Data from JATO Dynamics shows that the Russian car market has almost halved this year.
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Monday is a public holiday here in the UK, the last three-day weekend of summer, and that means just-auto won't be updated or daily newsletters emailed until Tuesday.
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Lighter Lambo on the way with radical look and stop-start
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Petrol-electric X6 and 7-series also preparing to hit the stage
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After spending US$3bn of other people's money - that of the taxpayers of America - on the CARS, or 'cash for clunkers' incentives designed to wheedle people out of ancient, gas-guzzling antiques, it was little wonder the Department of Transportation was bullish over the circa-700,000 sales made through the scheme in barely three weeks.
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Chrysler Group has sued Daimler alleging a breach of an agreement to provide diesel engines and other parts to the Detroit carmaker after it emerged from bankruptcy.
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Volkswagen's Portuguese factory has cancelled planned temporary layoffs of several days over the next two months, saying it was cautiously optimistic about a recovery in European car sales.
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This month's US new vehicle sales are expected to be around 1.17m units, almost 6% down from August 2008 but up about 18% from July 2009, according to Edmunds.com.
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General Motors has said it is still in talks with potential buyers for its German Opel unit.
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First official pictures and details of flagship A5 Sportback.

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In some 70 years of car making, Toyota has never shut a major manufacturing plant - until now. But the automaker last night confirmed what had been expected for a couple of months - it would pull the plug on New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc (NUMMI), its joint venture with General Motors in Fremont, California, site of its first foray into vehicle manufacturing in the US.
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EXCLUSIVE! First pictures as the all new Focus finally hits the road!

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After numerous postponements, Toyota's Brazilian subsidiary has started construction of its second plant here.
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Imported from Uruguay and thus exempt from 35% import duty under the Mercosur trade accord, the Chinese Chery Tiggo is a new and very competitively priced entry in the Brazilian compact SUV market.
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Ultimate E-Class wagon spotted on test, ahead of Frankfurt Motor Show debut.
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The compact, car-derived pickup market is strongly contested here in Brazil by the four key automakers. It has all started back in 1978 with a model based on the Fiat 127/147. VW responded in 1982 with the Gol-based Saveiro, which soon took the lead. More recently came the Chevrolet Montana (Corsa/Gama II platform) and Ford Courier (based on the old Fiesta).
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Germany's EUR5bn (US$7.1bn) fund to help consumers scrap old cars and buy new ones could run dry by 10 September, according to estimates from the Centre for Automotive Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
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Jon Fogarty edged Scott Pruett by 0.012 seconds to win his season-leading fourth pole of the 2009 season Friday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and will lead the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype field to the green flag for Saturday's Montreal 200 at the 2.709-mile track.
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The Grand-Am Rolex and Formula 1600 cars were in action Friday on the Gilles Villeneuve circuit at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal.
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