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Jul
7th

FRANCE: PSA sets H1 sales record

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PSA Peugeot Citroen on Wednesday said sales of new vehicles and CKD units up 16.9% to 1,856,000 units set a new half year record. Full story...
Jul
7th

GERMANY: VW group sales up 15% in first half

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Volkswagen sold over 3.5m cars in the first six months of 2010, or about 15% more than a year earlier, CEO Martin Winterkorn said at the presentation of a new Porsche. Full story...
Jul
7th

MEXICO: VW opens new Mexico Jetta section

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Volkswagen has opened a new section in its Puebla plant in Mexico as part of plans for further investment in the country to 2013. Full story...
Jul
7th

FRANCE: PSA eyes India again

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PSA Peugeot Citroen may revive a plan to set up a manufacturing facility in India to tap surging car demand in the country. Full story...
Jul
7th

VIETNAM: June sales up 4%

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Automakers sold 10,052 vehicles in Vietnam in June, a rise of 4% year on year, led by Toyota, an industry association said on Wednesday. Full story...
Jul
7th

UK: ASA requires Michelin not to run TV ad in current form

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Michelin has been obliged by the UK's Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) not to screen a television campaign in its current form. Full story...
Jul
7th

Volkswagen boosts production in Mexico

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Volkswagen is expanding production in Mexico as it continues to execute an ambitious plan to surpass Toyota Motor Corp. as the world's largest carmaker. Full story...
Jul
7th

Volkswagen boosts production in India, Mexico

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Volkswagen is expanding production in Mexico and India. VW's luxury brand Audi is building up to 1,500 units of the Q5 sports utility vehicles annually in its Aurangabad plant in India. Full story...
Jul
7th

FRANCE: New PSA China JV to be finalised Friday

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PSA Peugeot Citroen and Changan Automotive Group will finalise on Friday a joint venture deal to produce vehicles in China, a PSA director said. Full story...
Jul
7th

Q&A with Dr Robert Hentschel, Director of Lotus Engineering

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Dr Robert Hentschel directs Lotus Engineering's worldwide operations, a position he took up in January of this year. He previously held management positions at engineering firm EDAG Group including a spell as COO of its North American operations. Dave Leggett got his perspective on Lotus' engineering business. Full story...
Jul
7th

CHINA: Kia JV hits 1m

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Kia's China JV has celebrated building its millionth vehicle. Full story...
Jul
7th

AutoWeek Exclusive: A conversation with the boss of Barrett-Jackson:

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The phone rings. Longtime Barrett-Jackson chief executive Craig Jackson is on the other end of the line. He's at his SoCal estate a week after a wildly successful sale nearby in Orange County. Full story...
Jul
7th

BELGIUM: EC approves Volvo acquisition by Geely

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Volvo Cars' acquisition by Geely and Daqing has been approved by the European Commission (EC). Full story...
Jul
7th

2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, an AW Flash Drive:

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WITH VIDEO -- What is it? Full story...
Jul
7th

BRAZIL: GM sets its sights on 1m sales a year by 2014

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General Motors said it expects its sales in Brazil to grow by 68% to 1m vehicles a year by 2014 as consumers grow richer and the currency gains in strength. Full story...
Jul
7th

Porsche’s new CEO faces first test with smaller Boxster

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Matthias Mueller, the new CEO of Porsche, faces his first test with the introduction of a new line of smaller Boxster sports cars. Full story...
Jul
7th

Lookers predicts better-than-expected H1 results

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British car dealer group Lookers Plc. said it expected to post first-half results that beat its expectations and the year-ago period. Full story...
Jul
7th

China, new models boost PSA first-half sales

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New models such as the Citroen C3 Picasso and Peugeot RCZ coupe plus strong growth in China pushed up PSA's first-half sales 16.9 percent. Excluding sales of CKD kits -- nearly completed cars shipped for assembly in other markets -- sales rose 16. Full story...
Jul
7th

Toyota to extend development cycle to combat quality woes

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Faced with mounting recalls and quality concerns, Japanese automaker is stretching time it takes to develop new models by an average of four weeks. Full story...
Jul
7th

Strong lineup cushions Opel against German decline

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Despite a 41 percent unit-sales decline in Germany, Opel/Vauxhall's overall European volume has remained in positive territory due to strong demand for the new Astra and Insignia plus the launch of the new Meriva small minivan. Full story...
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