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Ford Motor Co. is not planning for a big gain in North American sales for 2010 but will likely boost production if business is better than expected, the company's chairman said today. Full story...

KAR Auction Services Inc., parent company of ADESA Inc., began selling its shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Dec. 11, under the symbol and#8220;KAR. Full story...

Audi has released a teaser shot of a new premium subcompact, the A1, which will be revealed at the Geneva auto show in March. Full story...

Arbitrators who are likely to consider reinstatement cases filed by rejected General Motors Co. Full story...

Toyota, you're such a tease! Full story...

Toyota, you're such a tease! Full story...

Key deals are nearing completion for green car startup ALTe LLC that could lay the foundation for its quest to make $2 billion in annual revenue by 2013 by producing electric vehicle powertrain systems. Full story...

In News Brake: Saab sells some of its technology to raise cash, Lotus draws a pair of aces to drive for it in 2010, and the Honda Element will continue . . . But Wait, There's More! Full story...

Investors are beginning to show renewed interest in the automotive industry after months of near-frozen credit markets, bankruptcies and plummeting stock prices. In the last month, Ford Motor Co. Full story...

India's Ruia Group has acquired a 60% controlling stake in Henniges Automotive Grefrath, a German supplier of automotive sealing systems to Daimler, BMW, Audi and Volkswagen. Full story...

Chinese-Korean joint venture Dongfeng Yueda Kia expects to boost sales 62% this year and plans to launch the Soul crossover later this month. Full story...

Fiat India expects to double sales of Fiat-branded cars in the next fiscal year. Full story...

General Motors (GM) will not move GM Europe's headquarters to Ruesselsheim as previously thought, a German newspaper said. This had been reported by just-auto on 18 November (see link below). Full story...

Walter Borst will be appointed chief supervisor of Opel at the next supervisory board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, according to a German media reports. Full story...

The West Bengal government has promised Indian railways support if it builds a coach factory on the aborted Tata Motors' Nano project land in Singur. Full story...

The U.S. Supreme Court said today that it ordered dismissed as moot a legal challenge by three Indiana pension funds to the government-backed sale of the bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat S.p.A. Full story...

The U.S. Supreme Court said today that it ordered dismissed as moot a legal challenge by three Indiana pension funds to the government-backed sale of the bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat S.p.A. Full story...

New types of contingency planning are required if expensive supply chain failures are to be avoided. just-auto talked with Brad Brennan, managing director of Evolution Time Critical, a leading emergency logistics specialist who has been analyzing this new challenge. Here, Brad recalls how his company has carried out some "hairy jobs" over the past year to keep certain vehicle assembly lines running. When all else fails, he says, it's a combination of rigorous planning, local knowledge and creativity. Full story...

Chery Auto has denied a report in an Italian newspaper that it is in talks with Fiat to buy a factory in Sicily. Full story...

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT JONATHAN WONG: The all-wheel-drive version of the G37 coupe was new for 2009, as was the seven-speed automatic transmission. Full story...