Skoda Auto has opened a new facility at its Czech technology centre at Mladá Boleslav that it says will enhance its engineering capabilities and create 300 new jobs, primarily for mechanical and electrical engineers and other highly qualified specialists
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TOKYO -- Honda President Takeo Fukui shifted into crisis mode today, slashing sales and profit forecasts, delaying plant openings, cutting executive pay and axing the NSX sports car program to rein in costs.
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TOKYO -- Honda President Takeo Fukui shifted into crisis mode today, slashing sales and profit forecasts, delaying plant openings, cutting executive pay and axing the NSX sports car program to rein in costs.
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General Motors on Wednesday opened a new joint venture manufacturing plant in northeast China which with capacity to build up to 150,000 vehicles a year.
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Proton is being sued by China's Goldstar Heavy Industrial over the collapse of their joint venture plan to build vehicles in China, according to a Malaysian newspaper report.
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Ford has named Joe Greenwell chairman, Ford of Britain, and Nigel Sharp managing director from 1 January.
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Honda Motor Co. has dropped plans to build a new Acura NSX sports car, President Takeo Fukui said today. The cancellation is part of large-scale cuts at Honda to adjust to the global slowdown in the auto industry.
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Honda Motor Co. has dropped plans to build a new Acura NSX sports car, President Takeo Fukui said today. The cancellation is part of large-scale cuts at Honda to adjust to the global slowdown in the auto industry.
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Special Christmas double issue, new BMW Z4, greatest ever Porsche 911 revealed, 2008 road test and news review
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Nissan Motor on Wednesday said it would axe another 78,000 units from Japanese production from January 2009.
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Grainy spy shot shows Dodge’s EV is evolving from Lotus Europa it’s based on.
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British drivers are in line to get the very best of Nissan’s GT-R – thanks to a series of electronic upgrades that will only be offered here.The two-door supercar’s 3.8-litre V6 twin-turbo engine benefits from 5bhp more power than Japanese and American models, taking its output to 478bhp.
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Amazing car has been 30 years in the making, and the unique design, with four front wheels, takes cues from Seventies Tyrrell F1 racer.
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Tuner turns its hand to watches.
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Latest green Honda to offer genuine family car practicality.
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Study found accuracy of police breathalysers isn’t matched by home devices.
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The European Parliament approved regulations to reduce average CO2 emissions from new cars sold in Europe by 18 percent by 2015. The Parliament also agreed Wednesday to a three-year phase-in.
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GM, Ford and Chrysler were given an early Christmas present from President Bush, after Senators initially blocked a bn loan.
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Mega V10-powered R8 and latest S4 hit UK in the spring.
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Market analyst and forecaster IHS Global Insight has warned that the sharp car market downturn in Europe threatens to tip an OEM into bankruptcy in 2009.
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