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General Motors has appointed its chief lobbyist to the newly created post of global

September 2012 Auto Sales

It's better in September.

On the heels of a healthy summer for new-car sales, things actually improved in September, as the annualized sales rate bumped up against the 15-million-unit mark. Industry observers are crediting an improving overall economy, low interest rates, freer bank lending, and rising demand driven by an aging U.S. fleet.

Photo Gallery: September 2012 Auto Sales - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: September 2012 Auto Sales - Automobile Magazine

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Here at Autoweek we're required to spend a lot of time watching car videos on the Internet. It's a lot of hard work.

The fragility of the automotive supply chain has been highlighted by natural disasters, particularly in Asia over the past 18 months. This month's management briefing, written by Interchange Europe exclusively for just-auto, considers how fragile the supply chains of international manufacturing firms have become and the strategic responses now being formulated in response to the Thai floods. This first part looks at the evolution of the flood event itself and its devastating effects.

PSA Peugeot Citroen is declining to comment whether or not CEO, Philippe Varin, discussed the automaker's decision to cut up to 8,000 jobs during a plant visit by a senior French Minister yesterday (8 October).

News 22 Oct, 2012

Just five track-only SLS GT3 45th Anniversary editions will be sold

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Ford, the only large U.S. automaker that didn't receive a U.S.

My interest in cars remains stuck in the early 1970s--when I was spending most of my time trying to retrieve the copies of AutoWeek that had been confiscated by my second grade teacher, Mrs. Wilks.

Michael Ableson, General Motors' former head of compact car development, began his career with the company in 1984. He has worked in a number of senior engineering positions in the US and Germany since then. His most recent appointment sees him heading up Engineering for GM Europe. He recently spoke to Glenn Brooks about the new role.

GM named a former ATandT executive who served as the automaker's voice in Washington after its U.S.-steered rescue to become global chief of Cadillac.

News 9 Oct, 2012

Latest spy pictures of the next-generation BMW 3 Series-rivalling Infiniti G37

Pictures 9 Oct, 2012

Mercedes-Benz has initiated a voluntary recall for its 2013

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Toyota and Nissan reported their biggest drops in China sales since at least least 2008 after consumers shunned Japanese cars amid a territorial dispute between Asia's two largest economies.

Saab Automobile Parts says its recent acquisition of former subsidiaries in Spain and Italy will be swiftly followed by others, most likely in France and Germany by year-end.

2013 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring - Back to Ann Arbor

An efficient but noisy engine.

After spending the summer on the East Coast, our CX-5 has made its way back to Michigan. However, absence may not have made our hearts grow fonder for the sky-blue Mazda.

Photo Gallery: 2013 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring - Four Seasons Update - September 2012 - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: 2013 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring - Four Seasons Update - September 2012 - Automobile Magazine

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Attorneys for Eagle Auto Mall, Terry Morris Chrysler-Jeep and Chrysler Group are scheduled to meet Thursday, Oct.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Just when all the auto pundits thought the big-honkin' all-wheel-drive full-size (at least for Mini)