BMW AG, the world's largest luxury carmaker, said sales rose 9.1 percent in July, spurred by demand from China, the United States and the UK. Deliveries increased to 119,982 cars and SUVs last month, extending the year-to-date gain to 12.
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Engine improvements and more standard kit mark out 2011 model year crossover.
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New-car sales in India rose 38 percent in July, but face capacity constraints, a possible rise in interest rates and supply bottlenecks as the festive season draws near, when demand for vehicles peak.
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The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed tightening the regulations surrounding the assembly of foreign cars in Russia in order to boost domestic production, the Kommersant business daily said on Monday.
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Ford is planning to win back its investment grade credit rating that it lost in 2005, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. Ford, the only U.S.
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Reports of robust post-bankruptcy sales at General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group need an asterisk. Internal documents obtained by Automotive News show that much of the recovery at the two companies comes from sales to daily rental fleets.
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Many Mercury dealers are reluctant to sign their settlement deal with Ford Motor Co. because they want larger payments. Some dealers and their lawyers say the reluctance to sign points to a rocky wind-down of Mercury.
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Chrysler Group dealers, starving for new products, will get a banquet of nameplates in three years -- a startling change for a company that narrowly missed going out of business.
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Hyundai Motor America may expand output at its Alabama assembly plant as it remains on track to exceed total U.S. vehicle sales of 500,000 for the first time, CEO John Krafcik said. That would be a gain of 15 percent from 435,064 sales in 2009.
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General Motors Co.'s remaining U.S. dealers are in the midst of the largest store makeover in the company's history, CEO Ed Whitacre said. Whitacre, speaking last week at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Mich.
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General Motors Co. is planning for the return of $4-plus gasoline by introducing small or compact cars for each of its brands -- even GMC.
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Volkswagen said Frank Tuch, Porsche's former top quality executive, will become its chief quality officer effective September 1.
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Mitsubishi must pay Italian contract manufacturer Pininfarina about 19 million euros as a result of a dispute between the two companies over production of the Japanese automaker's Colt CZC convertible.
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Toyota officials in the United States have testified that they would have questioned company headquarters about its 2004 decision to recall vehicles for steering defects in Japan -- but not the United States -- if they had known then what they know...
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Nissan is taking an increasingly aggressive approach where sportiness is concerned. For the past several months, a heated debate has been raging between the Japanese and German empires: will it be the GT-R or the 911 Turbo that'll beat the fastest time on the famous Nürburgring circuit? This goes way beyond the usual 0-100 km/h. We're talking the highest levels of performance here.
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Mercedes is still committed to formula one, the German marque's competition boss Norbert Haug insists.
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The Red Bull technical director has been involved in a crash during a Ginetta sport car race at Snetterton, in UK, on Sunday.
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Mark Webber helped keep a fellow Australian's racing career alive.
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Former German grand prix driver and now Volkswagen's competition representative Hans-Joachim Stuck has had surgery after a head injury.
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We are now launching our sixth and final contest following the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Fear not, we have already thought about many other items that you could soon win through Auto123 Racing! This week, we're giving away two TW Steel gift kits from Renault's partner and sponsor in Formula One. Good luck to everyone and thank you for entering our previous contests. Stay tuned for future prizes!
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