Honda is readying a five-door hatchback version of the US market Accord called the Crosstour for launch next autumn.
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Ford has suspended production at its Russian assembly plant for two weeks due to falling demand, a spokesperson told PRIME-TASS.
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Up to 40 examples of the battery-powered MINI are on their way, applications to run one are being taken now

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The new Transit Connect compact van sold over 2,000 units in its first full month on the US market.
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Mexican parts makers could take three years to retuen to pre-crisis production levels, the National Autoparts Industry, or INA, trade group has said.
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Japanese sales of minivehicles in August fell 5.1% from a year earlier to 110,287 units, the Japan Mini Vehicle Association said.
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AvtoVAZ has resumed production Tuesday after a one-month suspension, although the standard working week at the troubled firm has been shortened into 2010.
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Renault will launch a new four-door sedan called the Fluence in November. The Turkish-built model succeeds the C-segment Megane saloon models, both generations of which were built at the Bursa plant, and is aimed primarily at buyers in Turkey, Russia and Romania. It won't be sold here in the UK where buyers prefer hatchbacks.
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First head-on photo of Lexus' 1-series rival emerges on the web
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First photo of Lexus' 1-series rival surfaces along with confirmation it's a hybrid

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Maruti Suzuki India sales rose 41.6% to 84,808 vehicles last month, the second best month in company history. Exports of 14,847 units set a new monthly record and nearly tripled the 5,795 shipped a year earlier.
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Hong Kong listed BYD's share price has risen on speculation that US billionaire investor Warren Buffett intends to raise his stake in the company.
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Porsche Automobile Holding faces a fresh probe into insider trading charges linked to its failed attempt to take over Volkswagen, a prosecutor's spokesman has said.
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Tata Motors plans to raise at least GBP100m (US$162m) for its UK car-makers Jaguar and Land Rover, according to the Financial Times, citing Tata vice-chairman Ravi Kant.
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Fiat's component unit Magneti Marelli has signed an agreement with FAAM to develop, produce and sell lithium batteries, the automaker said.
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Chinese carmaker Geely is the only firm to have submitted a 'concrete' bid so far for Ford's up-for-sale Volvo Cars unit, according to Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri.
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Ford expects to report a rise in US vehicle sales for August and its top sales analyst suggested the industry might post its first monthly year on year rise since October 2007.
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Japanese domestic production of cars, trucks and buses fell 31.9% in July from a year earlier to 742,284 units for the 10th straight month of decline, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said.
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