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Oct
10th

Audi storms to victory

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McNish led Audi charge from two laps down to take win. Read more ...
Oct
10th

Loeb closes on title five

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Catalunya success puts Frenchman 12 points clear and rival Hirvonen faces struggle with three rounds remaining. Read more ...
Oct
10th

RUSSIA: Severstal slashes steel output

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Russia is the one automotive market defying gravity, they said. It's riding high on the wave of a domestic economy feeling the fruits of an energy and raw materials based boom. Real incomes are soaring and automakers have claimed, until recently, that they cannot buid enough cars to meet demand. Read more ...
Oct
10th

US: Chrysler files lawsuit in dispute with Getrag

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Chrysler has filed a lawsuit in Oakland County Court charging that Getrag and its US subsidiary Getrag Transmission Manufacturing LLC misrepresented its ability -- and failed to use good faith efforts -- to secure financing to support the joint development of a manufacturing plant in Tipton, Indiana, to build dual clutch transmissions, which would be purchased principally by Chrysler for use in its vehicles. This, it is alleged, was in breach of their agreements with Chrysler. Read more ...
Oct
10th

INDIA: Chrysler in vehicle JV talks – paper

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Chrysler appears to be progressing towards a vehicle manufacturing joint venture in India though there have not been any official annoucements. Read more ...
Oct
10th

Jaguar boss calls for UK government support

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The boss of Jaguar Land Rover has called for more action from the UK government to boost car sales by restoring consumer confidence. Jaguar Land Rover CEO David Smith met UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss the current financial crisis. Read more ...
Oct
10th

BMW halts some output amid market slump

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BMW will temporarily halt output at some German plants given the sharp drop in demand in key car markets, the automaker said on Friday, joining the ranks of rivals feeling the pinch. Read more ...
Oct
10th

FRANCE: Pelata named Ghosn’s #2 at Renault

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Renault on Friday named Patrick Pélata chief operating officer (COO) responsible for day-today operations, reporting to president and CEO Carlos Ghosn. He takes up his new role on Monday (13 October). Read more ...
Oct
10th

GM says it’s not considering bankruptcy

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A day after its stock price fell to lows not seen since 1950, General Motors says it isn't considering bankruptcy reorganization. Read more ...
Oct
10th

UK: Land Rover extends CO2 offset

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Land Rover has extended its CO2 offset initiative to the company's Middle East market. Read more ...
Oct
10th

US: Toyota opens new R&D campus

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Toyota (TMC) has announced that Toyota Toyota (TMC) has announced that Toyota Technical Centre (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA), has opened a new campus in York Township, Michigan. Read more ...
Oct
10th

THE WEEK THAT WAS: When will we hit bottom?

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Far greater minds than that of your ever-humble just-auto deputy editor's are focused on The Economic Situation as yet another tumultuous week draws to a close. To this non-economist, the roller-coaster ride of the last few weeks shows no sign of ending any time soon as stock markets world-wide continue to free-fall despite massive government injections of taxpayers funds. What future the auto industry in all this? Read more ...
Oct
10th

US: JD Power revises down market forecasts

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JD Power is now forecasting that the total US light vehicle market will drop to 13.6m units in 2008, 16% under last year's 16.1m total. A further drop to 13.2m units is projected for 2009. The forecaster and market analyst also said that Europe's market is set to decline while growth in China and India is slowing. Read more ...
Oct
10th

UK: Skoda to add to low-CO2 range

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Skoda is to add to its GreenLine range in the UK by launching the New Superb GreenLine in the country next week (13 October). Read more ...
Oct
10th

RUSSIA: Volvo sales up 13% YTD

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Volvo, which this week, announced more job cuts in Sweden boosted sales in Russia in the first three quarters by 13% year on year to 16,000 vehicles. Read more ...
Oct
10th

CHINA: Car sales slow for a 2nd month

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China Association of Automobile Manufacturers data released on Friday showed that passenger car sales in the country fell for a second consecutive month in September, as the economy slowed. Read more ...
Oct
10th

VIETNAM: Sales drop 33% in September

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New vehicle sales in Vietnam fell 32.6% year on year last month to 5,180 units as the government stepped up its efforts to cool down a market that is highly dependent on imports and a major contributor to the country's record trade deficit. Read more ...
Oct
10th

PHILIPPINES: Sales rise 4.3% in September

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Philippine new vehicle sales rose 4.3% year on year in September to 10,937 units, up from 10,485 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI). Read more ...
Oct
10th

Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 Racing – A Jaded Fan Returns to F1

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Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 Racing - A Jaded Fan Returns to F1
Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 Racing - Robert Kubica F1 Racing - Automobile Magazine
Formula 1 had become a boring, high-speed mess for our scribe until he joined the car-crazed fans in Montreal. Can the screams of the Sirens, the smell of the crowd, and a populist driver named Kubica lure him back at the Canadian Grand Prix?

In Montreal, the natives call the event "the formula." The red lights go off, adrenaline kicks in, streets downtown are closed off to party, and Ferraris appear as though spawning. Fans from everywhere flock to the cathedral of noise, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, on an island in the Saint Lawrence River, drawn there by the high-decibel song that always makes me think of Odysseus and his men lured by the Sirens in The Odyssey. It's a sound both intoxicating and dangerous, one you simply can't ignore. For Montreal's thirtieth Canadian Grand Prix last June, the song of the Sirens was not exclusive to the track. Downtown was rocking, too.


Photo Gallery: Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 Racing - Robert Kubica F1 Racing - Automobile Magazine


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Oct
10th

Pelata will be Ghosn’s No.2 at Renault

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Renault has appointed Patrick Pelata chief operating officer, giving him responsibility for the French carmaker's day-to-day operations. Read more ...
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