New vehicle sales in the ASEAN region's top six markets increased by 13% to a record 2.114m units in 2008, despite a 2.5% contraction in Thailand - the region's largest single market. But the outlook for this year is far less sanguine, writes Tony Pugliese.
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UK-based automotive, engineering and aerospace group GKN on Wednesday said conditions in global automotive markets had continued to deteriorate since its last update in November, leading to losses in its auto business in the last two months. It has so far laid off 2,800 workers world-wide, 254 of them here in the UK.
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Styling and mechanicals to be borrowed from bold RC Concept.
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Entry-level One is the cheapest and most frugal Clubman yet.
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REVEALED! Vauxhall's hybrid Astra, new Merc SLK Gullwing, Eco Elise and latest Mazda 3 driven, UK's top new coupes tested
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China's Shenyang Brilliance Jinbei Automotive will build a new small car plant, say company sources. The plant will build cars for domestic and overseas markets, says the Brilliance spokeswoman.
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The downturn in the global automotive industry hit German supplier Robert Bosch as it recorded a slump in 2008 earnings before tax, missing its margin target.
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Bentley today released this teaser photo of its first biofuel-powered car, set to debut at the Geneva auto show in March.
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Displaying its green-performance credentials, Bentley will unveil a high-performance sports car at the Geneva auto show in March with an engine that can run on E85 ethanol blend fuel.
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A German government telephone hotline has been swamped with enquiries regarding new scrapping incentives.
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Final agreement on the level of the new CO2 tax on cars in use in Germany has been reached.
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Dodge will be allowed to a slightly different nose in 2009 while Ford will debut its new "FR9" engine later in the year.
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The first Fusion hit the streets in 2006, and we quickly appreciated its looks, its character and comfort. But since then, the heavy hitters in the mid-size sedan segment have all been redesigned and have grown in muscle and girth. Compared the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima, the Fusion aged quicker than expected.
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Aiming for superior fuel economy, a number of hybrid vehicles use an "Atkinson-cycle" engine, in reference to James Atkinson's thermodynamic cycle. A thermodynamic cycle is a mathematical tool illustrating how any engine works. The "Otto" cycle, for instance, is the cycle for a four-stroke gasoline engine.
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Petter Solberg will drive a privately owned Citroen Xsara on Rally Norway, and is planning to race other rounds of the 2009 World Rally Championship.
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Alan Labrosse, the well-known owner of the St-Eustache Speedway near Montreal and manager of several drivers, has almost confirmed that the season opener of the NASCAR Canadian Tire series will be held on his circuit on May the 23rd.
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FIA's technical boss and Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting told the press that several new rules for 2009 have been clarified.
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Former NASCAR Canadian Tire series champion Andrew Ranger could be present in Daytona for the Nationwide series' season opener as his former team Fitz Motorsports has been bought in part by Art Shelton and will now be known as Trail Motorsports.
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Sébastien Bourdais' manager Nicolas Todt hopes that by the end of the week the Frenchman's future in Formula 1 will be clear.
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