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Feb
23rd

Daimler says it will sell more than 500,000 trucks this year, 700,000 by 2020

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Daimler expects truck sales to rise at least 5 percent to more than 500,000 this year and to 700,000 by 2020 due to rising demand in the U.S., helping to offset a slump in markets such as Brazil, trucks chief Wolfgang Bernhard said today.
Feb
23rd

UK: Land Rover updates Evoque

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Tata Motors' Land Rover has updated the Range Rover Evoque with styling changes and its new in-house engines.
Feb
23rd

GERMANY: Porsche radio fits new tech in old DIN slot

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Porsche has launched a navigation radio that fits the DIN-1 slot space in older models.
Feb
23rd

SWEDEN: Volvo Cars to introduce self-driving cars in 2017

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Volvo Cars has completed the design and development of self-driving cars.
Feb
23rd

CHINA: Changan Ford aims to be among top three

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Changan Ford aims to be among the top three automakers in China and plans to launch 15 models in the country in 2015 to achieve the target.
Feb
23rd

INDIA: Toyota to launch Vios sedan soon

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Toyota plans to launch the Vios sedan in India soon.
Feb
23rd

US: Daicel to start second airbag inflator plant

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Daicel Corporation says it will establish its second airbag inflator manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona, as a part of a plan to reinforce its automotive airbag inflator business in North and South America.
Feb
23rd

US: JLR to recall vehicles over airbag weight sensor issue

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Jaguar Land Rover North America (Land Rover) is recalling 2013-2015 Land Rover Range Rover vehicles manufactured 23 August 2012 to 5 February 2015, and 2014-2015 Range Rover Sport vehicles manufactured 16 June 2013 to 5 February 2015.
Feb
23rd

BRAZIL: GM marks 90 years with new logistics centre

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General Motors has just celebrated 90 years of operation in Brazil altogether with the achievement of 14.5m vehicles produced.
Feb
23rd

New Brabus S 63 850 Biturbo Coupe is limited to 217mph

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Brabus 850 Biturbo Coupe front
News 23 Feb, 2015

Brabus announces it will bring a tuned version of the Mercedes S 63 Coupe to Geneva, with 1,450Nm of torque and all-wheel drive.

Feb
23rd

AUSTRALIA: Kia holds back electric and hybrid vehicles

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Kia is holding back its electric and hybrid vehicles in Australia expecting the government to introduce policies that might encourage the development of a charging infrastructure, and the introduction and purchase of EVs, Jeff Shafer, Kia Australia's senior product manager, said.
Feb
23rd

Bentley Bentayga spied during tests

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Bentley's first SUV, the Bentayga, was photographed undergoing cold weather testing near the Arctic Circle.
Feb
23rd

JAPAN: Honda chief quits

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Honda Motor's controversial president, chief operating officer and representative director Takanobu Ito has quit and will be replaced by Takahiro Hachigo, currently the company's managing officer, who will become senior managing officer in April and president, chief executive officer and representative director in late June.
Feb
23rd

FRANCE: PSA to build new premium compact vehicle at Poissy

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PSA Peugeot Citroen says it is to build a new premium compact vehicle at its French site of Poissy, extending the DS brand's B-segment line-up alongside the DS3.
Feb
23rd

US: BorgWarner supplies VTG turbochargers for Volkswagen

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BorgWarner says it is to supply its variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbochargers for the newly-developed 1.4L, three-cylinder diesel engines from the Volkswagen Group.
Feb
23rd

Q&A with Eugenio Toccalino, Director of Strategic Marketing, Dow Automotive

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Dow Automotive Systems is a provider of polyurethanes, elastomers, films, fluids, adhesives, emissions solutions and acoustic-management materials to the global transportation industry. Matthew Beecham spoke to Eugenio Toccalino, Director of Strategic Marketing, Dow Automotive about structural foams and adhesives and the ways in which the supplier is helping OEMs make cars lighter.
Feb
23rd

ANALYSIS: Europe’s fragile recovery continues

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Car sales in January were off to a good start and it was the seventeenth successive month of growth. It's good that the market is growing again, but risks to recovery remain and trading conditions will remain tough across the region, says Dave Leggett.
Feb
23rd

Honda CEO Ito to step down after quality lapses

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Honda President Takanobu Ito said he will step down and named Takahiro Hachigo, an randd executive with wide international experience, as his replacement following a string of quality lapses that spurred a round of internal reforms.
Feb
23rd

Social-media ‘influencers’ create product buzz, change policies

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An individual with social-media savvy can launch a discussion online that quickly influences industry actions. By knowing their audiences, influencers can quickly gain the same credibility with them as friends or neutral third parties.
Feb
23rd

Helping hand for minority dealer hopefuls

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Bill Perkins knows how hard it is to get a dealership and to succeed. He lasted one year in his first store. But when he later acquired a dealership in suburban Detroit, other dealers helped him. That made the difference.
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