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  • May 22, 2012
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    GM Korea Offers Buyouts to Top Managers

    Some analysts question whether the program is voluntary as it is being billed, saying it instead may be a way for the auto maker to jettison some of its less-aggressive managers....More
  • May 22, 2012
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    GM China Says Low-Pressure-Cast Magnesium Part Marks Breakthrough  

    Scientists at the laboratory estimate that using magnesium alloys could result in a 7% improvement in fuel economy for every 331-lb. reduction in weight....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 18, 2012
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    Profits, Vehicle Sales Forecast to Climb in Fiscal 2013 for Japanese

    A Goldman Sachs Japan report forecasts a 112% gain in operating profit for the country’s eight major auto makers, with global vehicle shipments rising 11.4% to 21.3 million units....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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    Holden Commodore Coming to U.S. as Chevy SS Performance Sedan

    GM’s first production car to offer an SS option was the ’61 Impala. Only 453 units were built with upgrades including a modified chassis and suspension, power brakes, steering column-mounted tachometer and unique wheels....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 17, 2012
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    New Zealand Waives Car Importers From Emissions Plan

    New-car dealers and other importers of products containing synthetic greenhouse gases prefer paying levies on those goods to complying with the emissions-trading plan they call excessively costly....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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    Infiniti Names First Australian Retailers  

    The stand-alone centers will resemble boutique luxury hotels more than traditional car dealerships, especially with regard to their interior designs and overall customer experience....More
  • May 16, 2012
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    Shanghai Latest Design Outpost for BMW

    The new studio is located in Shanghai's Luwan District, an established commercial and financial center that is beginning to emerge as a hot spot for design and market research....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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    GM Thailand Looks for Piece of Growing SUV Market

    The new locally built Chevrolet Trailblazer is aimed squarely at the Toyota Fortuner, which has dominated the sector since arriving in Thailand in 2005....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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    Japan Vehicle Sales Up 93.7% in April  

    Japan vehicle sales totaled 359,631 units for April 2012....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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    India Vehicle Sales Up 9.5% in April  

    India vehicle sales totaled 285,461 units for April 2012....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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    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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    Plant Fire Halts Beijing Hyundai Operations  

    The auto maker says it can fill existing orders because it has a 30-day supply of all models. Media reports say 30,000 units of production will be lost before the plant comes back online....More
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