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Jun
11th

Vauxhall Insignia Country Tourer axed

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Vauxhall Insignia Country Tourer static
News 11 Jun, 2015

The more rugged Insignia Country Tourer has been taken off sale in the UK thanks to low sales volumes

Jun
11th

GERMANY: Porsche May sales up by a quarter

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Porsche increased May sales by 24.6% year on year to 20,500 cars.
Jun
11th

INDONESIA: Sales drop 18% in May

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New vehicle sales in Indonesia fell by 18% to 79,383 units in May, from 96,874 units a year earlier, according to industry association Gaikindo.
Jun
11th

CHINA: Vehicle sales continue to slow in May

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New vehicle sales in China fell by 0.4% year on year to 1,903,500 units in May, compared with already sluggish year earlier volumes, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
Jun
11th

GERMANY: BMW again to build 7 Series at Dingolfing

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BMW will build its redesigned 7 Series in Dingolfing, main factory source for the predecessor models.
Jun
11th

VW brand sales fall 5.9% in May on weak China, S. America demand

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Sales at VW's core division fell by 5.9 percent in May, the seventh drop in eight months, as slowing momentum in China and declines in South America outweighed gains in Europe.
Jun
11th

New Dacia Duster Pick-up set for 2016

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Dacia pick-up teaser
News 11 Jun, 2015

Renault’s first pick-up truck will be unveiled next week at the Buenos Aires Motor Show

Jun
11th

Volvo cuts complexity to stand out from German rivals

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Volvo will make less complexity a selling point against its German premium rivals, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said. He used the example to show how Volvo is being revived after China's Zhejiang Geely Holding bought the Swedish automaker from Ford.
Jun
11th

Valeo exec expects big boost from autonomous vehicles

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Autonomous vehicle technology will become Valeo's main growth driver by 2020, says Guillaume Devauchelle, the supplier's head of innovation.
Jun
10th

Confusion clouds count of cars hit by Takata airbag recall

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The number of vehicles on U.S. roads with potentially defective Takata airbags appears to be less than half the 34 million initially estimated by federal regulators.
Jun
10th

CFPB widens auto lending oversight to non-bank financiers

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The top U.S. consumer protection regulator is expanding its oversight to include large non-bank auto financing companies.
Jun
10th

GM to announce secondary use for EV batteries

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General Motors said it plans to announce a development in the secondary use for electric vehicle batteries next week, bringing more attention to the growing stationary energy storage market.
Jun
10th

Magna, Durr plan new operations in Michigan

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A Magna International subsidiary and Durr Systems both have been approved for Michigan state incentives for new operations planned in suburban Detroit.
Jun
10th

Dodge brothers return in a new set of ads

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Dodge is going back to its roots again in a new round of Dodge Brothers commercials, which launch this week. The four ads highlight the 2015 Dart, Durango and the Scat Pack trims of the Challenger and Charger.
Jun
10th

Smart has no plans for crossover, CEO Winkler says

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Daimler's Smart subsidiary will not expand its lineup with an SUV/crossover in the near future, the brand's CEO, Annette Winkler, said.
Jun
10th

BMW’s next-gen 7 series goes long on tech

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BMW's sixth-generation 7-series flagship sedan will use gee-whiz technology aimed at keeping buyers from defecting to rivals.
Jun
10th

New Infiniti Q30 creates 300 UK jobs

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Infiniti Q30
News 11 Jun, 2015

The introduction of Infiniti's new Q30 hatch and QX30 crossover will create 300 jobs at Nissan's Sunderland plant

Jun
10th

US: Two automaker labour chiefs retire ahead of UAW talks

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Labour relations chiefs at General Motors and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) have both retired ahead of this year's negotiations with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
Jun
10th

US: Johnson Controls mulls auto sell-off

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Johnson Controls said on Wednesday (10 June) it was exploring "strategic options for the separation of its automotive business".
Jun
10th

UK: Audi celebrates RS birthday with new model

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Back in 1994 a bunch of Audi and Porsche engineers got together to create the RS 2 Avant, a brawny estate - based on the Audi 80 - intended to reinstate the Ingolstadt company as a performance car manufacturer after the successes it had enjoyed with the quattro the previous decade.
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