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Sep
2nd

INDIA; Chairman says recession strengthened Maruti

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Maruti Suzuki India Limited, India's largest passenger car manufacturer said on Wednesday that it expects to emerge as an even stronger company by the time the economic slowdown ends. Full story...
Sep
2nd

RUSSIA: New AvtoVAZ chief eyes losses

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The newly appointed president of Russia's largest carmaker AvtoVAZ, Igor Komarov, has said that the company's main task was to avoid operating losses. Full story...
Sep
2nd

SOUTH AFRICA: Vehicle market seen ‘bottoming’

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Data released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) shows that the rate of decline in South Africa's vehicle market is continuing to slow. Full story...
Sep
2nd

SPAIN: Subsidies halt slide in new car registrations

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August saw a halt in the decline of new car registrations in Spain, according to industry data out today. It was the first month since April 2008 that new car registrations have not fallen year-on-year. Full story...
Sep
2nd

INDIA: Volvo sees strong luxury car growth

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Volvo Car's Indian unit, which only entered the market last year, expects industry sales of luxury cars to rise to about 10,000 this year from about 7,000 last year and to keep growing in double-digits for some years. Full story...
Sep
2nd

CHINA: GM China sales up 50% for the year

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General Motors sales in China in the first eight months of 2009 rose 49.6% year on year to 1,111,401 units. Full story...
Sep
2nd

OPEL UPDATE: Union boss’s ‘bad joke’ jibe at revised offer

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Senior Opel union boss Klaus Franz has dismissed a revised offer by RHJ International for the company as "a bad joke" and "an advertising ruse". Full story...
Sep
2nd

US: Mercedes-Benz takes over Sprinter vans

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Another link between Daimler and former partner Chrysler has been broken with the announcement that Mercedes-Benz will take over sales, marketing, distribution and service of Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner Sprinter commercial vehicles in the US. Full story...
Sep
2nd

INDIA: Tata ‘willing to return factory land to state govt’

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Tata Motors is willing to return the original site for its Nano car factory if the West Bengal state government compensates it sufficiently. Full story...
Sep
2nd

FRANCE: Scrappage scheme to reach into 2011

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The French government is to continue its consumer incentive scheme to trade in old cars for new into 2011, an official said yesterday. Full story...
Sep
2nd

US: August light vehicle sales rise almost 5%

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Did the 690,000 new vehicles put on US roads by the 'cash for clunkers' government incentive scheme boost sales in August? You bet. The industry booked its first rise in almost two years - 4.9% to 1,258,944 units, according to WardsAuto.com, which adjusts for selling days. Full story...
Sep
2nd

FRANKFURT PREVIEW: Toyota to show Prius plug-in, Auris hybrid

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Toyota's plug-in Prius hybrid will make its global debut as a 'concept' at the Frankfurt show later this month. Full story...
Sep
2nd

US: Jury still out on ‘Cash for Clunkers’ – SAA

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The August market may have provided a bright spot in a dismal year for US vehicle sales, but whether this is the start of a positive trend or merely a temporary spike followed by a downturn, remains to be seen, according to the Society of Automotive Analysts (SAA). Full story...
Sep
2nd

Toyota Auris hybrid concept revealed

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Full-hybrid Auris concept will be joined by plug-in Prius and a pair of IQ show cars in Frankfurt


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Sep
2nd

Afternoon of Abarth at Monticello Motoring Club – Abarth Playdate

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Afternoon of Abarth at Monticello Motoring Club - Abarth Playdate
Afternoon of Abarth - Monticello Motoring Club - Automobile Magazine
We get acquainted with Italy's pluckiest sports car maker at the exclusive Monticello Motoring Club.

1956 Fiat ABARTH 750GT ZAGATO
In a career filled with highlights, Abarth's greatest hits were the various lightweight permutations he'd offer based on Fiat's 600 (and later 500) economy cars. Smaller than the 1100 and rear-engined to boot, the factory-bodied Abarth 750s were wildly successful in their day and remain a staple at vintage races all over the world. When new, these and the top-of-the-line 750GT Zagato coupe variant seen here so impressed American enthusiasts that one of FDR's sons, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., jumped onboard as Abarth's U.S. importer (through his Roosevelt Automobile Company of Washington, D.C.) in the mid-1950s. (In an interesting sidelight, FDR Junior moved to peddling tuned Fiats right after his national political career went up in smoke for crossing New York's Tammany Hall.)


Photo Gallery: Afternoon of Abarth - Monticello Motoring Club - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: Afternoon of Abarth - Monticello Motoring Club - Automobile Magazine


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Sep
2nd

SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai wins US$2bn chassis contract with Chrysler

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Hyundai Mobis, South Korea's largest automotive parts maker affiliated with Hyundai-Kia, has announced a US$2bn contract to supply Chrysler with front and rear chassis modules for its Dodge Durango and Jeep Cherokee models from 2010. Full story...
Sep
2nd

GERMANY: VW pay talks break down

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Volkswagen AG has failed to reach agreement with unions representing its 90,000-strong German workforce who are seeking a 4.2% wage increase. Full story...
Sep
2nd

C-MAX interior spied

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We get first glimpse inside the cabin of Ford's Zafira-rival


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Sep
2nd

Porsche resurrects the 911 ‘ducktail’

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Carerra S-based special gets more power, classic styling and will be limited to 250 examples
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Sep
2nd

Porsche resurrect the 911 ‘ducktail’

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Carerra S-based special gets more power, classic styling and will be limited to 250 examples


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