UK carmakers lead industry upturn
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UK manufacturing orders are at a 12-year high, according to the EEF, and specialist carmakers are leading the way.
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Small manufacturers in the UK are struggling in the face of soaring oil prices and higher interest rates, the CBI says.
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Skoda Auto, the Czech Republic's biggest car producer, boosted first-half net profit by 62.3 percent to 6.4 billion koruna (224.7 million euros, 287.2 million dollars).
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Car manufacturers with plants in South Africa, including BMW, Toyota and VW, have seen a surge in sales during 2004.
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British manufacturing output unexpectedly dropped for the second month running in July, figures showed today. The data, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reinforced impressions that interest rates were either at or close to their peak.
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European carmakers bet America is ready for a radical new vehicle.
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Ford Motor Co. F.N raised its  earnings outlook on Friday, due to strength from its financial  services sector, even as it announced the end of car production  at a Jaguar plant in Britain and its withdrawal from Formula  One racing.
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Business & money: Ailing car giants push union to agree pay cuts.
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Britain&#39;s motor industry suffered a day of mixed fortunes yesterday with news of fresh job losses balanced by a Â£115m investment on Merseyside.
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Leaders of many of the biggest global car companies will be at this yearÂs Paris Motor Show at a seminal moment for the automobile industry.
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Automaker Ford Motor  may sell Land  Rover, a maker of four-wheel-drive vehicles, along with Jaguar,  as part of a shake-up of its British brands, The Sunday Times  newspaper reported.
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Demand for passenger cars amid high gas prices drove U.S. sales increases in May for General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. as industrywide sales rebounded slightly from a weak spring.
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No longer a laughing stock, the Czech Republic's biggest car maker Skoda Auto has become a profit-producing driving force for owner Volkswagen, with a strategic mission to open up new markets in Russia, China and India.
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Production in Japan rose at three of the nation's top five automakers in September from a year ago, but was down at scandal-hit Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as well as at Nissan Motor Co., according to figures released Tuesday.
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Science & environment: Mixed messages at Motown as Japan heralds leaner era while US carmakers seek to bulk up bottom line
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The automakers team up to boost truck sales in the red-hot region.
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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.