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Oct
27th

US light vehicle market forecast to dip in October

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The US light vehicle market is heading for an October decline according to data specialists in the US.
Oct
27th

Volvo Car Group Q3 profit up 62%

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Volvo Car Group, the premium car maker, has reported third quarter operating profit of SEK2,067m (US$231m) compared to SEK1,276m in the same period last year and a year-on-year increase in revenue to SEK41.1bn from SEK36.1bn previously. The operating margin for the Geely subsidiary rose from 3.5% in the third quarter of 2015 to 5% in 2016.
Oct
27th

Schaeffler extends Nanjing plant and opens new plant in Thailand

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Schaeffler says it has opened new factory halls in China and a new plant in Thailand.
Oct
27th

Nissan confirms end of Tsuru production in Mexico

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Nissan has confirmed the end of production of the Nissan Tsuru in Mexico by May 2017. The company says the popular Tsuru, with more than 2.4m sales to date, has provided accessible, economical and dependable mobility for drivers across Mexico and other markets for more than three decades.
Oct
27th

Ford Q3 profit drops 56% as North America slips

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Ford's warning of a "much weaker than normal" second half of the year proved to be on target as the company reported a 56 percent decline in third-quarter net income to $957 million.
Oct
27th

Nissan will build new Qashqai, add X-Trail at UK plant

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Nissan will build the new Qashqai at its UK factory and add a further model, the X-Trail. The automaker's decision is a major boost to Prime Minister Theresa May just months after Britain's vote to leave the EU.
Oct
27th

Nissan confirms future models for UK plant

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Nissan has announced that it will produce the next Qashqai and will also add production of the next X-Trail model at its Sunderland, UK, plant.
Oct
27th

Strong exports keep UK car output up in September

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The latest UK car production data shows that buoyant exports kept the industry total up in September, in spite of a decline in output for the domestic market of over 10%.
Oct
27th

New VW Transporter Bluemotion claims over 50mpg

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Volkswagen Transporter Bluemotion
News 27 Oct, 2016

Volkswagen has applied its Bluemotion fuel-saving tech to the Transporter van and the result is a claimed 51.4mpg combined

Oct
27th

Toyota recalls 340,000 Prius models worldwide

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Toyota Motor announced this week it is recalling 340,000 electric-hybrid Prius passenger cars worldwide because of defects with the hand-brake/parking brake.
Oct
27th

Borgward plans 10,000-unit car plant in Germany

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Borgward, a German brand that is being revived with Chinese backing, is returning to its former home with plans to open a factory in Bremen to build 10,000 electric cars a year.
Oct
27th

China’s Borgward plans 10,000-unit capacity car plant in Germany

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Borgward, a German brand that is being revived with Chinese backing, plans to open a factory in Germany to build 10,000 cars a year.
Oct
27th

Loss-making Tata Nano kept going for ’emotional reasons’ – Mistry

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Cyrus Mistry has hit back at his sudden removal as chairman of the board at Tata Sons this week. In an open letter to the board, he expresses his shock at the 'invalidity and illegality' of the move and says that the board 'has not covered itself in glory'.
Oct
27th

VW on track to top Toyota for global sales lead

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VW Group leads Toyota in global sales after nine months, putting the Japanese automaker's four-year reign as the world's largest carmaker at risk. Toyota's worldwide deliveries rose 0.4 percent to 7.
Oct
27th

Toyota expects to keep production in UK despite Brexit

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Britain's decision to leave the EU may dent Toyota's competitiveness in the region, but the Japanese automaker did not see it as a trigger to shift production away from the country, Chief Competitive Officer Didier Leroy said.
Oct
27th

Tesla Network targets Uber with new ride-sharing scheme

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Tesla Model S 60D 2016 - front tracking
News 27 Oct, 2016

"It's not Tesla versus Uber, it's the people versus Uber," says Musk, as he looks towards a new ride-sharing platform called Tesla Network

Oct
27th

Why is your car insurance premium so high?

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Car insurance
News 27 Oct, 2016

As car insurance costs rise by 10 per cent, the Association of British Insurers reveals what drivers pay for

Oct
27th

Audi cuts earnings outlook as VW Group scandal costs rise

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Audi cut its earnings outlook and said it expects substantial additional costs triggered by parent VW Group's diesel-emissions scandal.
Oct
27th

Audi cuts earnings outlook scandal costs rise

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Audi cut its earnings outlook and said it expects substantial additional costs triggered by parent VW Group's diesel-emissions scandal.
Oct
27th

VW brand Q3 profit plunges, Porsche lifts group

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VW Group said third-quarter operating profit at its core VW brand plunged more than half, adding weight to management calls for cutbacks at the automaker's biggest division.
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