After a three-year wait and much enthusiasm from the automotive community, Aston Martin finally decided to lift the veil over its luxury sedan, the Rapide. As we're between shows, it will probably be officially unveiled before the press at the Geneva Auto Show in a few weeks.
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The nation's automotive supply base will last only a few weeks unless the federal government provides "a significant amount of money," says Ann Wilson, the suppliers' top Washington lobbyist. Suppliers are talking with the U.S.
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Automotive supplier Fluid Routing Solutions Inc. today filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
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The nation's automotive supply base will last only a few weeks unless the federal government provides "a significant amount of money," says Ann Wilson, the suppliers' top Washington lobbyist. Suppliers are talking with the U.S.
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The nation's automotive supply base will last only a few weeks unless the federal government provides "a significant amount of money," says Ann Wilson, the suppliers' top Washington lobbyist. Suppliers are talking with the U.S.
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Automotive supplier Fluid Routing Solutions Inc. today filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
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North America car and truck production plunged in January by 61.5 percent or 719,675 units from the same month last year -- the lowest production on the continent in 18 years, according to the Automotive News Data Center.
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Kia will show a concept for its new small minivan at the Geneva auto show in March. The Korean automaker said the car will have a "unique glass roof treatment to create a cool and spacious automotive powerhouse."
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World sales by Volkswagen's premium Audi division slumped 28 per cent in annual terms to 56,000 cars in January in a fresh sign of the serious troubles of the world automotive industry, the division disclosed Friday.
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Car sales in Western Europe plunged by 25.4% in January according to data issued by JD Power Automotive Forecasting.
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Moves by Ford to cut around 850 jobs across its UK facilities, and to freeze a recently negotiated 5.25% pay rise deal, have today (5 February) been denounced as a "betrayal" of a loyal workforce by the UK automotive industry workers' union Unite, which has warned the automaker that cutting workers' pay to meet redundancy payments could lead to industrial action.
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Moves by Ford to cut around 850 jobs across its UK facilities, and to freeze a recently negotiated 5.25% pay rise deal, have today (5 February) been denounced as a "betrayal" of a loyal workforce by the UK automotive industry workers' union Unite, which has warned the automaker that cutting workers' pay to meet redundancy payments could lead to industrial action.
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Ford of Europe's UK unit plans to axe up to 850 jobs on a "voluntary separation" basis "in response to the serious economic situation affecting the automotive industry", it said today, adding that it also wanted renegotiate a 5.25% pay rise agreed last November, a move which has angered unions which are threatening strike action.
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Ford of Europe's UK unit plans to axe up to 850 jobs on a "voluntary separation" basis "in response to the serious economic situation affecting the automotive industry", it said today, adding that it also wanted renegotiate a 5.25% pay rise agreed last November, a move which has angered unions which are threatening strike action.
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The Turkish Automotive Industry Association (OSD) has said it expects 2009 exports and production to fall 25% and domestic automotive sales to shrink 20%.
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Gary Akin, vice president of sales at struggling American Suzuki Motor Corp., has left the company, spokesman Jeff Holland said on Wednesday.. His duties will be assumed by Koichi Suzuki, 45, vice president in charge of automotive operations.
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Gary Akin, vice president of sales at struggling American Suzuki Motor Corp., has left the company, said spokesman Jeff Holland. His duties will be assumed by Koichi Suzuki, 45, vice president in charge of automotive operations.
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General Motors pulled its tooling from 50 parts makers during the year-end holiday shutdown in a series of unusual moves that highlight the turmoil in the automotive parts supply chain.
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Guangdong province will subsidise Guangzhou Automotive Industry with up to RMB1bn (US$146m) to make its own brand of vehicles as part of the central government's stimulus package for the car industry announced last month, Chinese media reported.
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