World automakers focus on smaller cars, emerging markets
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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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How automakers will reach 35 mpg: Smaller engines, lighter cars and lots of turbocharged diesels and hybrids.
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DETROIT, Jan. 14 -- Faced with the stark choice between feeding Americans' appetite for big, powerful cars and embracing new technologies that will use less fuel and emit fewer gases, the world's automakers appear intent on having it both ways.
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GENEVA/SEOUL  - Global automakers are tapping a rich seam of talented vehicle designers in a surprising spot: South Korea.
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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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ANTING (China) - Booming demand is not only turning China into the world&#39;s fastest growing car market, but it is also pushing the country to develop vehicles that run on alternative fuels.
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General Motors Corp. launching a version of Daewoo's Matiz minicar on the US market and a slimmed down Cadillac in Europe, a trade magazine said.
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Mexico is poised overtake Canada in annual passenger vehicle sales by 2010, a situation one economist says could make it more difficult for Canada to lure future investments from automakers, including the construction of new assembly plants and
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But minor roadblocks won't stop the automaker's growth.
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The lesson of this decade for automakers? Better to go it alone than bulk up through mergers and alliances.
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Chryslerâs deal with the Chinese automaker, Chery, is the first attempt by a U.S. automaker to use China as a manufacturing base for world markets.
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CHICAGO -- Small cars have been getting great copy lately. They&#39;re lauded for their anti-gas guzzling efficiency and improved safety features.
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A shift in focus over the last year by the worldâs two largest automakers reveals how each is working on their own version of a turnaround.
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A new car from Tata Motors of India would likely fail Western emission and safety standards, but it could be an affordable car for the developing world.
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The Honda Motor Co. will sell an inexpensive subcompact car, smaller than its Civic sedan, in the United States to compete with a growing list of new small cars from Japan.
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The automaker and other Japanese firms make their shares more appealing to average citizens.
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Toyota Motor Corp.  plans to build a new plant by 2010 in southern Indian concentrating on inexpensive, smaller model cars, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.