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25 Jun, 2013
Young motorists are to be offered extra training to improve their driving
ASSOCIATE WEST COAST EDITOR BLAKE Z. RONG: Evidently senior online editor Davey G. Johnson has fallen ill with a virus, one with symptoms including espousing the virtues of modest Toyota products.
The cars shown above look perfectly normal, but they run on both compressed natural gas and regular, good ol' fashioned gasoline.
US Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) says it has appointed Julie Fream as its new president and CEO with effect from 1 October this year, at which time she will also join the board of directors.
Hyundai Motor has announced that its subsidiary, Hyundai Motor CIS, has provided more than 1,000 vehicles for use during the XXVII World Summer Universiade games in Kazan, Russia.
Julie Fream, whose 30-year career has included work at automakers and parts makers, will succeed the retiring Neil De Koker as CEO of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association.
Audi hopes the A3 sedan's sleek, coupe-like design will help the car win sales in Europe, where most buyers prefer hatchbacks to sedans.
Duerr, which supplies paintshops to carmakers, may increase its full-year targets later this year thanks to booming business in China and the United States.
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25 Jun, 2013
The more rugged Fiat 500L Trekking is now on sale, starting from £17,095
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The Ford F-150, pacing the biggest gain in market share for the United States among automakers this year, topped a consumer Web site's list of most-American made models, replacing the Toyota Camry sedan.
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), a wholly owned subsidiary of German automotive giant Daimler, has exported the first batch of 64 Fuso trucks manufactured at its Oragadam plant in the outskirts of Chennai.
Chinese carmaker Huachen Auto is poised to incorporate the latest engine technology from European partner BMW into its sedans and sport utility vehicles - a move analysts said would give it the upper hand over its rivals as it ventures into the medium to high-end car sector.
Singapore-based investment holding company, Gallant Venture, is offering to buy out minority investors in Indomobil Sukses International in an effort to consolidate control of one of Indonesia's largest vehicle distributors.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) is actively seeking 27 assembly line workers for its Trollhattan plant in Sweden ahead of a targeted Saab restart later this autumn.
Maruti Suzuki has decided to increase the use of local components in its vehicles as the decline of the rupee raises the cost of imported parts.