The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler collaboration has broken ground on a new engine manufacturing facility in Decherd, Tennesse, US. According to the company, the new facility, located at the Nissan's existing powertrain assembly ...
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Lexus,the luxury vehicle division of Toyota,has received a go-ahead for the production of its LF-CC concept car which was unveiled at the Paris show in September 2012. Scheduled to be launched in 2015,the vehicle will be offered in both ...
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Global automotive supplier Magna International has acquired Germany-based ixetic Verwaltungs for€308m. With the acquisition of the automotive vacuum,engine and transmission pumps manufacturer,the company is expected to strengthen and ...
Mazda Motorsports is planning to supply racing variants of its new SKYACTIV-D clean diesel powertrains to the participants of GRAND-AM's new GX Class, starting with the 2013 season. According to the company, the engines will be ...
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Mazda Motorsports is planning to supply the racing variants of its new Skyactiv-D Clean Diesel engine for the participants of the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class of International motorsport, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in France. The ...
Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) has entered into a partnership with First Automobile Works (FAW), a China-based automotive OEMs, to form a new joint automotive lab 'FAW-Freescale'. The new joint automotive lab will be a shared research and ...
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South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai has launched its New Generation i30, a compact-sized car with new upgrades, in the Middle East. The new i30 is designed and engineered at the Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre in Germany, and is ...
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Italian carmaker Fiat is planning to unveil its Panda 4×4 car at the upcoming 2012 Paris Motor Show in France. The new car will be offered with two powertrain options, which include a 0.9litre TwinAir Turbo, which will generate a ...
Motiv Power Systems has received a $13.4m contract to provide all-electric, zero-emission garbage trucks to the city of Chicago in US. Under the contract, the company will offer the city with 20 class-eight EV refuse trucks, which weigh ...
US based Delphi Automotive has acquired FCI Group's (FCI) UK based Motorized Vehicles Division (MVL), an automotive connection systems maker, for EUR765m. MVL, owned by Bain Capital's affiliates, offers interconnection systems for various ...
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The all-new Volkswagen Golf Wagon has been spied undergoing hot-weather testing in Southern Europe ahead of its 2013 unveiling. Our spy images provide the first look at the more versatile load-lugging version of the new Volkswagen Golf ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) has begun the production of 2013 Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV at its Rayong production line in Thailand. The first produced LTZ model is powered by a 2.8litre Duramax turbo-diesel engine generating 180hp ...
Ford has begun production of Focus at the company’s new $450m its Thailand manufacturing facility in Rayong. According to the carmaker, the facility can produce up to six different models at the same time and the Focus is the first ...
US carmaker General Motors (GM) has begun the production of 2013 Cadillac ATS sedan at its Lansing Grand River assembly plant in Michigan, US The carmaker had invested $190m to upgrade the Michigan facility for the production of ATS ...
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Georg Fischer Automotive, the cast components and systems manufacturer for chassis, powertrain and body, has opened a new light weight auto components manufacturing facility in Mettmann, Germany. The company has invested EUR36m to build ...
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