Volkswagen has issued official photographs of the facelifted Tiguan. The pics follow the compact SUV's premature unveiling on VW's own German sales Web site on Friday.
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Lotus Engineering has hired two new managers to help strengthen its market presence in China and Europe as the company enjoys a third successive year of growth, it says.
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Yaris hybrid and seven-seater Prius+ lined up for world premiere next month.
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Yaris hybrid and seven-seater Prius lined up for world premiere next month.

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The lawyer of one of three former Renault executives fired on suspicion of industrial espionage has called on France's justice minister to reveal the exact nature of the carmaker's allegations.
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New car registrations in the UK fell by 11.5% to 128,811 units in January in line with the SMMT's forecast and, in part it said, reflected the loss of the scrappage incentive scheme (SIS).
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Exports from Ford's UK-based engine and parts manufacturing operations have grown by over a third in the last 12 months to keep up with increasing demand in Russia, Australia and the Far East.
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VW’s Tiguan small SUV gets a fresh look inside and out, debuts at Geneva Motor Show.

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BMW expects to achieve double-digit growth in China to help fuel record sales this year.
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There would have been some popping of champagne corks at Honda HQ in Tokyo today after earlier reports were confirmed that the Fit - which most outside Japan and North America know as the Jazz - had toppled the Toyota Prius from 19 months at the top of the Japanese sales charts.
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The Honda Fit [aka Jazz] subcompact has toppled the Toyota Prius to top of the sales rankings in Japan for the first time in more than three years.
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Mercedes and its dealers are completing a $1.6 billion makeover of U.S. stores to lure younger buyers as the automaker expands its lineup. The automaker has said it will launch coupe and SUV versions of its new compact car family in the U.S.
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World’s most popular Roadster sets production record after 21 years, 10 months.

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Toyota will launch a seven-seater hybrid called the Prius + at Geneva next month as well as a Yaris hybrid, a direct competitor for Honda's recently launched Jazz hybrid.
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What to do if your brand has just taken the mother of all batterings in the global media, as juicy details of industrial espionage and secret services continue to fly?
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Nissan is aiming to win a 5 percent share of Europe's car market by 2014. The automaker achieved a 3.1 percent share in 2010 and hopes to improve this to between 3.5 and 4.
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Suzuki's local importer is considering whether to launch its first D-segment model in to the UK and is currently evaluating the Kizashi - launched in India this week - against rivals ahead of possible sales towards the end of the year.
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The Australian new vehicle market started the year with a solid January result albeit down slightly on last year due to a significant decrease in sales in the flood-ravaged state of Queensland.
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New Zealand new vehicle sales "started on a positive note with both new passenger cars and commercial vehicles ahead on January 2010", said Perry Kerr, chief executive officer of the Motor Industry Association.
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Porsche sold 2,400 vehicles in the U.S. in January, a rise of 34 percent on month-on-month 2010 deliveries. The Cayenne SUV was the best-selling model for the luxury carmaker with sales of 1,047 units, a 77 percent rise from last January.
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