Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and -- sushi? Sauerkraut? Audi and Toyota will become the official vehicle brands of the New York Yankees, replacing General Motors as the team's automotive sponsor.
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According to an analysis by consulting firm Deloitte, the global automotive industry is expected to benefit directly from an injection of around US$50 billion in economic stimulus funds, but it says more help is needed to lift consumer confidence and get the industry working more normally again. It also added its weight to calls for a scrappage incentive in the UK.
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Brilliance China Automotive Holdings is expected to unveil four new models on the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show that opens on April 22, according to a Beijing News report.
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If you combine sales of the Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 together, only the Honda Civic outsold them in Canada during the 2008 calendar year. Yet the automotive press keeps ranking the Cobalt at the bottom of the compact-car crowd. Could it be that auto writers are completely devoid of common sense, or does this Chevy fulfill compact sedan buyers' needs? It might be a little of both.
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Beijing Automotive (BAIH) is accelerating plans for its passenger car division, a company source has said.
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The Chinese central government is encouraging further consolidation in the country's automotive sector in an effort to encourage efficiency and product quality, according to a paper released by the State Council.
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Here are profiles of six of the 25 finalists in the 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards.
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Here are profiles of six of the 25 finalists in the 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards.
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In a dismal year when industry sales slumped 18 percent, only a few dealership groups managed to boost revenues. According to Automotive News' annual survey of the nation's top 125 dealership groups, just 16 increased overall revenue in 2008.
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Current market conditions could cause more than half of the tier one automotive suppliers in the US to file for bankruptcy in 2009, prompting 1m additional job losses and creating an estimated US$9bn income tax revenue shortfall, a new study concluded.
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A new study commissioned by the US-based Aluminum Association, showed that North American use of automotive aluminium is at an all-time high, averaging 8.6% of vehicle curb weight in 2009 calendar year vehicles, up from just 2% in 1970 and 5.1% in 1990.
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The 25th Salão Internacional do Automovel is the largest auto show in Latin America, with 30 global brands displaying more than 400 models clearly indicating the increasing importance of this burgeoning automotive market. Highlights include the Fiat FCC2 concept, the Chevrolet GPiX concept and the Renault Sand'up concept.
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The federal government has approved $5 billion in assistance to automotive parts suppliers. That is well below the $18.5 million that the troubled industry had sought, but it's the first cash that the government has extended to suppliers. The U.S.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -- Turkey will introduce new incentives in April that will grant the country's automotive sector "privileged status," Industry Minister Zafer Caglayan said on Thursday.
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On March 6, Crain Communications announced that Automotive News Europe, a sister publication of Automotive News, is halting publication of its twice-monthly print edition.
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Another extraordinary automotive designer from Quebec has made the news. Karim Habib is leaving BMW to join the ranks of Mercedes-Benz at their Stuttgart Design Center in Germany.
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On March 6, Crain Communications announced that Automotive News Europe, a sister publication of Automotive News, is halting publication of its twice-monthly print edition.
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A former senior Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation executive has joined Ricardo Shanghai as vice-president for business development.
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AKT has signed deals that will see it manufacture injected moulded automotive parts in Saltillo, Mexico.
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Beijing Automotive Industry wants to buy non-core assets from Delphi, according to a Chinese report.
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