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Mar
31st

JAC now plans crossover assembly in Brazil

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Following a re-think after the market overall slump, Chinese automaker JAC's representative in Brazil, Grupo SHC, has decided to go it alone and set up a 20,000-unit CKD kit assembly line.
Mar
31st

Skoda will take equity stake in China JV as it seeks to double sales

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VW Group's Skoda brand will take an undisclosed stake in one of VW's joint ventures in China as it expands its SUV lineup in its biggest single market in a bid to double vehicle sales.
Mar
31st

Key Safety Systems launches hood lifting device

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Key Safety Systems (KSS), says it has launched its first hood lifting device as part of the Active Body Panels portfolio. 
Mar
31st

COMMENT: Disruption ahead, but no big bang and it will take time  

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If new car customers opt to rent cars on-demand rather than own them, the car industry potentially faces a major problem. Sharing the asset - the vehicle that sits around doing nothing most of the time - means that fewer vehicles are needed and the smaller vehicle parc translates to a smaller annual market.
Mar
31st

PKC signs China wiring JV with JAC

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PKC Group has inked a joint venture contract with Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co (JAC) subsidiary, Hefei Jianghuai Automobile (Hefei JAC).
Mar
31st

Sumitomo ploughs US$55m in South Africa plant

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Sumitomo is investing around US$55m in its South African plant for truck and bus tyres
Mar
31st

French PM joins critics of PSA chief Tavares’ pay increase

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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls criticized a near doubling in pay for PSA/Peugeot-Citroen CEO Carlos Tavares, saying it sent the wrong signals to the company's staff and the French people.
Mar
31st

Roborace race car concept ditches the driver

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News 31 Mar, 2016

All electric racer may preview the standardised car design used in the Roborace autonomous car race series

Mar
31st

Tesla Model 3 will have long driving range, crossover version

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Tesla's Model 3, the brand's more affordable electric sedan that will be unveiled later today, is expected to have a range per charge of about 225 miles (362 km) and spawn a crossover variant.
Mar
31st

Telsa to lift veil of secrecy off Model 3

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Tesla's Model 3, the brand's more affordable electric sedan that will be unveiled later today, is expected to have a range per charge of about 225 miles (362 km) and spawn a crossover variant.
Mar
31st

Tesla to lift veil of secrecy off Model 3

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Tesla's Model 3, the brand's more affordable electric sedan that will be unveiled later today, is expected to have a range per charge of about 225 miles (362 km) and spawn a crossover variant.
Mar
31st

Fiat Chrysler shuns PSA but is talking with non-core auto players

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Fiat Chrysler has no plans to link with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen because it would limit FCA's future opportunities, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. Instead FCA is talking with many players outside the car sector about possible collaboration.
Mar
31st

Fiat Chrysler shuns PSA but is talking with noncore auto players

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Fiat Chrysler has no plans to link with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen because it would limit FCA's future opportunities, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. Instead FCA is talking with many players outside the car sector about possible collaboration.
Mar
31st

Birmingham tops list of UK crash for cash hot spots

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Rear end shunt - car crash
News 31 Mar, 2016

Last year saw over 3,000 fraudulent crash for cash claims being made, with insurers detecting one every three hours

Mar
31st

Project HHR – Kaptur & future Renault SUVs

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Renault says only that the recently announced Kaptur SUV will be for Russia. But there is a lot more to this new model, the fruition of an R&D project codenamed HHR, than meets the eye.
Mar
30th

VW dealer class action hinges on make meeting, lawyer says

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A prominent dealer attorney is prepared to file a class-action lawsuit against VW on behalf of U.S. dealers who have sustained damage from the company's emissions violations.
Mar
30th

VW dealer suit hinges on make meeting, lawyer says

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A prominent dealer attorney is prepared to file a lawsuit against VW on behalf of U.S. dealers who have sustained damage from the company's emissions violations.
Mar
30th

GM wins second trial over ignition switch after jurors award no damages

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GM won its second straight trial against drivers who blamed car wrecks on faulty ignition switches, boosting the company's outlook for resolving hundreds of similar cases on more favorable terms.
Mar
30th

Google launches pair of mobile tools to connect car shoppers, dealers

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Google has rolled out two mobile-search ad formats to help drive consumers to dealerships as more car-shopping activity occurs on mobile devices.
Mar
30th

Social media firm launches tool to link dealers’ systems with Facebook

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Social media agency SocialDealer wants to help dealerships answer one of the auto marketing industry's biggest questions: Is my Facebook campaign selling cars?
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