Hyundai Motor has taken more measures to cut output and save costs.
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The Toyota subsidiary Central Motor Co began construction of a new head office and car plant in the village of Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture today (22 December).
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The global automotive market would contract 4.3% in 2009 as the economic crisis spreads to emerging markets, the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association has said.
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AvtoVAZ has joined the list of car producers who are extending previously announced production suspensions.
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Lotus Group CEO Mike Kimberley has criticised government policy and red tape that he claims is harming business and making the UK less attractive as a location for manufacturing cars.
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Tata has agreed to inject "tens of millions" of pounds into Jaguar Land Rover to prevent an immediate cash flow crisis while the UK government continues to consider the case for a taxpayer-funded bailout.
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Privately held German bearings maker Schaeffler won permission on Friday from the European Commission to acquire auto parts maker Continental, the EU's executive arm said.
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Toyota Motor forecast a first-ever annual operating loss, blaming a relentless sales slide and a crippling rise in the yen in what it said was an emergency unprecedented in its 70-year history.
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As predicted by Japanese media on Friday, Toyota Motor on Monday slashed profit, revenue and unit sales forecasts for the fiscal year ending 31 March, blaming both the global automobile market slump and a sharp appreciation in the Japanese yen against major currencies.
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Ford of Europe will outperform a falling European car market next year, its head of sales and marketing said. Ingvar Sviggum said Ford increased its market share in November by 0.5 percentage points, to 8.
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Hyundai still has aggressive growth plans despite the global economic crisis. Many automakers are reducing their forecasts in response to the crisis, which has hit consumer confidence and reduced car sales.
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Rycom, an affiliate of Russian importer Rolf Group, opened in mid-December the first car dealership in the central Asian nation of Tajikistan.
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The White House decided to leave the question of a 'car czar' - a federal appointee to oversee aid to the Detroit Three automakers and their restructuring - to the incoming Obama administration, reports at the weekend said. The idea had been proposed in a rejected congressional bailout package.
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Audi will unveil a concept for its new A7 at the Detroit auto show in January. "We will show a concept to test reaction to the car's styling," an Audi official told Automotive News Europe.
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Canada at the weekend said it would follow the neighbouring United States by providing C$4bn (US$3.3bn) in emergency loans to the Canadian units of General Motors and Chrysler to keep them operating while they restructure.
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Canada will follow the United States by providing C$4 billion ($3.3 billion) in emergency loans to the Canadian arms of General Motors and Chrysler LLC to keep them operating while they restructure their businesses.
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In brighter times, Cerberus Capital Management LP hoped to save Chrysler LLC, which it called an American automotive icon.
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The Detroit 3's unionized workers should not have their pay and benefits set by )x("",foreign automakers, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee said today. The comments by Barney Frank, D-Mass.
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Toyota Motor Corp. put its Tupelo, Miss., Prius factory on ice last week, knocking the automaker another step from its goal of producing 60 percent of its U.S. sales in North America by 2010.
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