European Automakers Plan New U.S. Models
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Following a year that saw their U.S. sales drop 4 percent overall, many European automakers are introducing a slew of new models in 2005 as part of an effort to reverse the slide and revive their brands.
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General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., the two largest US automakers, said they will add new electronic systems to sport-utility vehicles to help prevent rollover accidents.
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BRUSSELS -- The European Commission proposed yesterday binding rules to require carmakers to cut carbon dioxide emissions for new cars, provoking criticism from the European automobile industry as well as from environmentalists who said the regulations did not go far enough.
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Record-high oil prices might seem like bad news for the auto industry. But one European manufacturer plans to make a type of car unaffected by &#36;50-a-barrel crude &#151; cars that run on compressed air.
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TOKYO -- Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. plans to move production of two vehicles to Japan from the United States as a way to save costs on automobiles produced in smaller quantities, according to a news report yesterday.
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Car makers will show off their latest efforts to fight pollution at Frankfurt's autoshow next week by unveiling models with improvements rather than substitutes to the standard internal combustion engine.
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Like moths to a nightlight, the European Uniona s 10 new member countries are attracting new manufacturing companies from across Europe.
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This year&#39;s Frankfurt motor show saw the world&#39;s biggest car makers focused on smaller, more affordable models and turning more attention to emerging markets where demand was expected to surge.
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DaimlerChrysler AG is looking at selling cars made by China's Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. in the United States through its Chrysler group, a German magazine reported yesterday. That could help the company meet demand for more fuel-efficient cars from American consumers.
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Land Rover will launch a sports tourer next year in a what is likely to be a test of British carmakers&#39; ability to compete in the US.
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Two of Europe's biggest car-makers, Volkswagen and Opel, will this week open the latest front in German industry's battle to slash costs, secure longer working hours and impose more flexible conditions -- or ...
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Volkswagen AG  will decide in 2008 where to build a new auto plant in North America, VW chief executive and management board chairman Martin Winterkorn said on Sunday.
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U.S. automakers, coming off a year of record concessions from labor unions, should be facing 2008 with a new lease on life as they fight Asian and European importers who now control more than half of the U.S. market.
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French carmaker Renault is to unveil 12 new models next year -- including several low-cost autos -- in an aggressive global strategy to turn around stagnating sales, the company said Wednesday.
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"The European Commission has let car makers drive away with a proposal that sets a weak, short-term standard ... and offers an open road to heavy, gas-guzzling vehicles"  Automobile manufacturers will have to limit car emissions in Europe by 2012 or face big fines, under proposals released Wednesday by the European Union. via MLive.com
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Smaller engines, lighter vehicles and lots of turbochargers and hybrids should do the trick.
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Volkswagen , the world&#39;s  fourth-largest carmaker, is considering building a new North  American factory if the dollar stays weak, Chief Executive  Martin Winterkorn said in an interview with German magazine  Focus.