Dongfeng Motor Group has reported vehicle sales up nearly 75% in August, reflecting strong industry sales in China last month.
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BMW has seen its sales on mainland China leap 63.2% in August, the company has said in a statement. For the first eight months of the year, sales were up 31.3%.
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Hankook Tire has announced that it plans to produce 10 million tyres annually in Hungary, doubling its output in Europe over the next two years.
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Ex-Malaysia prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants Proton to lead the way forward in realising the country's vision of becoming a developed country by 2020.
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The German government does not expect the European Commission to thwart General Motors' plan to sell a controlling stake in Opel to Magna, a spokesman said on Friday.
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BYD plans to list itself on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange next year with a share issue to raise funds for its new energy vehicle projects, according to a senior company official.
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Yesterday's announcement that a Magna International-led consortium would buy a 55% stake in General Motors' European Opel/Vauxhall operations finally ended speculation about who would win the bidding round but employees were hardly put at rest as the matter of where Magna's expected 10,000-worker jobs axe will fall remains uncertain.
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Hyundai Motor plans to start building a car assembly plant in Brazil in April next year to produce small cars aimed at South American markets, according to a Korean media report.
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Hyundai Motor plans to start building a car assembly plant in Brazil in April next year to produce small cars aimed at South American markets, according to a Korean media report.
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Chrysler has said it has ended its engine manufacturing alliance with Hyundai Motor and and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
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AvtoVAZ plans to lay off 5,000 employees, according to Kommersant business daily citing sources at the Russian carmaker and at the government of the Samara Region where it is based.
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Malaysian national carmaker Proton Holdings is in partnership talks with Volkswagen, according to media reports.
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The joint venture between Korea's Samsung SDI and Germany's Bosch plans to invest KRW500 bn (US$407m) in an electric vehicle battery plant as part of its bid to gain 30% of the global market by 2015.
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Contracts finalising the merger of Volkswagen and Porsche will be delayed as the two companies work out a number of details that need to be settled, a VW spokesman told the Financial Times Deutschland.
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The UK government has ordered lawyers to gather the necessary evidence required to ban former directors of defunct MG Rover Group from holding company office in future.
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F1's governing body has described as "serious" the fact that official evidence related to the Renault crash-gate scandal was leaked to the media.
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A deal has now been reached to see a Bulgarian grand prix held near the southeastern European republic's capital Sofia.
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Scepticism about the new F1 teams for 2010 continues in the drivers' camp.
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It's come to Ford's attention that countless shoppers are complaining about the lack of European models available on this side of the globe. If you're one of thousands offended by this, there's now some cause for excitement. After enjoying popularity in Europe, the sassy Ford Fiesta is officially coming to Canada. It's not joining the party until next summer, but Ford recently procured a few units from Holland to give Canadian auto journalists a sneak preview of the new model.
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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