Volkswagen plans to scale back production at its Slovak assembly plant for eight days in April.
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Passenger and light commercial vehicle sales in Turkey fell 38 percent to 41,348 units in January and February, Turkey's Automotive Distributors Association said.
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Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that its North American plants will build 425,000 vehicles in the second quarter.
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A major U.S. automotive consulting firm on Wednesday provided some rare optimism about the state of the industry. First, CSM Worldwide predicts, federal aid soon will likely begin to flow to key suppliers.
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Visteon Corp. was notified Thursday that its common shares will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
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American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. said Wednesday its stock could be delisted by the New York Stock Exchange.
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The Obama administration task force working to restructure General Motors and Chrysler LLC will meet with a top U.S. executive of Toyota Motor Corp., a spokeswoman for the Japanese automaker said Wednesday. Jim Lentz, president of Toyota's U.S.
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The Slovak government will pay drivers up to 1,500 euros to scrap cars over 10 years old and buy new vehicles under a 33 million euro ($41.74 million) plan.
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European carmakers expect production this year to be a quarter less than in 2008 and sales to decline by about 20 percent, the head of Europe's auto industry body ACEA said.
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Geely Automobile Group has no intention of acquiring Volvo, says Geely spokesman Wang Ziliang. Wang was responding to widespread reports that Geely, a small but ambitious private automaker, was in talks to buy Volvo from Ford Motor Co.
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Ford Motor Co. has announced a series of concessions for its debtholders that seeks to swap company stock and cash to reduce as much as $10.4 billion in debt.
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Former Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan is to test Colin Kolles' Audi R10 TDi next week on the Lausitzring circuit in Germany.
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Bruno Senna has effectively confirmed speculation he is close to signing with Mercedes-Benz for the German touring car series DTM in 2009.
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Although stability control is a welcome addition to the complete Corolla range, it adds about $300 to the price of the CE model's Enhanced Convenience Package. That means the less expensive Corolla with the VSA system will cost $18,155.
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Quebec City - The organizers of the Quebec City Auto Show are fond of innovation and enjoy surprising their visitors. Following the recent trend, they've chosen to enable visitors to get up close and personal with some of the electric vehicles currently making headlines, four vehicles that have been developed in Québec or that are produced with the help of considerable local support.
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There are many good reasons why drivers have made the Canadian-built Toyota Corolla one of the country's best-selling passenger cars - not least of which is an impressive list of more than 100 improvements on the current, 10th generation model, which the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada named its 2009 Best New Small Car under $18,000, and one of three finalists for AJAC's Canadian Car of the Year.
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BMW-Sauber driver, German Nick Heidfeld posted today the fastest time on the final day of testing at the Jerez circuit. The teams will be back in testing action next week in Barcelona.
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A less than shining day of testing for McLaren on Wednesday has raised alarm bells for the title hopes of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton.
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Former Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan is to test Colin Kolles' Audi R10 TDi next week on the Lausitzring circuit in Germany.
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Italian design company Fioravanti came to the 2009 Geneva Auto Show with its concept Formula One car, the FL1. Could this be the Formula 1 car of the future?
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