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Oct
14th

“Fiesta leads the sales charts with PCPs helping it stay on top”

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Opinion Ford Fiesta
Opinion 14 Oct, 2015

PCP deals continue to boost new car sales, and keeps cars like the Ford Fiesta at the top of the sales charts, says Steve Fowler

Oct
14th

Postcode lottery over cost of driver awareness courses

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Police on motorway
News 14 Oct, 2015

We reveal fees for driver alertness and speed awareness courses vary by up to £100 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Oct
14th

EU nations are pushed for feedback on tougher car-emissions tests

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The European Commission wants EU governments to give feedback by Friday on tougher car-pollution tests and to vote on Oct. 28 on any new inspection regime.
Oct
14th

Citroen tries new marketing tack with Cactus M

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Citroen is trying out a new marketing tactic with its Cactus M concept car by offering potential customers a chance to test drive and sleep in the vehicle.
Oct
14th

Audi CEO Stadler remains bullish on China

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Audi CEO Rupert Stadler says China's car sales slowdown is temporary and believes that volumes will start increasing again soon. 'We think after period of consolidation we will see permanent growth in China,' he said.
Oct
14th

Lexus prices high-performance GS F from $85,380

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The speed-hunting, performance F version of Lexus' midsize GS sport sedan -- a first for the model -- will start at $85,380, including shipping. The 2016 GS F is the fourth model from Lexus' F performance division.
Oct
13th

FCA interior-design chief Busse heads back to Europe

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Klaus Busse -- the German-born designer who transformed the interiors of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles -- is leaving the U.S. to shape Fiat Chrysler's European brands. It's the latest in a series of management changes at FCA US this month.
Oct
13th

Ontario will allow road tests of autonomous cars

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Ontario will become the first Canadian province to allow automated vehicles to be tested on its roads, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation said in a statement today.
Oct
13th

Shortfall rises by $16 billion at UAW retiree health care fund

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The estimate of the unfunded future expenses of a trust that pays the health care costs of more than 700,000 UAW retirees from the Detroit 3 automakers widened by $16 billion last year as it changed accounting assumptions and adjusted for new...
Oct
13th

Fiat Chrysler could double use of temp workers under new UAW contract, report says

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles can double its use of lower-paid temporary staffers under a new labor agreement being voted on by the UAW, two people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
Oct
13th

GERMANY: New partnership plans 400 hydrogen stations by 2023

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Six industrial companies - Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total - have formed a cross-sector joint venture, H2 Mobility Deutschland. The creation of the limited partnership paves the way for a staged expansion of hydrogen (H2) filling stations across Germany, which will bring the total to around 400 by 2023.
Oct
13th

BRAZIL: Anfavea predicts worse sales decline in 2015

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For the fourth time this year, Brazilian automakers association Anfavea has reviewed home market sales, production and export forecasts. In December last year it predicted zero growth for sales this year, then 13% and 21% declines.
Oct
13th

SWEDEN: XC90 success sees Volvo stop S60 Torslanda build

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A spokesman for Volvo Cars has confirmed to just-auto that production of the S60 has just ended at Torslanda. The D segment sedan has for some years been made at both Ghent and the suburban Gothenburg facility but all production outside China is now in Belgium.
Oct
13th

VW retools diesel strategy, plans electric push

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Volkswagen plans a shift in focus to more plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles as the company adopts diesel technology it previously eschewed for smaller models.
Oct
13th

GERMANY: BMW Group sets September and YTD sales records

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The BMW Group achieved its best ever September result last month as deliveries of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles rose 7.8% year on year to 215,413 for the month. Year to date sales rose 7.5% to a record 1,644,810.
Oct
13th

BRAZIL: Audi starts production in Curitiba

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Audi has started production in Curitiba in the Brazilian federal state of Parana. This latest of 13 assembly factories worldwide is the first in South America.
Oct
13th

JAPAN: Jatco, Nissan jointly develop CVT7 transmission

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Jatco has announced that it has jointly developed with Nissan Motor the Jatco CVT7 W/R, a new CVT (continuously variable transmission) for front-wheel-drive compact vehicles designed to enhance fuel efficiency.
Oct
13th

NORWAY: Kongsberg wins US$86.6m seat heat and seat ventilation contract

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Kongsberg Automotive has been awarded a 10 year agreement with a European premium automaker for the global supply of front seat heating and ventilation for mid-size luxury vehicles. The contract is worth an estimated EUR76.2m (US$86.6m) over its lifetime, and production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2018 in Pruszkow, Poland.
Oct
13th

China auto sales expand at slowest pace in 3 years

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Light-vehicle sales in China expanded at the slowest pace since 2012 so far this year, underlining the slump in demand that prompted the government to cut a tax on car purchases to revive demand in the world's biggest auto market.
Oct
13th

CHINA: Faurecia inks JV with Beijing WKW Automotive Parts

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Faurecia and Beijing WKW Automotive Parts have signed a 50/50 joint-venture agreement to create an entity named Beijing WKW-FAD Automotive Interior Parts (BWKWFAD). Beijing WKW Automotive Parts is a major supplier of vehicle interior aluminium decoration in China.
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