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Oct
13th

FCA interior-design chief Busse heads back to Europe

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Klaus Busse -- the German-born designer who transformed the interiors of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles -- is leaving the U.S. to shape Fiat Chrysler's European brands. It's the latest in a series of management changes at FCA US this month.
Oct
13th

Ontario will allow road tests of autonomous cars

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Ontario will become the first Canadian province to allow automated vehicles to be tested on its roads, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation said in a statement today.
Oct
13th

Shortfall rises by $16 billion at UAW retiree health care fund

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The estimate of the unfunded future expenses of a trust that pays the health care costs of more than 700,000 UAW retirees from the Detroit 3 automakers widened by $16 billion last year as it changed accounting assumptions and adjusted for new...
Oct
13th

Fiat Chrysler could double use of temp workers under new UAW contract, report says

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles can double its use of lower-paid temporary staffers under a new labor agreement being voted on by the UAW, two people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
Oct
13th

GERMANY: New partnership plans 400 hydrogen stations by 2023

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Six industrial companies - Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total - have formed a cross-sector joint venture, H2 Mobility Deutschland. The creation of the limited partnership paves the way for a staged expansion of hydrogen (H2) filling stations across Germany, which will bring the total to around 400 by 2023.
Oct
13th

BRAZIL: Anfavea predicts worse sales decline in 2015

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For the fourth time this year, Brazilian automakers association Anfavea has reviewed home market sales, production and export forecasts. In December last year it predicted zero growth for sales this year, then 13% and 21% declines.
Oct
13th

SWEDEN: XC90 success sees Volvo stop S60 Torslanda build

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A spokesman for Volvo Cars has confirmed to just-auto that production of the S60 has just ended at Torslanda. The D segment sedan has for some years been made at both Ghent and the suburban Gothenburg facility but all production outside China is now in Belgium.
Oct
13th

VW retools diesel strategy, plans electric push

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Volkswagen plans a shift in focus to more plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles as the company adopts diesel technology it previously eschewed for smaller models.
Oct
13th

GERMANY: BMW Group sets September and YTD sales records

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The BMW Group achieved its best ever September result last month as deliveries of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles rose 7.8% year on year to 215,413 for the month. Year to date sales rose 7.5% to a record 1,644,810.
Oct
13th

BRAZIL: Audi starts production in Curitiba

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Audi has started production in Curitiba in the Brazilian federal state of Parana. This latest of 13 assembly factories worldwide is the first in South America.
Oct
13th

JAPAN: Jatco, Nissan jointly develop CVT7 transmission

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Jatco has announced that it has jointly developed with Nissan Motor the Jatco CVT7 W/R, a new CVT (continuously variable transmission) for front-wheel-drive compact vehicles designed to enhance fuel efficiency.
Oct
13th

NORWAY: Kongsberg wins US$86.6m seat heat and seat ventilation contract

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Kongsberg Automotive has been awarded a 10 year agreement with a European premium automaker for the global supply of front seat heating and ventilation for mid-size luxury vehicles. The contract is worth an estimated EUR76.2m (US$86.6m) over its lifetime, and production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2018 in Pruszkow, Poland.
Oct
13th

China auto sales expand at slowest pace in 3 years

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Light-vehicle sales in China expanded at the slowest pace since 2012 so far this year, underlining the slump in demand that prompted the government to cut a tax on car purchases to revive demand in the world's biggest auto market.
Oct
13th

CHINA: Faurecia inks JV with Beijing WKW Automotive Parts

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Faurecia and Beijing WKW Automotive Parts have signed a 50/50 joint-venture agreement to create an entity named Beijing WKW-FAD Automotive Interior Parts (BWKWFAD). Beijing WKW Automotive Parts is a major supplier of vehicle interior aluminium decoration in China.
Oct
13th

Porsche North America names Klaus Zellmer CEO

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Volkswagen's sports car unit Porsche today named Klaus Zellmer president and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, effective Nov. 1.
Oct
13th

INDIA: GM ships first batch of LHD Chevrolet Beat to Mexico

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General Motors India has shipped the first 3,000 left hand drive Chevrolet Beats to Mexico. The vehicles have left Mumbai and are expected to arrive in Mexico within eight weeks with sales commencing in December 2015.
Oct
13th

Hot new Audi TT RS spotted for the first time

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Audi TT RS front side
News 13 Oct, 2015

Audi's hottest TT spied on the road, expected to get tweaked version of RS3's engine with over 350bhp

Oct
13th

New Audi TT RS Coupe and Roadster facelift released

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Audi TT RS Coupe - front
News 6 Feb, 2019

Updated version of the Audi TT RS is on sale now, featuring a 395bhp five-cylinder engine and handful of styling tweaks

Oct
13th

GERMANY: Martin Winterkorn to step down from remaining positions within Volkswagen – reports

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Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn, who quit last month, will step down from his remaining posts related to the company, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and TV stations NDR and WDR reported, without citing sources. The resignations are expected in the coming days, as soon as a few remaining formalities have been dealt with, they said, according to Reuters.
Oct
13th

Aston Martin seeks ‘beauty and soul’ in all-electric sports cars

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Aston Martin, the 102 year-old maker of high-performance cars featured in the next James Bond film, is envisioning a future when its engines are fueled by electricity instead of gasoline.
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