First official teaser picture released of new luxury saloon at Shanghai Motor Show

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German chancellor Angela Merkel's government is becoming more willing to give General Motors' Opel a state guarantee if a private investor is found, local media reported on Thursday.
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Fiat has posted a first quarter net loss of EUR411m which compares with a net profit of EUR427m in the same quarter last year. The result was hit by lower volumes in major markets and was significantly worse than analysts' expectations.
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Financial institutions representing 94% of Pininfarina's financial exposure have cleared the second phase of a financial restructuring plan set up last December, a media report said on Thursday.
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General Motors hopes a strong performance by new models will push sales up by 20 percent this year in China.
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Volkswagen is considering an audacious reverse-takeover bid for its majority shareholder, Porsche, in a twist in the drawn-out struggle for control between the two German carmakers.
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Ford has updated the Europeam-specification Turkish-built Transit Connect van and its Tourneo Connect passenger carrying variant ahead of the model line's launch in the US this coming summer after its Chicago auto show debut last February.
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General Motors, battling a 49 percent decline in U.S. sales through March, plans extended shutdowns at most of its U.S. plants this summer.
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General Motors, battling a 49 percent decline in U.S. sales through March, plans extended shutdowns at most of its U.S. plants this summer, news reports said.
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The Shanghai auto show used to be a showcase for foreigners to show off western car models in China.
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Japan's five largest domestic automakers on Thursday announced steep falls in their domestic sales, exports and global production in fiscal 2008/9 ended 31 March.
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There were few signs of the global economic crisis or tumbling car sales in western markets during the opening days of the Shanghai auto show this week.
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The Canadian Auto Workers union said today it was too soon to know if it will reach a last-minute cost savings deal with Chrysler LLC, but that it was pushing hard to get it done.
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A trek to Stuttgart was needed to feel the pain of one of Germany´s finest. Robert Bosch has been taking a bashing in the recession. The word was that the grand old boy of the auto component sector was going to own up to making a loss in the first quarter.
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The proposed partnership between Fiat and Chrysler has been thrown into a tailspin with revelations that the Italian carmaker has made a secret offer to purchase a majority stake in Opel.
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It could be second time lucky for an Opel-Fiat tieup, four years after their alliance break up, which cost General Motors $2 billion. What has changed to make it worth the two former partners getting back together again? In a word: Everything.
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Fiat on Thursday refuted a report in German magazine Der Spiegel that said it would acquire a majority stake in Opel.
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A common rite of passage is the cross-country road trip, the quintessential way for young Americans to get in touch with themselves and their country before the worries and responsibilities of life come calling.
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Hyundai Motor has posted a first quarter net profit down 43% to KRW225bn ($US167m) on sales down 23% to KRW6 trillion.
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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