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Mar
31st

Fiat Chrysler target of 6M-7M in capacity may be hard to reach, Marchionne says

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With a new strategy focused on relaunching Alfa Romeo and Maserati, Fiat Chrysler could raise its annual production capacity to between 6 million and 7 million vehicles, although the target may be difficult to reach, CEO Sergio Marchionne said.
Mar
31st

March light-vehicle volume projected to rise 2% to 1.5 million

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After severe winter weather put a freeze on U.S. light-vehicle deliveries in January and February, industrywide sales are forecast to rise 2 percent to 1.48 million light vehicles in March.
Mar
31st

SGL says cheaper carbon fiber will offer automakers alternative to steel, aluminum

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Carbon fiber reinforced parts for cars could become more than 70 percent cheaper over the next few years, making them a reasonable alternative to steel and aluminum, an SGL exec told a German weekly.
Mar
31st

PSA partner Dongfeng posts strong 2013 profit

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Dongfeng Motor, which is taking a 14 percent stake in PSA, reported a better-than-expected 16 percent rise in 2013 profit due to a rebound in sales at its Japanese partners.
Mar
31st

Ballard CEO says fuel cell resurgence no repeat of past bubble

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Ballard Power Systems Inc. is poised to report the first profit in its 21-year history as a public company, evidence the fuel cell maker isn't heading for a repeat of the 2000 technology bust.
Mar
31st

‘2,000bhp’ Trion Nemesis set for 2016 production

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News 21 Oct, 2014

American manufacturer Trion Supercars has confirmed its 2,000bhp Nemesis hypercar will be put in to production in January 2016

Mar
31st

The Corbin Sparrow was the clown car of tomorrow: We drive the shoe car from Austin Powers

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The Corbin Sparrow doesn't so much resemble a car as it resembles an oversized Dutch clog left on the carefully manicured lawn of a modern art museum.
Mar
31st

Aston Martin said to discuss building SUV with Daimler

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Aston Martin and Daimler are said to be holding talks to extend their cooperation to building an SUV as the UK carmaker seeks to broaden its lineup.
Mar
31st

US: GM expands ignition switch recall as cautionary measure

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Though modified ignition switches were fitted at the factory, General Motors is now recalling some 2008-2011 models because it has no way of knowing if any car has since been repaired using one of the older types of switch.
Mar
31st

Classic Camaro, Chevelle and Nova factory documents emerge : NCRS will offer shipping records for 1965 through 1972 Chevrolet models

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If you own a classic Camaro, Chevelle, or
Mar
31st

One Lap of the Web: The Worst Cars in the World Edition: Car news and video from all corners of the Internet

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-- The first annual "Wal-Mart Car Show" is actually an Internet gallery featuring wood-bedecked Oldsmobiles, sponged minivans, Avatar tribute Silverados, and Subaru Outbacks with giant logs for bumpers.
Mar
31st

As labor veteran retires, Daimler eyes smoother cost cuts

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The retirement from Daimler's supervisory board of combative trade union veteran Erich Klemm may smooth management-labor relations at the company and boost the career of Wolfgang Bernhard, who is seen as a candidate to succeed CEO Dieter Zetsche.
Mar
31st

4 big questions for GM, NHTSA

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Some of the vexing questions looming over General Motors' decadelong failure to recall cars with a deadly ignition-switch defect could get answers this week -- or at least a more glaring spotlight.
Mar
31st

Did airbag risk distract NHTSA?

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may have been so consumed with resolving an old safety crisis -- children being killed by airbags -- that it missed a new one: GM's defective ignition switch.
Mar
31st

An old Rover plant comes back — and someday, maybe, the brand

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The transformation of the old Rover plant in the British Midlands, scene of so much labor strife, turmoil and heartbreak in the 1970s and '80s, is breathtaking.
Mar
31st

Canada losing ‘civil war’ for auto jobs

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Chrysler Group shocked many Canadians when it abandoned potential government help to overhaul its assembly plants in Windsor, Ontario.
Mar
31st

GM leads in disclosures, not danger

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From 2005 through 2007, a key period when General Motors fixed a defective ignition switch in the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion without recalling the old switch, GM sent five times as many early-warning reports of deaths and injuries to U.S.
Mar
31st

N.J. weighs direct EV sales; states covet gigafactory

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The Tesla vs. dealers clash was already intense. Now the fight has escalated, with the addition of presidential politics and bidding for a battery factory.
Mar
31st

Would-be Mahindra dealers lose class-action bid

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A group of aspiring dealers who paid for the right to distribute Mahindra vehicles in the United States and didn't get refunds when the Indian company scrapped its U.S. sales plans won't be able to pursue collective relief.
Mar
31st

Tech courses in service bays supply talent

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Cam Clark knows he can recruit veteran service repair technicians from outside to work in his Airdrie, Alberta, Ford dealership. But he can never be sure what work habits they might bring with them.
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