Renault-Nissan's new factory in Chennai will be open within the next five months, Carlos Ghosn said at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit on Sunday.
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Battery-powered Twizy, Zoe and Kangoo are all confirmed for production, along with the plants they'll be built in

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Havas Media, the global communications giant, has won a six-way bid to operate a global programme on behalf of Hyundai and Kia from the beginning of 2010.
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Faurecia has opened a new plant in South Korea, Faurecia ShinSung, dedicated to instrument panel and centre console production.
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Porsche has named Lutz Meschke as its new Executive Vice-President Financial Affairs. The position has been vacant since the resignation of Holger Härter in the summer during the political turmoil that saw Volkswagen take control of Porsche as well as the exit of Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking.
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Audi has raised its 2009 sales target by 5,000 units to 925,000 vehicles, the carmaker said on Monday after revealing that volumes increased by 0.4 percent in October.
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Audi has raised its 2009 sales target by 5,000 units to 925,000 vehicles, the carmaker said on Monday after revealing that volumes increased by 0.4 percent in October.
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BMW forecast global sales would keep rising, allowing it defend its role as the world's top premium carmaker, after its automobile division's sales volume edged up 2 percent in October to 115,252 units.
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has opened a new showroom at Qatar's exclusive man-made Pearl Island in Doha.
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Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) General Manager of Marketing Services Drew Slaven addressed brand management issues in hard times during a speech at The Summit Series - an educational and networking event for influential young entrepreneurs.
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As reported on just-auto last week, the Korean courts have postponed the final sign off of the recovery plan until December 11. However, the head of Ssangyong's UK distribution operation tells just-auto that the company is still on track to have its new business plan approved.
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Vehicle sales in Vietnam rose by over 107% in October 2009 to 11,762 units, compared with depressed year-earlier volumes of 5,679 units, according to data released by Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
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Tata Motors wants Carl-Peter Forster, who quit as head of General Motors Europe, to take over a senior position at the Indian carmaker's Jaguar Land Rover division, the Financial Times reported.
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The global car market has bottomed and is on track for 60 million units sales next year, aided by the United States, Carlos Ghosn, who heads Japan's Nissan Motor Co. and France's Renault SA, said on Sunday.
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After five months of near silence on the marketing front, Chrysler Group is roaring back with a new attitude. The automaker is ratcheting up advertising this quarter and plans to do so in each of the next two years, CFO Richard Palmer said.
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After five months of near silence on the marketing front, Chrysler Group is roaring back with a new attitude. The automaker is ratcheting up advertising this quarter and plans to do so in each of the next two years, CFO Richard Palmer said.
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Automakers can expect the U.S. government to be attentive to its multibillion-dollar stake in their businesses next year and selective in its efforts to reshape the industry.
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Chrysler Group has disbanded a team of engineers dedicated to rushing a range of electric vehicles to showrooms and dropped ambitious sales targets for battery-powered cars set as it was sliding toward bankruptcy and seeking government aid.
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New-car sales in China rose 79.6 percent to 923,154 cars last month, state media reported on Saturday. That would suggest a month-on-month drop of about 9.8 percent from September, when sales rose 83.6 percent from a year earlier to 1.
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The global car market has bottomed and is on track for 60 million units sales next year, aided by the United States, Carlos Ghosn, who heads Japan's Nissan Motor Co. and France's Renault SA, said on Sunday.
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