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AutoNation says Chrysler products key – Reuters India

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AutoNation says Chrysler products key
Reuters India
Overall, AutoNation is looking at possibly acquiring dealerships under the Chevrolet, Ford, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, BMW and Lexus brands, he said.

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SAIC Sets Its Sights on Green Cars – New York Times

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SAIC Sets Its Sights on Green Cars
New York Times
BYD, a Chinese automaker 10 percent owned by a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, rolled out its plug-in hybrid car, F3DM, in China late last year.
SAIC group invests $879 mln in green vehicles-XinhuaReuters
China's top carmaker earmarks $879m for green car developmentBusiness Green
Roewe 550 hybrid in the works, batteries maybe foreignChina Car Times
Xinhua -just-auto.com (subscription) -ChinaCSR.com
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Ford and Chevrolet Claim Top Five Spots on AutoTrader.com's Monthly New Car … – Reuters

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Ford and Chevrolet Claim Top Five Spots on AutoTrader.com's Monthly New Car
Reuters
AutoTrader.com aggregates in a single location millions of new cars, used cars and certified pre-owned cars from thousands of auto dealers and private

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ng Connect Program Reveals the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Connected Car – Reuters

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Inquirer
ng Connect Program Reveals the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Connected Car
Reuters
About Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service arm of Toyota,
What Do You Want in a Web-Connected Car?PC Magazine
Toyota partnering for LTE Connected Car Concept VehicleAkihabaraNews (blog)
LTE Connected Car: Dude, Where's My Display?GigaOm (blog)
iTWire -Reuters
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Fisker buys mothballed GM factory to build $40000 plug-in hybrid cars, expands … – Examiner.com

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Examiner.com
Fisker buys mothballed GM factory to build $40000 plug-in hybrid cars, expands
Examiner.com
Right now, Fisker is calling the project to build an affordable plug-in hybrid car Project NINA. But it is unlikely the model itself will be called Nina.
Fisker, UAW aim to reach labor dealReuters
Fisker signs with European dealer groupThe News Journal
Daily SproutEarth2Tech (blog)
EV World -Reuters Blogs (blog) -Examiner.com
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Panasonic to Begin Offer for Shares of Hybrid-Car Battery Maker – New York Times

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Straits Times
Panasonic to Begin Offer for Shares of Hybrid-Car Battery Maker
New York Times
30, a dominant player in the fast-growing market for hybrid-car batteries. Customers for Sanyo's hybrid-car batteries include Honda Motor, Ford Motor and
UPDATE 1-Panasonic to launch tender offer for Sanyo on Nov 5Reuters
Panasonic Sets Terms for Sanyo TakeoverWall Street Journal
Panasonic To Launch Sanyo Offer This WeekFinancier Worldwide
BusinessWeek -BBC News -Reuters
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Mercato auto USA: ad ottobre è ripresa per GM – Omniauto

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Mercato auto USA: ad ottobre è ripresa per GM
Omniauto
Toyota ha venduto 152.165 autovetture registrando un -3,5% su base annua con il proprio marchio sceso del 5,8% e con Lexus che ha invece riportato un

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Industry celebrates tiny change from dismal 2008 – Detroit Free Press

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Industry celebrates tiny change from dismal 2008
Detroit Free Press
Total Toyota truck sales were down 2.3% but its Tundra pickup saw a 17.3% increase. Ford truck sales were up 0.1%. While F-Series pickup sales were down

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Решено: концерн General Motors оставил компанию Opel себе

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Совет директоров концерна GM на сегодняшнем заседании определился с продажей марки Opel. Немецкий автопроизводитель всё-таки останется в составе корпорации General Motors. Руководство GM рассчитывает на улучшение общей экономической ситуации и готовится представить правительствам Германии и Англии (в отношении подразделения Vauxhall) программу оздоровления джиэмовских «дочек» в Европе.

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Рычаги любви. First-DRIVE: Дотянут ли новые тяги хэтчбек Opel Astra до Гольфа?

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У меня была Astra. Когда я купил трёхдверку GTC предыдущего поколения (с заводским индексом H) пошлого красного цвета, она была в такую диковинку, что на заправках и в пробках меня спрашивали, что это за марка. Слишком яркой для Опеля была та Astra. Причём опелевцы, представляя её, утверждали, что полузависимая задняя подвеска не столько проигрывает многорычажке Гольфа, её главного конкурента, по управляемости и комфорту, сколько выигрывает по цене. Жизнь доказала, что это не так: Astra не отличалась блестящими ездовыми повадками. Теперь, спустя пять лет, у бюджетной задней балки появились дополнительные «рычаги любви» — тяги механизма Уатта. Чтобы «имитировать работу многорычажки».

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US car sales are out of rut – Los Angeles Times

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guardian.co.uk
US car sales are out of rut
Los Angeles Times
2 US car company, October sales were up about 3% from October 2008, driven in part by consumer interest in its Ford Taurus sedan. Toyota's sales were up a
October sales: Ford up 3%, GM up 4%, Chrysler down 32%, Toyota down 3.5%Washington Post
Ford Oct US Sales Grow 3.3%, Chrysler Down 30%Wall Street Journal
Auto sales show industry beginning to stabilizeThe Associated Press
CNNMoney.com -Reuters -Youngstown Business Journal
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