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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Hayes Lemmerz International has reached an agreement with its lenders and unsecured creditors on the terms of a plan of reorganisation. The wheelmaker said bankruptcy court had approved the company's disclosure statement incorporating the terms of the agreement.
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General Motors expects the governments of Spain, UK and Poland to provide about EUR1bn (US$1.4bn) in aid to help restructure Opel-Vauxhall operations, a person familiar with the matter has told Dow Jones.
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A Seoul-based private equity group has said that it is considering buying a stake in troubled carmaker Ssangyong.
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Talk of 1,000 jobs being created at BMW's UK Mini plant in Oxfordshire is premature as no final decisions have been made, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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Changan Ford Sales Company has reported record August sales in China for Ford brand vehicles on the back of China's stimulus package which has ignited the Chinese car market this year.
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August was another tough month for car sales in Canada. Some may argue that it's a seasonal thing however YOY numbers, GM's Saab division notwithstanding, show considerable drops (in the 20 to 30% range) even for brands that have historically maintained strong numbers through the summer months.
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Ducati has confirmed today that Nicky Hayden has signed a one-year extension to his contract to continue alongside Casey Stoner in 2010.
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White Plains, New York - The raison d'être of the new Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon is intimately linked to the existence of the first Cadillac SRX. Its job is in fact to lift any ambiguity created by the latter.
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Following extensive discussions over the past 24 hours, the Force India Formula One Team has agreed to release Giancarlo Fisichella from his contract to join the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team.
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As the pinnacle of world motorsport, Formula 1 lives and breathes high technology. It also has its own language of technical terms, which can be unclear to a casual observer.
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Ducati has confirmed today that Nicky Hayden has signed a one-year extension to his contract to continue alongside Casey Stoner in 2010.
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