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  • May 22, 2012
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    Mexico Production, Sales Post Double-Digit Gains in April

    Total light-vehicle sales in Mexico rose 16.0% to 69,760 units, with light-trucks up 9.5% and passenger-car deliveries jumping 19.9%....More
  • May 22, 2012
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    Spanish Sales Dry Up With No End in Sight

    Deliveries fell 21.7% to 56,250 units last month for the market’s worst April ever, and marked the 22nd consecutive month of decline. Sales in the first two weeks of May were down 25.7% year-on-year....More
  • May 21, 2012
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    Thai Auto Industry Veteran Bullish on Future  

    Thailand has built its auto industry on what Vallop calls product champions – first the 1-ton pickup, then the eco-car. He says “low-risk” vehicles powered by alternative energy sources should come next....More
  • May 21, 2012
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    Leather Production Moves Toward Zero-Waste, Carbon Neutrality

    Alcantara and two leather suppliers presenting at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference demonstrate the continued push to reduce their environmental impact....More
  • May 18, 2012
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    Exports Drive Rise in U.K. April Output

    Passenger-car builds increased 9.3% to 94,352 units in April for a 4-month total up 11.8% to 495,774....More
  • May 17, 2012
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    Supplier Roundup  

    A roundup of this week’s news involving automotive suppliers....More
  • May 17, 2012
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    April Thai Sales Show Flood Effects Receding  

    Despite a robust April, the floods’ repercussions were reflected in year-to-date data, with passenger-car sales rising just 1.7% to 139,482 units. But commercial-vehicle deliveries jumped 33.9% to 225,955....More
  • May 16, 2012
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    Lexus Ramps Up Production-Shift Talks  

    The RX CUV is the only Lexus vehicle built in North America. "Now with the exchange rates the way they are, it really accelerates the thought process," the brand’s top U.S. executive says....More
  • May 16, 2012
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    Quake Changes Little in Toyota’s Supply-Chain Strategy

    The auto maker experienced more difficulties than most, because of the size and complexity of its vehicle lineup. But most options considered to reduce its exposure to future natural disasters proved neither cost-effective nor practical....More
  • May 16, 2012
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    Kanto Says Plant Throughput Nearly Perfect

    Suppliers positioned inside the plant provide door trim, steering wheels, seats, headliners and fuel tanks. To date, output has topped 1.4 million units....More
  • May 16, 2012
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    Vauxhall Unveils New Engine Lineup  

    The new engines include a 1.6L turbocharged gasoline model with direct injection and start/stop technology the auto maker says will cut CO2 emissions by 13%, compared with its predecessor....More
  • May 15, 2012
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    Nissan to Max Out U.S. Plants Before Expanding Capacity  

    The fifth-generation Altima might have its best shot at the Camry in years, given Nissan’s expectation for a segment-leading 38 mpg highway....More
  • May 15, 2012
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    Citroen DS5 Hybrid Convertible

    The open-top DS5 hybrid is one of a kind that won’t be repeated, and the car was loaned by Citroen. It soon will be displayed at the brand’s C-42 showroom on the Champs-Elysees along with other Citroens French presidents have used....More
  • May 15, 2012
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    Indian April Sales Up, But Uncertainty Lurks  

    April deliveries increased 11% from year-earlier but lagged 23.1% behind March’s record sales total....More
  • May 15, 2012
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    Small Cars Grow Mercedes India's Footprint  

    Compacts represent five of the 10 Mercedes models launching in India over the next five years....More
  • May 14, 2012
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    China’s SAIC Sets Sights on Thai JV  

    An executive with SAIC’s JV partner expects the auto maker to bring its MG brand to Thailand, or perhaps establish a base there to assemble modified MGs and Rovers....More
  • May 14, 2012
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    Continental to Boost Thailand Recovery  

    The new facility will produce environmentally friendly diesel-engine components and create jobs in an area ravaged by the country’s worst floods in 50 years....More
  • May 11, 2012
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    Audi Celebrates Topping Out of Plant Expansion in Hungary  

    The auto maker is investing more than €900 million in the expansion project, which will raise production capacity to 125,000 cars a year starting in 2013....More
  • May 11, 2012
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    Honda Thailand Post-Flood Output at Full Speed

    Honda dealers who went nearly six months with no vehicles to sell face new pressure from the Japanese auto maker, which has reduced their credit period from one month to just 10 days....More
  • May 10, 2012
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    Magna Steyr to Assemble Infiniti

    The new model will be derived from platform-sharing partner Daimler’s MFA architecture that underpins the Mercedes A-Class. Still to be determined is precisely where the car will be built and in what volume....More
  • May 10, 2012
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    Supplier Roundup  

    A roundup of this week’s news involving automotive suppliers....More
  • May 10, 2012
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    Hyundai Union Demands Full-Time Status for Temps  

    Union analysts say the auto maker has earned 16.4 trillion won over the past three years and easily can afford the 120 billion won cost of reclassifying the temporary workers as full-time employees....More
  • May 10, 2012
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    Ford of Europe to Triple Output of EcoBoost Vehicles

    Ford plans to build 800,000 vehicles equipped with the 1.0L EcoBoost engine for sale in Europe between 2012-1015....More
  • May 10, 2012
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    Solid Growth, Some Challenges Seen for ASEAN

    Southeast Asia sales are forecast to climb 6.1% this year, bettering the 4.1% expansion rate for the world overall. But countries such as Thailand still lack R&D capability, which could threaten to slow the pace of production growth, an industry official says....More
  • May 9, 2012
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    GM Looking Again to Shed French Factory  

    The Strasbourg plant has been an anomaly in the GM world, attached to Detroit and not to GM Europe. Many transmissions made in France have been installed in pickup trucks and SUVs in America....More
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