retro-fit enhancements for the new
Jul
19th

Scalded-cheetah Nissan GT-R runs a 7.98 quarter-mile: AMS Performance claims the car remains completely roadworthy

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Eight-second cars are often funny-looking and monstrous-sounding. To get into the eights in the mid-1960s, Dick Landy hacked up his
Jul
19th

AutoWeek – Car Reviews 2013-07-19 05:30:00

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