Subaru, the automobile manufacturing division of Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), is planning to expand the capacity at its Lafayette plant in central Indiana, US, by about 30% to accommodate the production of the Impreza compact car by 2016. ...
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French automobile manufacturer Renault has made a deal to manufacture Nissan's Micra compact car at its Flins plant, which is located near Paris in France. Production of the vehicles is scheduled to start in 2016 at the plant, which has a ...
The Ford Escort nameplate is back – as a new concept car partly styled by Ford Australia designers and set to become a key model for the US car maker in the world's biggest car market. Ford has unveiled the Escort sedan concept at ...
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You don't have to cram into a compact car to get good gas mileage. In fact, three popular midsized sedans we've recently tested get the same or better mileage than any non-hybrid, non-diesel small car. Despite attractive sticker prices, ...
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With the media days at the New York International Auto Show behind us, the cars team has had time to reflect on the approximately 1,000 vehicles on display. Many new models made impressions, and some were utterly forgettable. To share our ...
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Despite a clear market slowdown in Europe, Georg Fischer generated a turnover of CHF 3.6 billion in 2012, 3 percent above the 2011 figure. On a like-for-like basis, sales reached the same level as in 2011. All three divisions both ...
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Following annual tradition, we present the 2013 American Top Picks—the best choices for the car buyer who wants to buy from an American brand. While this year's "official" Top Pick list includes no models from domestic brands, it ...
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Honda has returned triumphantly and en masse to Consumer Reports' Top Picks with three models--the Accord, CR-V, and Odyssey--after not having a single model make the cut last year. For 2013, the Top Picks list has new winners in seven ...
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Nissan plans investing Euro 130 million (178 million dollars) to Barcelona factory in Spain, where produced a new compact model. Nissan announced that it will produce this new car in Barcelona factory by 2014, which annual output is ...
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French media reported in January the French vehicle license registration declined by 15%, the French automotive industry recession continued. Too much demand for small cars leads to the predicament of the local automotive industry in ...
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Chery and Israel Corporation’s joint venture QOROS plans to release an electric vehicle (EV) before 2017. Volker Steinwascher, the vice president of QOROS, said to the media recently, QOROS plans to release an EV before 2017. QOROS ...
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The Toyota Corolla Furia concept has been unveiled at the Detroit auto show, giving us an insight into the aggressive styling of the next-generation Toyota Corolla sedan. Toyota Group vice president and general manger of the Toyota ...
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If proclamations such as "more Facebook fans than ever" are meant to impress, you have to wonder if FB, that paragon of credibility, should really serve as the paradigm of success. To our well-worn eyes and ears such a boast carries all the ...
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White/white pearl dominates the global automotive color popularity ranks for the second consecutive year,according to the 2012 DuPont Automotive Color Popularity Report,released today.Black/black effect moves into second place in the global ...
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German carmaker Opel has unveiled the new Corsa All Black/All White color edition featuring the 1.4 litre turbo ecoFLEX gasoline engine. According to the carmaker, the new engine is mated to a five-speed manual transmission and ...
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