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Jun
30th

Crackdown on illegal foreign cars pays immediate dividends

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Foreign lorry drivers
News 30 Jun, 2014

Pilot operation proves a hit, and could be expanded across UK

Jun
30th

BRAZIL: Mitsubishi pushes for more local engine manufacturing

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Official Mitsubishi importer/distributor Grupo Souza Ramos - which manufactures the Pajero TR4, Pajero Dakar, L200 Triton and ASX locally at its Catalão, Goiás state factory - is pushing for more Brazilian engine production to meet local content targets established by the Inovar-Auto programme.
Jun
30th

GERMANY: Tata Steel opens new slitting line

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Tata Steel, has unveiled a new slitting line to process advanced and ultra high-strength steels.
Jun
30th

NORWAY: Kongsberg secures US$159.5m contract

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Kongsberg Automotive (KA) has secured a US$159.5m contract from an unnamed major European OEM for the supply of gear shifters for both automatic transmissions featuring shift by wire and manual transmissions.
Jun
30th

Philips will merge LED components, auto lighting into stand-alone business

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Philips will merge its LED components and automotive lighting divisions into a stand-alone subsidiary which may be spun off. The lighting division sells light sources to carmakers including VW, Audi and BMW.
Jun
30th

Toyota seeks exemption from U.S. safety rule to sell fuel-cell car

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Toyota asked the U.S. auto-safety regulator for a two-year exemption from a rule governing electric cars to clear the way for the company to sell its new fuel-cell vehicle.
Jun
30th

US: Ahead of compensation fund details, GM announces four more recalls

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General Motors has announced another four recalls covering 428,211 vehicles in the United States plus some in Canada. This takes the automaker's total number of recalls for 2014 to date to 48.
Jun
30th

Volkswagen XL1 priced from £99,000 in the UK

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News 30 Jun, 2014

The super efficient VW XL1 is on sale in the UK for £98,515, with a total of 200 set to be built

Jun
30th

To sell Fiat luxury shift, Marchionne seeks labor peace in Italy

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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's visit to Italy last week to solve a labor dispute that threatened Maserati production shows how important the country's plants are becoming to the company's future, a union boss said.
Jun
30th

CHINA: Beijing plans big EV charging network

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Beijing's municipal authority plans to build 10,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles by 2017.
Jun
30th

MALAYSIA: Chrysler appoints EON as distributor

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Chrysler International has appointed Edaran Otomobil Nasional (EON) as its exclusive distributor for Chrysler and Jeep in Malaysia.
Jun
30th

UK: “No plans to sell GT or MG5” – MG

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A spokesperson for MG Motor UK has told just-auto that despite revealing a forthcoming sedan to selected media in England last week, there are no plans to sell the car here.
Jun
30th

Q&A with Delphi: Fuel injection systems and electric vehicles

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Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with tier one manufacturers, Matthew Beecham spoke to James Zizelman, engineering director gasoline powertrain, Delphi about fuel injection systems and briefly with Andrew Lasley, director electronic controls advanced engineering, Delphi about electric vehicles.
Jun
30th

Goodwood Festival of Speed: Raucous racing in a pleasant garden setting: Race cars and race bikes make for another very good wood

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Twenty-one years ago, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara, decided to return the racing started by his grandfather, the ninth Duke of Richmond, to the family's fabled estate at Goodwood. He had that long driveway, after all.
Jun
30th

2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD LTZ Crew Cab review notes: Chevy’s heavy hauler is now much more comfortable

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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: The HD Silverado takes all the light duty truck's improvements and applies them to the big rig.
Jun
30th

New Volkswagen Tiguan shapes up

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Volkswagen Tiguan exclusive pic
News 30 Jun, 2014

More new SUVs on the way, with new Volkswagen Tiguan on the horizon

Jun
30th

Until Macans arrive, buyers offered short leases on other Porsches

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U.S. buyers of the new Porsche Macan, which went on sale in May, face a wait of more than six months for delivery. So the company is trying to keep potential Macan buyers happy by putting them in other Porsches during the wait.
Jun
30th

Toyota’s new Prius hybrid delayed 6 months

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Toyota has delayed the launch of its fourth-generation Prius hybrid from the second to the fourth quarter of 2015. A source said the carmaker was continuing to work on maximizing the car's fuel economy.
Jun
30th

Time to apply for PACE supplier awards

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The Automotive News PACE Awards, which honor game-changing innovation by suppliers, is accepting applications for the 2015 competition. The application deadline is Aug. 29. Go to autonews.
Jun
30th

Next-gen Prius launch delayed 6 months

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Toyota Motor Corp. has delayed the start of production for the fourth-generation Prius from next spring until December 2015. Engineers are sweating the details of a new vehicle architecture and the company's next-generation hybrid system.
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