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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In a cost-cutting move, Nissan is shutting its design studio at its research-and-development complex in suburban Detroit and moving the work to its main U.S. design studio in San Diego.
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In a cost-cutting move, Nissan is shutting its design studio at its research-and-development complex in suburban Detroit and moving the work to its main U.S. design studio in San Diego.
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Nissan Motor Co. plans to cut 110 white-collar jobs and will close a Detroit-area design studio. The Japanese automaker also said it would close four regional sales offices in the United States and consolidate its U.S.
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Parts suppliers this week intend to request $10 billion in federal aid to try to avert a rash of bankruptcies and possible liquidations, a supplier association chief said today.
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Ricardo Inc., one of the auto industry's oldest engineering firms, has opened a $2 million battery technology center that will help automakers develop hybrid and electric powertrains for future vehicles.
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Chevrolet has set the sticker price for the Corvette Competition Sport packages it announced last week.
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Elena Ford will head a new global marketing office to unify Ford Motor Co. sales efforts worldwide. Ford, 42, the great-great-granddaughter of company founder Henry Ford, will become director of global sales, marketing and service operations on Feb.
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The Treasury Department today imposed restrictions on lobbying by automotive companies that get or seek emergency federal loans.
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Mitsubishi Motors North America will extend the planned seven-week shutdown at its Illinois plant by five weeks, the company said today. Mitsubishi will close its Normal plant for 12 weeks, from Feb.
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Russia's second largest car and truck maker GAZ is considering jointly producing new car models at its Volga Siber assembly line together with Magna International, GAZ president Nikolai Pugin has said.
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Chrysler is working to agree concessions with the United Auto Workers union, key suppliers and creditors, has agreed to axe its controversial 'jobs bank' and has hosted Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne at its US headquarters.
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Chrysler is working to agree concessions with the United Auto Workers union, key suppliers and creditors, has agreed to axe its controversial 'jobs bank' and has hosted Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne at its US headquarters.
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China's central government will subsidise purchases of clean-energy vehicles for public fleets in 13 cities to help the automobile industry develop green technology, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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The decision by AvtoVAZ to raise car prices in Russia has attracted criticism from high places and may well have incurred the displeasure of prime minister Vladimir Putin.
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New US president Barack Obama's Monday move to tighten vehicle emissions standards has drawn a mix of applause and criticism.
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Fiat S.p.A. CEO Sergio Marchionne and a team of Fiat senior executives visited Chrysler LLC headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Saturday morning, according to a letter to Chrysler employees from CEO Bob Nardelli.
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The drop-top version of the Nissan 370Z likely will bow at the New York auto show.
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