Japan's new vehicle sales in January rose 36.8% year on year to 238,362 units for the sixth consecutive month of growth, a dealers group said.
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Canadian vehicle sales rose for the second month in a row in January, up 6.2%, but that was compared to a year earlier when sales were at their lowest point in a decade and the country was gripped by recession.
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Toyota GB has announced the number and models it will recall to check for potentially sticking accelerator pedals.
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Vehicle design students reveal their 'Bentleys of the future'
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Russia's car output fell 59.4% year on year to 597,000 units in 2009, the industry and trade ministry said Wednesday.
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Opel will keep its factory in Eisenach open and put a new model in there from 2013, CEO Nick Reilly said after a meeting with Thuringia's prime minister Christine Lieberknecht who refused to comment on whether state aid was discussed at the talks, according to Financial Times Deutschland.
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Sweden's national debt office is expected to recommend that the government backs a state guarantee to allow the European Investment Bank to lend Saab EUR400m (US$558m).
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has suggested that Toyota's troubles with a defective accelerator pedal may have to do with software, after his Prius speeded up while in cruise control.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating whether electromagnetic signals such as those from radar and cellphones could be interfering with electronic accelerator pedal controls in vehicles including Toyotas, a federal official told USA Today newspaper.
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In the global automotive seating market, suppliers must offer seats that are more comfortable, durable and safer than last year's designs but also lighter and cheaper too. Matthew Beecham reports on how they are achieving it.
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More than 100 Toyota Prius drivers in the US and Japan have reported problems with the brakes on the latest version of the best-selling hybrid. Three drivers claim that the brake problems resulted in crashes that caused injuries.
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Cadillac has no plans to restore its Europe-only, Saab-built BLS model to the range ahead of expected new model announcements at the Geneva motor show next month.
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Renault's Slovenian assembly plant (Revoz) will produce the compact two-seater Wind roadster.
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Mitsubishi Motors posted a nine-month operating loss of JPY19.8bn, 39.7bn yen down from the operating profit in the same period last fiscal year as cost reduction efforts failed to offset falling sales and the strong yen.
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General Motors and Brazilian energy giant Petrobras have signed a cooperation agreement to start tests of biofuels in cars in Chile.
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Great Wall is about to start selling cars in the Philippines through its local importer and distributor, Statemotor.
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Despite a currency exchange hit and falling auto sales that dropped third quarter revenue 11.5% to JPY 2,240.7bn, Honda boosted fiscal third quarter operating income to JPY176.9bn after reducing costs across the board.
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Korea-based automotive components firm Mando has applied to have its shares listed on the Seoul main bourse.
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Polish firm Marotti have announced production has begun of their three-wheeled supercar
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Latest figures from French auto manufacturers show a sharp rise in January registrations, although forecasts for the second half of 2010 look less easy to predict.
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