Pedigree of the Brands - A Different View of the Story... ...Many of us own cars which come from rather famous brands. Plenty of times, even if you hate to admit it, the badge is the main reason to look at a certain car and, in the end, it's the decisive reason in actually choosing the "perfect"model. OK, there ... Continue reading >
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Navistar International Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of trucks, buses and diesel engines, has just announced it signed an agreement with GE Capital, which will become Navistar’s preferred provider of retail financing solutions to support sales of ...
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The UK turbocharger specialist Owen Developments has been chosen as the exclusive official Mitsubishi Heavy Industries performance turbo distributor for the UK market by Mitsubishi Turbochargers.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries produces a wide range of original ...
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Fiat has far greater plans for the U.S. market than just reviving Chrysler. As it previously announced, the brand will re-enter the U.S. market, with the 500 as the first model to be brought stateside.
The company has appointed Laura J. Soave as Head of ...
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In the current economical climate, management changes in the auto industry have become quite usual. In search for better management and out of the box thinking, Nissan has just announced changes and promotions within its global management team.
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Kia Reports February Global SalesINDUSTRYThe Koreans are doing quite well, as Kia has just reported its global sales figures for passenger cars recreational vehicles and commercial vehicles for February 2010. The automaker managed to sell a total of 143,267 units, including export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants. This represents a year-on-year increase of 39.5%. Kia’s sales went up all across the world: 128.6% in China (25,435 units sold), 52.7% in general markets (32,578 units sold), 34.4% in Europe (24,992 units sold), 21.6% in Korea (33,209 units sold) and 11.4% in North America (27,053 units sold). General markets includes the regions of Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia (excluding China), the Pacific, Middle East and Africa. In the first two months of 2010 Kia’s ... >> Read more |
Safety systems manufacturer TRW Automotive Holdings has announced the production of its 15 millionth Electrically Powered Hydraulic Steering (EPHS) unit and its 10 millionth Electrically Powered Steering (EPS) unit worldwide. According to TRW, demand for these ...
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Yesterday it has emerged that Belgian unions are working on a life-saving plan that could keep the Antwerp plant open, despite GM's intentions to shut down the facility. And although some rumors were claiming that labor representatives are aiming to rely on an ...
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The global economic slump strongly affected the truck sales, as well as it did with passenger cars. So is the case with Daimler Trucks, who saw a decrease of 45 percent in worldwide sales during the course of 2009. Moreover, the division's revenues declined by 36 ...
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According to an Australian survey, one in three parents are confused about child restraint laws. The survey, which was conducted by the familycar.com.au website, came in response to the large number of questions about this topic featured online.
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Do you wonder how Toyota's doing after the recent trust issues regarding the brand? Despite the recent image problems Toyota had to face since its massive recalls, the Japanese car manufacturer still managed to pull some impressive sales figures. In February ...
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The Chinese commercial vehicles market expanded by 21.5 percent in February, as compared to the same month of 2009, managing to reach 268,600 units. However, the sales can be translated into a 22.87 decrease, as compared to the January 2010 figures, as Xinhua News ...
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Toyota officials denied today a report by the Wall Street Journal, which stated that the last generation Prius will be recalled to fix an existing accelerator problem.
According to Toyota, “media reports, citing a Wall Street Journal article, have ...
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With Toyotas currently seen as unsafe vehicles lately - with the recalls and all - this following news should be great for the Japanese car manufacturer: the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just announced that the all-new Toyota 4Runner mid-size sport ...
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Earlier this week, we reported that Geely assured everyone that the Volvo acquisition is going according to plan, although an official agreement had not been signed yet. Now, the Chinese company announced that it has secured a $2.1 billion financing for the acquisition ...
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As you might remember, a while ago General Motors, Toyota’s old partner from NUMMI, decided to kick the Japanese while they were down and offer incentives to all Toyota and Lexus owners in the United States. According to GM spokesman Tom Henderson, this ...
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In a weird and impossible way to understand, Toyota Prius sales are continuously increasing in certain markets around the world, in spite of all reports presenting dramatic crashes caused by the vehicle's stuck accelerator pedal. Today's example comes from the ...
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Following Toyota Manufacturing UK’s annual salary review process between company representatives and employee representatives, the company announced a number of changes set to take place this year.
Not only that it has decided to freeze salary levels in 2010, ...
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Despite the downfall of the auto industry, the Audi Group managed to finish the 2009 fiscal year with a positive operating profit and only a slight decrease of vehicle deliveries.
“The operating profit of €1.6 billion shows that we are among the best ...
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Plans for a right-hand drive version of the Camaro have been put on hold due to a change of priorities within GM, Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman, said in an interview with journalists at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show. Basically, the US-based manufacturer intends to focus ...
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While Toyota strives to repair all faulty models and get rid of the stuck accelerator pedal glitch that seriously damaged its image, reports from all around the world with accidents caused by this particular problem keep coming. The most recent example comes from ...
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