Over the past few years, Ford has overhaul its lineup of engines and transmissions. The goal: deliver the power with better fuel economy. The person leading that effort is Barb Samardzich, Ford's vice president of powertrain engineering.
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General Motors will spend about $494m and create around 550 jobs in three US plants to make 'next generation' fuel efficient Ecotec engines, the automaker announced at simultaneous events in three states on Thursday.
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Strange old mix the Daimler annual results presentation. It starts off boastful, goes on at greater length than most other people being boastful, then morphs into quite a likeable and co-operative question and answer session.
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Daimler has expanded its board of management to six members by appointing Wolfgang Bernhard to a newly created position heading Mercedes-Benz cars production and procurement as well as the Mercedes-Benz vans division he has run since early last year.
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General Motors Co. will call back 470 laid-off workers to build its next-generation Ecotec four-cylinder engine at its plant in Tonawanda, N.Y.
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has named former BMW and Ford executive Ralf Speth CEO with overall responsibility for its operations.
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The 2011 Audi A8 is a technological juggernaut, and through its use of lightweight materials, more efficient engines and a bevy of electronic features, it sets the tone for future offerings from the luxury automaker.
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Halfords is expanding its operations into the car servicing and repair industry with the acquisition of Nationwide Autocentres, in a deal wirth £73.2m. The move creates the largest UK operator with a specialised focus on the car parts, servicing and repair market.
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SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: Except for the extra-wide dual-wheel rear-end, this truck drives more like a lighter-duty Ram than one might expect.
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Spyker will have to raise more cash in order to make its $400-million acquisition of Sweden's Saab sustainably profitable amid gut-wrenching changes in the global automobile industry.
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Spyker will have to raise more cash in order to make its $400-million acquisition of Saab sustainably profitable amid gut-wrenching changes in the global automobile industry.
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U.S. highway safety officials will begin a formal investigation into electric power steering complaints in the Toyota Corolla, a person familiar with the plan said.
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U.S. highway safety officials will begin a formal investigation into electric power steering complaints in the Toyota Corolla, a person familiar with the plan said.
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A second recall of Toyota's top-selling Corolla in the United States, this time potentially to address complaints about the steering, would cost very little on paper but risks further damaging its brand, a Japanese analyst said.
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Three separate US congressional hearings in coming weeks will examine Toyota's handling of a massive safety recall.
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. posted a quarterly profit today that exceeded Wall Street forecasts, supported by better-than-expected results at its key North American unit. Goodyear, the largest U.S.
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Ford Otosan posted a higher-than-expected 149 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit after exports and domestic sales campaigns lifted demand hit hard by the economic slowdown. Ford Otosan, jointly owned by Ford Motor Co.
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Uncertainty over the performance of electric vehicles means reliable future residual value forecasting is currently impossible, industry specialist CAP said.
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