Honda Motor expects Chinese sales up 10% to 730,000 vehicles in 2011 and needs volume of 2,000 units a month for hybrid production there to be viable.
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Veteran Daimler executive Willi Reiss will take charge of the company's biggest car assembly plant in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart.
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General Motors Co., looking to accelerate its push into major markets worldwide, tapped U.S. marketing chief Joel Ewanick to become the automaker's global chief marketing officer #8211; a new post.
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General Motors Co., looking to accelerate its push into major markets worldwide and strengthen its brand lineup, tapped U.S. marketing chief Joel Ewanick to fill the new post of global chief marketing officer.
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Steven Armstrong, the former chief operating officer of Volvo Car Corp., has been named COO of Ford Motor Co.'s joint venture transmission supplier.
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BorgWarner Inc., the world's biggest maker of automatic-transmission parts, plans to buy Haldex AB's traction unit for about $205 million in cash to expand into all-wheel-drive technology.
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As the clock ticks down to the final closure of Opel's Astra-producing plant in Antwerp, Belgium, parent General Motors is starting to try and recoup what some have estimated as US$532m in redundancy payments to its 2,500 workers.
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Volkswagen wants to change the taxi - and radically - as part of its broad strategy to overtake Toyota and become the world's leading car manufacturer. And big cities like London are part of that plan, writes Mark Bursa
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GM's Cadillac division is developing a plug-in hybrid using the same range-extender technology as the Chevrolet Volt, according to media reports in Detroit.
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Ariel celebrates 10 years of Atom production with 10 special Mugen limited edition cars.
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Ford India is being held back from increasing capacity at its Chennai plant because of a shortage of parts from suppliers.
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GMC is showing off an off-road, heavy duty pickup concept that hints at bold, muscular styling for the next-generation Sierra.
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GMC is showing off an off-road, heavy duty pickup concept that hints at bold, muscular styling for the next-generation Sierra HD.
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GM is working to develop a plug-in hybrid vehicle based on its Cadillac SRX crossover, two people with direct knowledge of the work said.
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Ford is planning to raise its 30% stake in Jiangling Motors, according to Reuters, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
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New car sales in Japan are expected to fall by almost 10% to 4.4m units in 2011, the lowest level for 34 years, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association predicted.
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McLaren name returns to GT sportscar racing with MP4-12C GT3 built by CRS racing.
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PSA will revive plans to build a factory in India, the world's third-fastest growing major economy, where rising disposable incomes are boosting demand for cars.
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BMW has formally launched trials of its Mini E electric model in France, following similar tests in the US, the UK and Germany.
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GM's South Korean unit will post its first annual profit since 2007 helped by surging exports to eastern Europe and other emerging markets.
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