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The president of Toyota Motor Corp.  (7203.T) said on Thursday he is not studying ways in which  Japan's top automaker could join a potential three-way alliance  between Nissan Motor Co. (7201.T), Renault  and  General Motors Corp. .
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BusinessWeek Online - Outsiders haven't been allowed a glimpse yet. But rivals are already feeling uneasy. Deep in the Czech Republic, in a town called Kolin, Europe's newest auto plant is being put through its final paces before a March debut. The ultra-low-cost manufacturing joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp.  and PSA Peugeot Citroen (peugy.pk.PK) -- combining Japanese production expertise with French parts-purchasing might in Europe -- is sure to up the ante for volume auto makers, who already have to worry about surviving on razor-thin margins. ...
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General Motors Corp. GM.N will   continue talks until mid-October with Renault-Nissan to create   a global alliance, GM said in a statement issued after a   Wednesday meeting between the CEOs of the automakers in Paris.
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Two months of talks between General   Motors Corp. GM.N, Renault SA RENA.PA and Nissan Motor Co.   7201.T have resulted in little progress toward a possible   alliance, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday in its   online edition, citing people familiar with the matter.
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General Motors Corp. , Renault  SA  and Nissan Motor Co. (7201.T) on Friday said they  had agreed to work together on a confidential review of the  potential benefits of an alliance between the three companies.
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Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) is working  on developing a plug-in hybrid vehicle and is open to joining  with other automakers in battery development, the president of  its North American operations said on Friday.
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Caught off guard by the success of Toyota&#39;s hybrid Prius model, German carmakers are racing to catch-up. DaimlerChrysler and GM announced plans on Monday to jointly produce hybrid technology for their cars and trucks.
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The alliance between Renault   and Nissan (7201.T) would not mount a hostile  takeover bid for General Motors  should talks on a  three-way tie-up among the carmakers fail, Carlos Ghosn told a  German newspaper.
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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp., Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that they have cut off discussions about forming a global automaking alliance.
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PARIS, Sep 26 (IPS) - When French car company Renault SA and its Japanese  partner, Nissan Motor Co., announced their intention to build a  joint assembly plant in Tangier, Morocco at an estimated cost of  1 billion euros, it was a substantial enough investment to make  auto industry analysts take notice.
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General Motors Corp. GM.N Chief   Executive Rick Wagoner said there could be further studies on   an alliance with Renault RENA.PA and Japan's Nissan 7201.T   after an Oct 15. deadline set for talks to end.
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General Motors Corp.&#039;s  board  began a meeting on Friday to discuss a three-way alliance with  Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (7201.T) and Renault SA  as GM  shares edged up on expectations the board would approve further  consideration of the tie-up.
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TOKYO/DETROIT  - Two months of talks between   General Motors Corp., Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. have   resulted in little progress toward a possible alliance,   according to the Wall Street Journal and Detroit News.
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Toyota Motor Corp. is quickening its quest to unseat ailing rival General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest automaker and widen its lead over Ford Motor Co. with reported plans to boost overseas production by 40 percent to 5 million vehicles by 2008 and blueprints for higher output in North America.
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General Motors toughened its public stance on proposals that the U.S. carmaker join an alliance with Renault and its sister company, Nissan, adding to uncertainties weighing on the industry as the Paris Motor Show opens its doors Thursday.
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Auto maker Toyota on Tuesday entered into separate deals with rival satellite radio service providers Sirius and XM. Under its agreement with Sirius, Toyota will offer Sirius satellite radio service--either
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General Motors Corp.  will  continue talks until mid-October with Renault-Nissan to create  a global alliance, GM said in a statement issued after a  Wednesday meeting between the CEOs of the automakers in Paris.