Highlights from the US show floor, plus a Presidential debut.
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Chrysler 200C leads green charge
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Fiat has put some 800 workers at its main Brazilian plant on leave for 10 days to cut output and reduce growing inventory.
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The next-generation Porsche 911 is proving to be an alluring target for spy shooters, who have caught coupe and cabriolet versions undergoing snow testing in the dead of night.
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Ford has said that it has resumed production at its Russian plant after a steep drop in local demand forced it to half production for a month.
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According to Die Welt, a Chinese court has ruled that a local busmaker must to pay MAN AG some EUR2.5m in compensation, after being found guilty of copying the design of its Starliner luxury bus.
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Skoda sold 59,284 cars in China last year, a gain of 117% on the previous year.
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Due to worsening economic conditions, FAW-Volkswagen Automotive has postponed a plan to boost annual production capacity in Chengdu, China, to 350,000 units.
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Former Fiat executive Luca De Meo's planned move to a top marketing job at Volkswagen group could be delayed by a non-compete clause, industry sources said.
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Volkswagen's Audi and Seat brands are cutting production in response to the global downturn in new-car sales.
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Mitsubishi Motors and Mazda have asked for Japanese government help to pay workers at plants idled due to the credit crisis.
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Italy's Fiat SpA, poised to take a 35 percent stake in Chrysler LLC, slashed its profit outlook for 2009 by about a third and revealed a debt pile three times its own forecasts, sending shares in Europe's sixth-biggest automaker nearly 12 percent...
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Fiat will decide on taking another 20% of Chrysler for $25m within a year.
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Fiat's founding family is considering a capital increase of about EUR2bn (US$2.58bn) and a possible merger with PSA Peugeot Citroen, an Italian paper has reported.
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Tata plans to deliver its delayed low-cost Nano car in dealer showrooms by end-February, according to reports in India. The car was originally planned for release in India in October 2008, but that timetable was blow off course by disruption at the lead plant.
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Romania's auto industry manufactured 231,056 passenger cars in 2008, down by 1.3% on the previous year, according to the the Romanian Car Producers and Importers Association, APIA.
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Dongfeng has said it wants to sell 1.4m automobiles in 2009.
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Chrysler's proposed tie-up with Fiat depends on the American firm automaker receiving an extra $3bn emergency loan from the US government, a senior executive has said.
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General Motors has now received a delayed payment of a $5.4bn loan installment under emergency funding provided by the US government.
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Fiat Group reduced its profit outlook for 2009 by about a third and revealed a debt pile higher than its own forecasts, sending the company's shares nearly 12 percent lower.
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