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Aug
22nd

Citing Brexit, GM’s Opel reduces working hours at two UK-focused assembly plants

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General Motors' European unit Opel/Vauxhall is scaling back working hours at two German plants due to lower demand for the Corsa and Insignia models, citing Britain's recent 'Brexit' vote to leave the European Union.
Aug
22nd

Volkswagen Golf production halted over supplier dispute

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Volkswagen Golf hatchback 2013 front action
News 22 Aug, 2016

Production lines for best selling Golf stopped as suppliers refuse to send parts to VW

Aug
22nd

VW outlines supplier dispute impact on plants

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Volkswagen Group has provided more detail on the impact of halted parts supplies on production at several of its plants. The company is in dispute with some suppliers after it terminated contracts last week.
Aug
22nd

Lotus further ‘lightweights’ Evora 400

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Various lightweighting measures have enabled Lotus to shave 42kg off the weight of its Evora 400 model, the automaker said.
Aug
22nd

How to become a car designer

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Car design - 60-Minute car by Tom Ellis
Features 22 Aug, 2016

Many people aspire to be car designers, but few make it. We visit the Royal College of Arts to find out what it takes to get into car design

Aug
22nd

Ken Okuyama shows off Kode57 Concept hypercar at Monterey

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Ken Okuyama kode57 - front three quarter
News 22 Aug, 2016

Okuyama, the designer behind the Ferrari Enzo and Maserati Quattroporte, turns his hand to something a bit different

Aug
22nd

The draw of design – pictures

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Aug
22nd

IACMI teams on composite research project

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America's Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), in partnership with DuPont Performance Materials, Fibrtec and Purdue University, has unveiled a project with a dual focus on decreasing the cost of manufacture and increasing design flexibility for automotive composites.
Aug
22nd

Ghosn’s life-changing post-Christmas offer

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Carlos Ghosn's powers of persuasion are very hard to resist, Nissan Brazil's current boss learned on Dec. 26. 2011. Francois Dossa remembers the exact day of the meeting because it changed his life.
Aug
22nd

Toyota Tsusho/Ballard sign deal for fuel cell distribution in Japan

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Toyota Tsusho has signed a distribution agreement with Ballard Power Systems, a leading global developer and manufacturer of hydrogen and oxygen fuel cells, to sell Ballard's fuel cell products in the Japanese market.
Aug
22nd

Malaysia sales fall 28% in July, drop 16% YTD

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New vehicle sales in Malaysia fell - by close to 28% to 42,471 units -  in July, compared with 58,646 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
Aug
22nd

FEV opens California office

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FEV North America has established an office in Sunnyvale, to take advantage of what it says is a "thriving automotive electronics industry" on the West Coast.
Aug
22nd

Lamborghini Centenario Roadster revealed in California

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Lambo Centanario Roadter
News 22 Aug, 2016

Lamborghini's 759bhp Centenario Roadster is limited to just 20 cars, all are sold out.

Aug
22nd

Lamborghini Centenario Roadster revealed – Pictures

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Aug
22nd

Where’s that used-vehicle price plunge?

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After used-vehicle prices went up steadily over the last few years, forecasters agreed that those prices would fall in 2016. But that hasn't happened -- yet. Here's why.
Aug
22nd

VW dealers battle staff poaching

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Volkswagen dealers are fighting to keep sales staff intact as U.S. sales continue to fall and the automaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal drags into a 12th month.
Aug
22nd

Louisiana flooding takes toll on dealerships’ employees

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As floodwaters slowly recede in the area around Baton Rouge, La., auto dealerships are trying to do business with a limited number of employees, many of whom are dealing with losses of their own.
Aug
22nd

As sales sputter, are muscle cars the canaries in the industry coal mine?

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After hitting a five-year peak in 2015, combined sales of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger have declined 8.4 percent this year. So is it time to worry about America's fabled muscle-car troika?
Aug
22nd

Margins, costs threaten luxury-store values

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Dealership acquisitions were down in the first half of 2016, though multistore deals were up.
Aug
22nd

Tiny Kia crossover likely to join the fray in 2017

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Spy photos of Kia's upcoming subcompact crossover indicate a longish hood, stubby tail and limited cargo space -- a profile similar to the previous-generation Sportage.
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