South Korea will spend 107 trillion won (US$84.5bn) or 2% of its annual GDP, on environment-related industries over the next five years, the presidential office said in a statement on Monday.
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The market for body panels is driven by a number of considerations-styling, low cost and reduced weight. The myriad of plastic and metal body components securing the various panels in place is also being scrutinised by manufacturers in an effort to reduce the car's weight. Matthew Beecham reports on some trends in the use of certain materials to meet all of these requirements.
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January-June passenger car and light commercial vehicle sales rose 3.92% year on year to 273,357 units, the Turkish Automotive Distributors' Association said on Monday.
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Audi sold a record tally of cars in China in the first half of the year.
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China's BAIC has written to German officials regarding Opel, but an economy ministry spokesman refused on Monday to reveal the contents.
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Badges, we don't need to see no badges to separate Nissan's Nismo 370Z from its cult-car predecessor or a stock 370Z.
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Amazing first pictures of Alfa Romeo's new Milano are leaked onto the internet
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Autoexpress.co.uk has compiled a list of all the cars our team of spies has managed to capture over the last few weeks.
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UK new car registrations fell 15.7% in June to 176,264 units, the smallest monthly year on year decline since July 2008, although year-to-date demand fell 25.9% to 924,955 units.
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Porsche SE has denied a report in Handelsblatt newspaper that it had received interest from five potential buyers for the options it holds on Volkswagen AG shares.
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Scrappage scheme sales of 17,014 units accounted for 9.7% of June's UK new car registrations and 29,796 vehicles have been registered under the scheme since it began on 18 May, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said on Monday.
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According to data released by JD Power Automotive Forecasting, car sales in Western Europe grew by 4.1% over last year in June, the first positive year-on-year result for over a year.
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Sanyo Electric plans to quadruple sales of battery cells to automakers to $1bn by 2015 as sales of hybrid vehicles increase.
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The UK's Serious Fraud Office is being called in to decide whether a criminal investigation should be launched into the 2005 collapse of carmaker MG Rover.
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Toyota plans to spend US$500m to upgrade its Princeton, Indiana, assembly plant in what would be the company's largest such investment this year.
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Chrysler on Sunday named its full new nine-member board following final appointments. Its first meeting is scheduled for 29 July.
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Let the dismembering begin! Bankrupt General Motors last night passed another milestone on the road to restructuring when when judge Robert Gerber in a New York bankruptcy court approved the sale of substantially all of (old) General Motors Corporation's assets to NGMCO, Inc, an entity funded by the US Department of the Treasury.
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New Jag XJ - the full story, SEAT Bocanegra driven, supermini diesels group test, MINI supertest supplement
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Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed as a "big misunderstanding" the international furore created by his recent interview with London's Times newspaper.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up
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