BMW claims that investment in its 'efficient dynamics' environmental technologies is paying off in the market and that it will post a big CO2 fleet average improvement later this month.
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German officials meeting to discuss help for General Motors European unit Opel on Friday won't make any decisions today, a government spokesman has said.
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Best spy shots yet of BMW's upcoming flexible 5-Series!
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Chery says it sold 35,000 vehicles in January, the highest January sales figure in its twelve years of history.
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Former BMW design chief Chris Bangle plans to open his own design studio. Bangle left BMW on Feb. 2 "to pursue his own design-related endeavors beyond the auto industry."
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New passenger car registrations in Europe declined by 27% in January compared to the same month a year earlier, according to data issued by the European carmakers' association ACEA.
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Spain's government on Friday said it had approved a 4 billion euro package to support the country's car industry and protect jobs.
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BMW's desire to compete in every conceivable luxury-market niche has moved up a gear with the unveiling of the 5-series GT, a car known until now by its working title, the Progressive Activity Sedan.
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BMW's desire to compete in every conceivable luxury-market niche has moved up a gear with the unveiling of the 5-series GT, a car known until now by its working title, the Progressive Activity Sedan (PAS).
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Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co. have postponed plans to share a North American-built small car and a full-sized pickup until they can reduce costs.
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Fisker Automotive, the start-up manufacturer of 'premium green' automobiles, will unveil its Karma and Karma S luxury plug-in hybrid cars for the first time on European soil (world premiere was in Detroit) at the Geneva Motor Show.
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BMW enters a new niche with a stunning hatchback version of the 5-Series!
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The South Korean government has no immediate plans to help the local General Motors unit, media reports said.
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Honda plans a new logistics centre and parts depot in western Poland for markets in Poland, three Baltic states and eastern Germany.
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Valeo and Michelin plan a partnership to develop and produce all-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars. "We will develop a powertrain system and the car will be built around it," Valeo CEO Thierry Morin said Friday.
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Valeo and Michelin announced today the signature of a letter of intent to coordinate the development of electric and rechargeable hybrid vehicle systems such as the drive train, engine and battery cooling management, climate control, lighting, energy management and tyres.
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France's aid plan requiring its car makers to avoid closing factories in the country for five years may be incompatible with European Union rules, the bloc's executive arm said on Friday.
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Turkey's auto production crashed 65.8% year on year in January, with exports falling by a similar level.
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On the same day the automaker announced voluntary buyouts and another series of cuts at its North American facilities,Toyota's labour union in Japan formally asked for an average increase of JPY4,000 (US$44; EUR35) in basic monthly pay for regular employees to reflect rising prices.
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Toyota is to offer 18,000 workers buyouts and is introducing work sharing for the first time as part of a new package of measures at its North American manufacturing plants "designed to further reduce production in the midst of the worst automotive slump in decades".
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