Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia decreased by 33% in January 2009, according to data released today.
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General Motors on Thursday confirmed it was offering voluntary buyouts or early retirement packages to all 62,000 hourly production workers covered by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
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Volkswagen's top labor leader Bernd Osterloh said he and Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking will work together to get their companies through the worst of the economic downturn.
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General Motors has denied reports it planned to sell shares in its flagship local car making joint venture with China's SAIC Motor to the parent SAIC.
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Automotive production in Turkey fell by 65.8 percent in January on a year ago as the global credit crisis dents domestic sales and exports, the Turkish Automotive Industry Association (OSD) said on Friday.
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General Motors has no plan to sell shares in its carmaking joint venture with China's SAIC Motor Corp to SAIC, Henry Wong, a spokesman for General Motors China, said today.
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GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster and other senior company executives met German Chancellor Angela Merkel today to discuss the future of GM's Opel brand.
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GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster and other senior company executives met German Chancellor Angela Merkel today to discuss the future of GMand#8217;s Opel brand.
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Michelin is supplying a specially designed wheel for NASA's next generation of moon rover vehicles.
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Volkswagen and Toshiba have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on the development of electric drive units and the accompanying power electronics for Volkswagen's planned New Small Family.
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Valeo today posted a bigger than expected full-year net loss and a 9 percent sales drop. The French supplier scrapped its 2008 dividend and said it did not see the car industry crisis ending before 2011.
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Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile has contacted several European auto brands, including Ford Motor's Volvo, and is interested in an acquisition, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said today.
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German officials are meeting today to discuss the future of Opel but no decisions over the struggling General Motors subsidiary are expected immediately, a government spokesman said.
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Volkswagen and Ford grew their share of the European market during a dismal January for all carmakers that hit rivals Toyota, Renault and GM among the hardest. Data published from ACEA showed a 27 percent collapse in new registrations last month.
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Volkswagen and Ford grew their share of the European market during a dismal January for all carmakers that hit rivals Toyota, Renault and GM among the hardest.
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Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co. have interrupted plans to share a Japanese-built small car and a full-sized pickup until they can reduce costs.
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Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co. have "paused" a project to share a North American-built small car and a full-sized pickup until they can bring down their costs.
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NASHVILLE -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday night it is freezing wages, reducing hours and adopting a voluntary exit program across its North American manufacturing operations.
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Bentley will cut 220 jobs from its 3,800 workforce as the luxury brand reacts to falling sales. Workers also take a 10 percent pay cut from April until the end of the year.
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Volkswagen will team up with Toshiba to develop an electric-powered version of its subcompact Up concept car after signing a letter of intent on Thursday.
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