Toyota Australia's new FollowMe aftermarket unit is an in-dash navigation and audio combination developed by Netherlands-based TomTom. It is similar to a double-DIN unit developed for Toyota Motor Europe and launched here last year.
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The creditor board of insolvent German auto supplier Edscha has approved the sale of its body parts unit to Spanish car parts maker Gestamp.
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Ford of Europe has said that strong Fiesta sales have helped it to a share of 10.1% in September in its 19 European main markets - the best share for any month for Ford of Europe since September 2001.
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India's Exide Industries on Monday reported a 92% rise in July-Sept net profit, led by double-digit volume growth in automotive and industrial batteries.
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Geely Automobile Holdings posted record sales of 32,053 cars in September, over double the same month last year and up 40% from August, the automaker said on Monday.
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kswagen on Monday said sales in mainland China and Hong Kong rose 37% year on year in the first nine months to 1.06m vehicles and that it expected full year growth of over 30%.
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Electric MINI E gets official UK debut, as parent firm BMW reveals its plans for a new electric revolution.
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The General Motors/Sichuan Tengzhong deal to sell Hummer is "frankly more than a little puzzling", IHS Global Insight auto analyst Aaron Bragman said in a note to clients on Monday.
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Delphi's emergence from bankruptcy gives birth to a brand new supplier and shows how painful the supplier spin-off can be.
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The Russian government has prolonged the current import duties on foreign cars for nine months, under the relevant ruling published in the Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper and also effective from today (12 October).
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AvtoVAZ expects termination payments to laid off employees to total over RUB4bn, the troubled automaker said on Monday.
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AvtoVAZ on Monday increased pressure on politicians to put up more money to help it through the current downturn and refinance its debt mountain, saying it remained on the edge of bankruptcy.
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General Motors wants significant progress this week on the sale of Opel/Vauxhall to Magna International or it might reconsider its options, according to numerous UK media reports over the weekend.
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The world's largest Audi Centre - West London Audi - is officially being opened with what Audi describes as a 'huge party for the capital's top glitterati'.
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A report by the UK government's Committee on Climate Change is advocating road pricing and strict 70mph (110km/h)speed limits on motorways as well lessons in eco-driving lessons to help the country meet legally-binding carbon emissions targets.
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General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery finally announced late on Friday that they had "entered into a definitive agreement that would allow Tengzhong to acquire" GM's Hummer brand.
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South African assembly of Hummer's H3 SUV will not resume and all global production will be "consolidated" in the US, a General Motors spokesman confirmed on Monday.
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Developed entirely in Brazil, the Chevrolet Agile is the first member of a new General Motors family codenamed Viva that cost US$400m to develop and will spawn at least two more derivatives.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up