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Fiat-PSA-Chrysler would be a massive corporate entity - but does it have the right kind of global coverage? Mark Bursa thinks there might still be something missing.
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New-car sales in Italy fell almost 33 percent to about 157,000 units in January, compared with the same month last year, sources said. The slide is worse than expected.
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Ford Motor's factory in Blanquefort in western France will be acquired by a German industrial group, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday, adding that 1,600 jobs at the plant would be saved.
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Ford Motor Co. announced Monday that it plans to sell its automatic transmission factory near the southwestern city of Bordeaux to a French company that operates one of the country's historic steel forging operations.
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Spanish car sales fell by 41.6 percent in January versus a year earlier, compared to a 49.9 percent drop in sales in December last year, car manufacturers' association ANFAC said on Monday.
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New-car sales fell steeply in France, Spain and Italy in January as the bleak economic outlook kept buyers out of showrooms. In France, new car sales were down 7.9 percent to 149,385 last month after a 15.
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Iranian automaker IKCO has launched new Peugeot Pars automatic and diesel 206 SD models, becoming the first Iranian carmaker to produce diesel-powered passenger cars.
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Iranian automaker Iran Khodro (IKCO) has launched new Peugeot Pars automatic and diesel 206 SD models, becoming the first Iranian carmaker to produce diesel-powered passenger cars.
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Suppliers to the 2009 Ford Flex include Burgess-Norton, Methode Electronics, Toyoda Gosei, Autoliv, Emhart Teknologies, IAC, Omron, Continental Structural Plastics, Stabilus, Empire Electronics, Valor Manufacturing, Dana, Dura, Midway Products, ABC,...
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U.S. car dealers are slashing their work forces, laying off service writers, secretaries, sales personnel, you name it, in a gritty effort to cope with crashing profits.
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So why did Chrysler Financial Services pull the plug on embattled Minnesota megadealer Denny Hecker last fall, forcing Hecker to close six of his 16 dealerships and sell three others? Now it can be told.
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Talk about pressure. Just a couple of weeks before General Motors has to submit a detailed plan proving viability, GM executives have no idea what to do with their losing brands.
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Automakers and their allies are gearing up for an intensive lobbying campaign to convince Washington that national standards for greenhouse gas emissions are better than state-by-state rules.
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Automakers and dealers are pushing federal legislation that would pay motorists to trade in old gas-guzzling cars and trucks for more fuel-efficient new vehicles.
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Chrysler LLC CEO Bob Nardelli says the $3 billion in second-stage federal loan money the company seeks would be used in North American operations even if a proposed Chrysler-Fiat alliance goes forward.
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As hard times settle in, many vehicle manufacturers are backing off costly demands that they usually place on dealers. Chrysler, for example, is again trimming the required size of stores. BMW is relaxing training requirements.
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Louis Harrelson's six-store dealership group used the slogan "Everybody rides."
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Hyundai aims to pull out of its sales slump with a first-quarter marketing assault that makes use of several glitzy TV extravaganzas.
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Citroen will unveil this week a global re-branding initiative that introduces a new, "near-premium" product line and calls for wide-ranging changes across its 3,300-dealer global network.
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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