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Oct
21st

Fisker Automotive: The road less traveled for hybrids–in style:

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Fisker Automotive is taking a reverse approach to hybrids. Full story...
Oct
21st

Fisker will announce plant for hybrid soon

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In two weeks Fisker Automotive Inc. expects to announce which plant in North America will assemble its mid-sized plug-in hybrid sedan starting in 2012. Full story...
Oct
20th

Volkswagen will take a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche AG in first step

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Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft will take a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche AG in a first step towards an integrated automotive group with Porsche. This was agreed between Volkswagen and Porsche SE during negotiations on the contracts of implementation relating to the merger of the two companies. Full story...
Oct
19th

CHINA: BAIC ‘Ford secrets’ employee on holiday when arrested

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A Chinese national accused of stealing trade secrets from Ford was employed by Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC), China's fifth-biggest automaker, but was in the United States on personal leave when he was arrested, BAIC reportedly said on Monday. Full story...
Oct
16th

SOUTH AFRICA: Government auto plan ready soon

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South Africa's National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Naamsa) has said new guidelines for the automotive investment scheme (AIS), which falls under government's new Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP), should be concluded by the end of this month. Full story...
Oct
15th

Marcello Gandini – Automotive Designer

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Marcello Gandini - Automotive Designer
Marcello Gandini - Car Designer - Automobile Magazine
One of the best designers alive quietly continues.

Lamborghini Miura SV
A time-warp drive through Lamborghini's hometown in Gandini's breakthrough mid-engine sports car.
by GEORG KACHER | photography by CHARLIE MAGEE


Photo Gallery: Marcello Gandini - Car Designer - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: Marcello Gandini - Car Designer - Automobile Magazine


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Oct
15th

GERMANY: Rheinmetall buying MAN military unit stake

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German automotive and defence group Rheinmetall plans to buy a 51% stake in the military unit of truck maker MAN, Financial Times Deutschland reported. Full story...
Oct
15th

ISRAEL: Tower Semiconductor to make power devices for Hyundai

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Israeli chip maker Tower Semiconductor has said it would be the preferred manufacturer of power automotive devices for C&S Technology in South Korea. Full story...
Oct
14th

IRAN/MALAYSIA: Malaysian parts makers strike deals in Iran

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An official Malaysian marketing mission on automotive related products and services to Tehran recently secured RM10.3m (USD3m) worth of orders from Iranian vehicle manufacturers and parts importers. Full story...
Oct
14th

THAILAND: Auto PCB maker sees profit returning

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Thailand's KCE Electronics expects to return to profit this year, helped by recovering demand in the global automotive industry, a senior company official said. Full story...
Oct
14th

Audi : Intelligent Interaction – Restraint Systems

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Passive safety - a subject area in automotive engineering in which there is nothing left to be invented? Not at all: Audi is using innovative thinking to further advance development in this field. Full story...
Oct
13th

Street Racers’ Reunion – Milan Dragway

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Street Racers' Reunion - Milan Dragway
Street Racers' Reunion - Milan Dragway - Automobile Magazine
Detroit's Big Three rise again to burn rubber at Milan Dragway.

Return with us to those blissful days when Detroit's rule of the automotive roost was unchallenged by foes from east or west. In 1964 - the year suburban Detroit's Woodward Avenue became the country's favorite unofficial drag strip - Toyota was just breaking out of its Toyopet shell, and a fledgling Mercedes-Benz was still prepping for flight from the Studebaker-Packard nest. Hyundai didn't exist, and Nissan was pronounced "DAT-sun." The most energetic Porsche packed 145 hp.


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Photo Gallery: Street Racers' Reunion - Milan Dragway - Automobile Magazine


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Oct
12th

INDIA: Exide net rises 92%

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India's Exide Industries on Monday reported a 92% rise in July-Sept net profit, led by double-digit volume growth in automotive and industrial batteries. Full story...
Oct
12th

GERMANY: Conti lines up new CFO

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Wolfgang Schaefer, commercial executive at Stuttgart-based automotive supplier Behr, is considered to be the top candidate for the CFO position at German car parts maker Continental AG, according to the Financial Times Deutschland. Full story...
Oct
12th

EXCLUSIVE: SA should look to Thailand for way ahead

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The Thai automotive industry is the ideal role model for survival for South Africa, delegates at the AIDC Conference in Port Elizabeth were told. Full story...
Oct
10th

Preh Developed The ‘Center Stack’ For 2010 Chevrolet Equinox

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NOVI, Mich., - Preh, a leading German supplier of automotive driver controls, sensors and electronic control units, developed the "center stack" for the 2010 MY Chevrolet Equinox, now in series production. The system integrates all the control functions of the center console in a compact way, and contains in addition to the controls for radio, navigation and climate, the switches for the safety functions. Full story...
Oct
9th

PHILIPPINES: Vehicle sales rise 2.4% in September

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Vehicle sales in the Philippines rose by 2.4% year-on-year in September to 11,204 units, compared with 10,937 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (Campi). Full story...
Oct
9th

2010 Acura ZDX First Impressions

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As automotive design moves forwards for some, backwards for others, the challenge remains to captivate and retain people's attention and imagination. This is especially true when a manufacturer introduces a new product on an already overly saturated market. If you are launching the next-generation Corolla, new boundaries need not be conquered. On the other hand, in the case of a new crossover sedan hatchback with coupe aspirations, a new playing field must be constructed. Full story...
Oct
8th

POLAND: Car sales up 8% in September

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New car sales in Poland grew 8.14% year-on-year to 24,991 units in September, according to automotive research institute Samar. Full story...
Oct
7th

US: ‘Nexteer Automotive’ is new name for Delphi’s steering unit under GM

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Following the completion of the sale of Delphi's global steering business to GM Global Steering Holdings LLC, GM has announced that the new company will go to market under the Nexteer Automotive brand name. Full story...
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