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Mar
20th

2014 Porsche Cayman review notes: Coming to terms with the new Porsche Cayman

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SENIOR MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: This week's sign the automotive apocalypse is nigh: I've changed my opinion on the 2014 Porsche Cayman.
Mar
20th

GERMANY: BMW i3 plant Leipzig marries new alongside old

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'Marriage' is, to anyone used to touring car assembly plants regularly, a familiar term, describing the joining of painted and trimmed body to powertrain.
Mar
20th

JAPAN: “Sincere regret” from NSK as it agrees EUR62.4m bearings fine

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NSK is expressing its "sincere regret" at activities related to automotive bearings sales and has agreed pay the European Commission (EC) EUR62.4m (US$86m) in fines.
Mar
20th

SWEDEN: SKF pays EUR315m bearing cartel EC fine

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SKF Group says it has reached a settlement with the European Commission putting an end to the investigation regarding supply of bearings to the European automotive manufacturing industry.
Mar
20th

BELGIUM: EC slaps EUR953m bearing cartel fine on six companies

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European Commission authorities have found two European companies (SKF and Schaeffler) and four Japanese companies (JTEKT, NSK, NFC and NTN with its French subsidiary NTN-SNR), operated a cartel in the market for automotive bearings and have imposed fines totalling nearly EUR953m (US$1.3bn).
Mar
20th

UK: Car output running slightly below year-ago level

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Data released by the SMMT shows that UK car production output in the first two months of the year was 1.4% under the same period last year.
Mar
20th

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014: news round-up

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Goodwood sculpture close up 2014
News 29 Jun, 2014

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is over for another year. We round-up 2014's best news, pictures and video here

Mar
20th

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014: pictures

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Pictures See all 43 picturesSculpture commemorating 120 years of Mercedes BenzSebastien Loeb's Pikes Peak Peugeot 208 T16McLaren P1 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 27 Jun, 2014
Mar
20th

US: GM sets out plans for new modular Ecotec engine family

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General Motors says that its new modular 'Ecotec' architecture will streamline its powertrain portfolio for future models, to reduce manufacturing complexity and improve its customer offering.
Mar
20th

SPAIN: Jaguar sees 90% conquest sales for F-TYPE Coupé

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Speaking to just-auto.com at the media launch of the new F-TYPE Coupé in Barcelona and Lleida, Jaguar's global brand director Steven de Ploey says he wants 90 percent of sales to be conquests.
Mar
20th

PSA to cut executive pension packages, report says

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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will cut the size of its executive pension packages, a French daily reported, months after public criticism forced former CEO Philippe Varin to turn down his pension.
Mar
20th

RUSSIA: Government backs more State support for LNG commercial vehicles

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Russian politicians are backing the emergence of a greater emphasis on the commercial sector as one factor to address domestic automotive sales which dropped 6% last year.
Mar
20th

Schaeffler takes 380 million euro provision on EU antitrust fine

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German supplier Schaeffler took a 380 million euro ($526 million) provision after being fined in a European Union antitrust probe.
Mar
20th

US: Toyota to pay $1.2bn to settle US ‘unintended acceleration’ probe

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As expected earlier this week, the US Department of Justice has now confirmed a US$1.2bn settlement with Toyota that ends a four-year criminal probe over accusations that it misled authorities over unintended acceleration in Toyota cars and subsequent recalls.
Mar
20th

INDIA: Volvo introduces UD bus range

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The Volvo Group says it has taken an important strategic step with the introduction of a UD bus range developed specifically for emerging markets.
Mar
20th

INDIA: Continental starts production and distribution of radial truck tyres

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Continental has started production and distribution of radial truck tyres in the Indian market.
Mar
20th

BMW’s finance chief sees risks to group’s Russia business

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BMW CFO Friedrich Eichiner said any worsening of the crisis between Ukraine and Russia would jeopardize the company's outlook.
Mar
20th

Rezvani Beast Californian supercar revealed

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News 8 May, 2014

Rezvani Motors launches the Beast, a new lightweight high-performance roadster based on the Ariel Atom

Mar
20th

500-mph Ford hovercar is the future we were promised: Hovercars to the moon by 1959!

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"Within a few decades, the urge to travel at high speed has led man to develop the locomotive, the automobile, the airplane, and the rocket.
Mar
20th

COMMENT: Can Russia become a 4m market?

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There was a certain frisson to this year's Russian Automotive Forum (RAF) organised by Adam Smith Conferences in Moscow for the most obvious of reasons.
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