Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. are adding navigation and information features to their Sync system in an effort to stay ahead of rivals' telematics offerings.
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Nissan Europe, which has just axed 1,200 jobs at its UK plant, said earlier that sales last month fell 25.6% year on year to 36,646 units though market share improved to 2.7% from 2.5%.
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Honda Motor has said its China vehicle sales rose 11.7% in 2008 to 473,297 units.
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Toyota, Honda and Ford rank as the best brands in consumers' minds, an annual Consumer Reports survey found.
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Toyota Motor Sales USA this year will launch new telematics systems with some features similar to those pioneered by General Motors' OnStar.
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Schaeffler is poised to take effective control of Continental this week when it collects the bulk of shares tendered after its EUR11.3bn bid.
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Weve seen photos of a mysterious GT-R lapping Germany's Nürburgring for months with different body work and rims, and we now can confirm that the car is the more performance-focused SpecV version of Nissan's supercar.
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Chery Automobile has posted a decline in annual sales in 2008, reversing the previous growth trend.
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Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) on Thursday said it would cut 1,200 of the 5,000 staff from its plant in northeast England "to protect the long term viability of its manufacturing operations in Sunderland".
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Sales of imported vehicles in Japan, which includes Japanese cars shipped in from foreign plants, dropped 17.3% year on year in 2008 to a 15-year low of 219,231 units, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said.
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Honda Motor's Fit (aka Jazz), launched at the 2007 Tokyo motor show, was the top selling car in Japan (excluding sub-660cc minivehicles) last year, ahead of Toyota's often-dominant Corolla and Vitz (aka Yaris) models.
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Car sales in Western Europe fell by 18.9% in December according to data issued by JD Power. For the 2008 full year, the market was 8.4% down on 2007 at 13.56m units, the company said.
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Spokesmen for both automakers have dismissed as inaccurate or declined to confirm Japanese media reports that Mitsubishi Motors would supply PSA with up to 10,000 plug-in electric cars by 2011.
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New vehicle sales in Indonesia were flat year-on-year in December at around 39,000 units - according to estimates released by distributor PT Toyota Astra Motor. These figures, based on wholesale data, will contrast sharply with depressed volumes expected in most other Asia markets in December.
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Although Argentine car sales plunged almost 20% year-on-year in December, that figure was above local expectations and sales for the full year were up 8% on 2007.
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PSA Peugeot Citroen has denied it plans to adopt a single commercial management structure for its twin Peugeot and Citroen brands, as weekly magazine Challenges claimed in an unsourced report for publication on Thursday.
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Audi annual sales have broken through the 1m mark for the first time.
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The head of Volkswagen's works council, Bernd Osterloh, has said he will campaign against a domination and profit transfer agreement from Porsche.
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Mazda Motor will fit the world's first single-nanocatalyst to its redesigned 3 (sold as the Axela in Japan) on sale later this year. The new catalyst, said to be highly durable, significantly reduces the amount of precious metals used.
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Nissan finally unwraps its fastest ever model... But will it be worth the wait?
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