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Jan
28th

Opel will recall Adam and Corsa to fix steering glitch

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Opel will recall the Adam and Corsa to fix steering components that could break, making it more difficult to control the vehicles.
Jan
28th

Opel shows off GT sports car but says a production version is not planned

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Opel/Vauxhall said its GT Concept that will be unveiled at the Geneva auto show is unlikely to go into production. Opel released images of the concept for a small sports coupe.
Jan
28th

Renault boosts LCV sales in 2015

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Renault group LCV sales in 2015 rose 12.4% year on year to 387,000 units, despite a 6.3% dip in the total market, North America excluded. Its share of the global LCV market was 3.76%, an improvement of 0.63 points over 2014.
Jan
28th

Toyota will decide on buying out rest of Daihatsu on Friday, report says

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Toyota and Daihatsu will decide at board meetings on Friday if Toyota will make the minivehicle maker a wholly owned subsidiary, Reuters reported. Toyota already owns a 51.2 percent stake in the smaller automaker.
Jan
28th

Takata prepares CEO exit over airbag safety crisis, report says

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Takata is preparing the ground for the exit of its CEO, Shigehisa Takada, Reuters reported, as pressure builds on the airbag maker following a huge global recall over faulty inflators that can explode with excessive force.
Jan
28th

VW wins approval to start European recall of rigged diesels

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VW Group won approval for the first stage of its recall of 8.
Jan
28th

PSA and IKCO ink EUR400m Iran joint venture

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PSA Peugeot Citroen and IKCO have announced a 50:50 joint venture, which will see a Tehran facility established to produce vehicles, whose platform the Iranian company will share to develop its own models.
Jan
28th

PSA will invest $435 million to upgrade plant in Iran

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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and its long-time Iranian partner will invest $435 million upgrading their auto plant near Tehran to produce 100,000 vehicles a year. The revamped factory will make the Peugeot 208 hatchback, 301 sedan and 2008 crossover.
Jan
28th

Alpina B7 set for Geneva debut – pictures

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Jan
28th

New Alpina B7 teased in run-up to Geneva 2016 debut

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Alpina B7 teaser video
News 28 Jan, 2016

Famed BMW tuner Alpina works its magic on 2016 7 Series, with the super-saloon set to debut at Geneva show in March

Jan
28th

IIHS study underlines benefits of automatic braking

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Automatic braking systems were shown in a new study to reduce rear-end crashes by about 40 percent on average, handing added momentum to a push by safety groups, regulators and some automakers to equip all new cars with the technology.
Jan
28th

Hyundai Tucson gets big boost from Europe’s SUV boom

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Hyundai expects the Tucson to change perceptions of the brand in Europe, thanks to its bolder design and upscale features and equipment. The SUV has become the brand's fastest-selling model in Europe since its launch in September.
Jan
28th

PSA appoints former Yahoo exec as chief digital officer

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PSA named former Yahoo executive Brigitte Cantaloube as the automaker's first chief digital officer to help spearhead the company's "digital transformation."
Jan
28th

Automatic braking reduces rear-end crashes, IIHS study finds

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Automatic braking systems were shown in a new study to reduce rear-end crashes by about 40 percent on average, adding momentum to a push by safety groups, regulators and some automakers to equip all new cars with the technology.
Jan
27th

GM ignition switch accords challenged over alleged lawyer conflict

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A settlement fund for the benefit of more than 1,000 GM customers who sued over faulty ignition switches should be re-examined by a judge because the lawyer who negotiated it had a conflict of interest, another plaintiff attorney involved in the...
Jan
27th

Lexus recalls RX350, RX450h crossovers for airbag flaw

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Toyota is recalling 6,000 new Lexus RX350 and RX450h crossovers from the 2016 model year to fix issues related to airbags.
Jan
27th

ZF TRW signs office lease for global electronics business

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ZF TRW plans to open its global electronics headquarters in suburban Detroit by the end of the second quarter following a lease of a 171,000-square-foot office building.
Jan
27th

Snow put damper on January U.S. sales, but demand expected to rebound

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Last weekend's big snowstorm took a big bite out of January's U.S. new-vehicle sales, but analysts and dealers said they expect demand to rebound in February and March, keeping the industry on track for a second consecutive record year.
Jan
27th

FCA to idle plant that makes Chrysler 200 for six weeks

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said it will idle its plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., which makes the midsize Chrysler 200 sedan, for six weeks starting on Monday.
Jan
27th

FCA to pay UAW workers up to $4,000 in profit sharing

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UAW-represented Fiat Chrysler workers will receive profit-sharing checks of as much as $4,000 this year, 45 percent more than in 2015, the company said today.
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