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Aug
13th

Excess is what Monterey Weekend is all about:

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Jaguar hosted the annual kickoff party for the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Thursday night, and the cars parked outside the Beach and Tennis Club typified what the weekend is all about--automotive excess. But in a good way. Full story...
Aug
13th

Excess is what the Monterey Weekend is all about:

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Jaguar hosted the annual kick-off party for the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Thursday night and the cars parked outside the Beach and Tennis Club typified what the weekend is all about--automotive excess. But in a good way. Full story...
Aug
13th

AUSTRIA: Magna and Mitsubishi in battery plant talks

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Magna International reportedly is in talks to build a joint battery plant for electric cars with Mitsubishi Motors. Full story...
Aug
13th

US: Dealer closings show signs of easing

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The consolidation of new-car dealerships in the US continued in the first half of the year, although there are signs the worst may now be over, a US newspaper reported. Full story...
Aug
13th

GERMANY: Ford Europe business plan “is working” – Odell

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Ford's top European executive on Friday said the automaker's business plan for the market "is working", citing first half profit and strong sales. Full story...
Aug
13th

VW posts slowest monthly sales growth for 2010

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Volkswagen AG warned that business is becoming "difficult" after reporting its weakest monthly growth rate so far this year. The world's third-largest carmaker said on Friday it had delivered 572,200 vehicles in July, up 2. Full story...
Aug
13th

INDIA: Mahindra’s Ssangyong deal could be signed in weeks

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Mahindra & Mahindra's proposed takeover of Ssangyong Motor could be inked within weeks following news the Indian automaker was the preferred bidder. Full story...
Aug
13th

CHINA: Dongfeng plans CNY3bn green vehicle spend

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Dongfeng Automobile plans to invest CNY3bn (US$442.9m) to develop and build up capacity for green vehicles over the next five years, a Chinese media report said on Friday. Full story...
Aug
13th

SOUTH KOREA: GM Daewoo urges suppliers to expand globally

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GM Daewoo Auto & Technology has called in its South Korean suppliers for key quality talks aimed at achieving zero defects in new products such as the Alpheon luxury sedan. Full story...
Aug
13th

RUSSIA: Putin pushes new sat nav system

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Russia's own satellite navigation system - a new competitor to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) - is likely to get a competitive edge in its domestic market under a plan by prime minister Vladimir Putin to tax rival systems. Full story...
Aug
13th

GOLDING’S TAKE: Want to buy some General Motors shares?

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Governments owning shares in GM will be offering them for sale any minute now. The American people want it off the books as fast as possible and who can blame them? There is a window of opportunity because car demand and equity demand are both reasonably strong. They could weaken any day. Full story...
Aug
13th

West Coast Summer Concours spotlights BMWs:

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Fans of German sheetmetal congregated at the West Coast Summer Concours, Legends of the Autobahn, on a breezy Friday afternoon in Carmel Valley, Calif., as part of vintage car week. Full story...
Aug
13th

A greener Rolls-Royce?:

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Are Rolls-Royce customers ready for a hybrid? How about diesel? Full story...
Aug
13th

Peugeot 508

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We get exclusive access to elegant new Mondeo challenger
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Aug
13th

Magna eyes battery deal with Mitsubishi, report says

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Canadian-Austrian car parts supplier Magna International Inc. is in advanced talks to build a joint battery plant for electric cars with Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp., an Austrian newspaper reported on Friday. Full story...
Aug
13th

Geely drops plan to buy control of London cab maker

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Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. won't proceed with a plan to buy control of London black cab maker Manganese Bronze Holdings Plc., the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange Friday. Full story...
Aug
13th

Volvo creates a ‘team’ to handle advertising

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Two weeks after its ownership changed hands from U.S. car giant Ford to Chinese powerhouse Geely, Volvo is restructuring its ad agency relationships to mimic what other global auto manufacturers have: a dedicated unit to serve its marketing needs. Full story...
Aug
13th

GM’s outsider CEO opens door to new outsider

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Dan Akerson arrives at General Motors Co. as CEO with the same mandate given his predecessor just eight months ago: Bring new leadership to an automaker still struggling with the legacy of its government bailout. Full story...
Aug
13th

Former task force chief Rattner says GM IPO earlier than people would like

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GM's planned IPO may be 'a tad earlier than people would like,' said the former head of President Barack Obama's automotive task force. Full story...
Aug
13th

New GM chief pledges to stay the course

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In tapping longtime telecom executive Daniel Akerson as its next CEO, succeeding Ed Whitacre, GM directors are intent on keeping the automaker on the same, new course a year after it exited U.S. bankruptcy. Full story...
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