Japanese carmaker Nissan is planning to invest EUR130m at its Barcelona manufacturing facility in Spain, to build a new passenger car model. Production of the new compact family car is scheduled to start in July 2014 at the Spanish ...
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South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor has reported global sales of 412,720 units in January 2013, up by 27.8% compared to the sales of 323,022 vehicles in the same month of 2012. Company's domestic sales reached 50,211 units in the month, ...
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German carmaker Audi has opened a Research & Development (R&D) Center in Beijing, China to strengthen its innovations in Asian region. The center is spread across an area of 8,000sqm and houses aboratories, prototype and R&D workshops. ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan is planning to triple the number of electric vehicle (EV) fast-chargers in the US by adding 500 quick-charging stations across the country through next 18 months. As part of the move, Nissan has also collaborated ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda is planning to invest about JPY26bn ($285.5m) to build a new automatic transmission manufacturing plant in the Chonburi Province of Thailand. The new Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT) facility, with ...
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French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has started series production of the Peugeot 208 at the Porto Real facility in Brazil. The group had invested €305m to expand the facility in order to increase the plants production capacity from ...
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Investments of US$11 billion by leading Mexican flat steel producers for this year are focused on expanding market share in automotive and sectors in which the industry is highly competitive globally, such as hot rolled with new grades, ...
German carmaker Opel has unveiled the new diesel-powered seven-seater Zafira Tourer, which is claimed to be the fastest of all variants in the carmaker’s compact van segment. The van is powered by a 2.0 CDTI BiTurbo engine that ...
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German automaker Volkswagen will start production of the seventh-generation Golf model at its Puebla manufacturing plant in Mexico in the first quarter of 2014. The next-generation Golf models produced at the Mexican plant will be ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest about EUR785m through the next five years in its Pamplona facility in Span. Being the third automaker along with Renault and Ford to invest in recession-hit country, Volkswagen's spending ...
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Czech carmaker Skoda has unveiled the new three-door Citigo sport model, a revamped variant of the Skoda Citigo, with new sports chassis. The car will be powered by a 1L MPI petrol engine mated to five-speed manual or an automated-shift ...
British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin has unveiled the new Rapide S sports car, which is claimed to be the carmaker’s most powerful model till date. The new four-seater saloon is powered by a new 5,935cc, AM11 6.0L V12 ...
French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citron has unveiled a new hybrid vehicle concept incorporating a gasoline internal combustion engine along with compressed nitrogen propulsion. Aimed at reducing the cost of cutting emissions to half, ...
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the new Real Life Safety assistance system, which will prevent inadvertent driving into the opposite direction to the traffic flow and avoid fatal accidents. The new traffic sign assistance ...
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Volkswagen Brazil has reported sales of 768,395 vehicles in 2012, up 10%, compared to 2011. Volkswagen Brazil president Thomas Schmall said: "In 60 years of activity in the country, we ended 2012 with expressive record sales confirming ...
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