BMW AG is developing an open-source platform for vehicle electronics. By taking the open-source approach, rather than using proprietary software, BMW aims to allow providers of infotainment services to develop plug-and-play applications.
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Toyota’s hybrid price cut.
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Ford is to sell up to 5% of its 33.4% Mazda Motor stake to Hiroshima Bank, according to Japanese media reports on Wednesday.
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The Fabia Sport now has added muscle. Skoda has dropped the ride height by 15mm and fitted shorter springs, so the bodykitted hatch sits lower to the ground.There’s a choice of two petrol engines and two diesels, and the Sport is on sale now.
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BMW, the world's largest premium carmaker, has reached a deal with archrival Daimler to pool their purchase of some car parts, BMW development chief Klaus Draeger told a German magazine.
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Gentex Corporation has reported a fall in its third quarter net sales and income, with the company warning that it was experiencing a "perfect storm" in the global automotive industry, with things likely to get "worse before they get better".
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Performance Car of the Year 2008, McLaren's new F1, Audi A5 Cabrio spied, Electric MINI and MPH '08 prizes!
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Bridgestone has raised its long-term sales and operating income targets, despite the increasingly difficult outlook for the automotive sector.
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GM is planning to open its Russian plant in the town of Shushary (St. Petersburg region) on November 6.
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Swedish ball and roller bearing specialist, SKF, is reducing its dependence on the automotive industry, in sharp contrast to its main competitor Schaeffler, which is increasing its automotive business by acquiring Continental.
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Toyota is expected to sell 8.3m vehicles worldwide in 2008, down from 8.43m last year, an unsourced report in the Japanese business daily Nikkei said.
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More small and mid-sized German automotive suppliers could be hit by the car sector crisis which has already triggered a wave of profit warnings and gloomy outlooks in the sector.
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General Motors is looking for a large investment from outside investors as a possible alternative to a deal with Chrysler LLC, the Financial Times reported on its Website yesterday.
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Autoliv has predicted a fall in its fourth quarter and full year sales as production cuts continue to bite the North American and western European automotive markets.
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Trailers from latest game show shape of Nissan 370Z.
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Supplier Federal-Mogul Corp. saw net income drop nearly 74 percent in the third quarter as it grappled with a global automotive industry slowdown. Federal-Mogul posted net income of $3.6 million on revenue of $1.
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General Motors' German unit Opel has declined to comment on a local newspaper report it may extend production suspensions to all of its European plants for several weeks in November and December.
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General Motors' German unit Opel has declined to comment on a local newspaper report it may extend production suspensions to all of its European plants for several weeks in November and December.
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Daimler has announced that its sales in China in the first three quarters of this year surged 54% year-on-year on higher demand for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
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Statistics released by the China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) show that China produced 8.88m cars in 2007 and over 93% of those cars were fitted with Chinese-made engines.
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