Toyota Motor is to ask Japan's new government to extend the deadline for subsidies on purchases of new environmentally friendly cars by two years from the original schedule of March 2010, a Toyota executive said.
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Fiat Group Purchasing - Fiat's parts procurement unit - plans to source components worth some US$1bn parts from India in 2010.
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The latest Australian new vehicle sales data shows private buyers have begun returning to showrooms in greater numbers adding to the demand from businesses who continue to take advantage of stimulus measures.
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Mitsubishi Motors Thailand has repositioned its line-up ahead of expected tougher competition in the market later this year.
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Dany Bahar has left Ferrari to join Lotus Group as its new Chief Executive Officer.
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Ford India on Thursday said its factory near Chennai is close to ready for volume production of a new small car after work to double its capacity and become a strategic production hub rather than focused solely on models for India.
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Mercedes-Benz Japan has become the first foreign automaker to launch a petrol-electric hybrid in the country after rolling out the S-Class hybrid sedan.
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Belgium's largest car distributor D'Ieteren has revised up its full-year forecast after a far better than expected performance in the first half.
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US union workers are confident Barack Obama would restrict tyre imports from China, as a 15-day countdown began for the president to make his decision in the closely watched case.
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Opel's top labour leader has threatened that the workforce would not help to reduce US$1.2bn in costs if GM in Detroit retains control of Opel.
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New car registrations in Germany were up 28% in August in the rush to buy ahead of the ending of the hugely successful scrappage scheme.
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Ford chief executive Alan Mulally has received a huge vote of confidence from Ford chairman and founding family member Bill Ford Jr.
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Iveco's Brazilian unit has unveiled a prototype of its new electric Daily, a model destined to be the first zero emission light commercial vehicle produced in Latin America.
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Brazil's top international automakers are likely to report a drop in car sales on Friday due to lower exports but domestic market expectations are still good.
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China's Dong Feng Motor is to invest US$250m in a Turkish plant with an annual capacity of 52,000 units a year according to Turkey's government investment agency.
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Chrysler Group is to increase production of the just-updated Dodge Caliber hatchback by 10,000 units this year in response to increased demand for smaller, fuel-efficient models.
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