Less than a week after building the first production Civic sedan at its new Honda Manufacturing of Indiana plant in Greensburg, Honda's US unit said it would begin production of V6 Accord sedans at its Alabama plant while increasing production of four-cylinder Accords at its original car production facility in Marysville, Ohio.
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Tata Motors' UK subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, has bought a 50.3% holding in electric vehicle technology firm Miljø Grenland/Innovasjon of Norway for NOK12m (GBP1.12m; US$1.93m) and plans to launch an electric Indica hatchback in Europe next year.
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Dura Automotive Systems Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy earlier in 2008, said late yesterday it was restructuring into four business units after winning some $1 billion in new contracts since late June.
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Tata Motors' UK subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, has bought a 50.3% holding in electric vehicle technology firm Miljø Grenland/Innovasjon of Norway for NOK12m (GBP1.12m; US$1.93m) and plans to launch an electric Indica hatchback in Europe next year.
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Mazda Motor Europe has updated its Thai-built BT-50 light truck line (shared with Ford which sells the line as the Ranger in most markets outside North America).
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Syndication of the 16.1 billion euros ($21.
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Though soaring fuel prices, tighter bank funding and worsening economic prospects have hit UK car sales, some niche areas will be less affected by recent events, an analyst said on Tuesday.
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The US market is approaching a turning point, but a possible GM/Chrysler merger creates far more problems than it solves, a US-based analyst said in a research note.
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Europe's heavy truck market (over 16 tonnes GVW) is forecast to decline by 20.7% to 255,800 units in 2009 according to forecasts produced by research firm Automotive World.
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Those who read this magazine and who know about one of my singular passions, know that driver training is top on my list of To Do items.
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Already on sale in Europe in the Outback and Legacy (This Week, Feb.
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You won't find a country more reluctant to using diesel as a viable fuel than Japan.
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Mark Fields is a wuss. That's my conclusion after a day of briefing at Ford on new drivetrains, etc., then driving lots of Ford products.
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How much is Carroll Shelby's very first race car worth? We're about to find out.
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A merger between U.S. carmakers General Motors and Chrysler would be "an absolute catastrophe", the top labor representative at GM Europe was quoted on Monday as saying. "GM would only raise its own problems to a higher power.
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Fiat's car sales in Europe rose in September compared with the same month last year, its CEO said on Monday, adding that he was sticking to his targets for the year despite the crisis.
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GMAC Financial Services said yesterday that it will only lend money to prime borrowers with credit scores of more than 700. The restriction would rule out one out of four new car loans, according to one recent report.
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India's Tata Motors is not in talks to buy Ford's stake in Japan's Mazda Motor Co., a company spokesman said yesterday. "There have been reports in the media that Tata Motors is among potential buyers for shares in Mazda Motors.
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GMAC Financial Services said yesterday that it will only lend money to prime borrowers with credit scores of more than 700. The restriction would rule out one out of four car loans, according to one recent report.
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With the future of Rubens Barichello very much in doubt with Formula One's Honda Racing, rumours abound regarding the options for the Brazilian driver and portal Grande Premio states that he will test an IndyCar in November.
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