BMW eyes U.S. sales of 400,000 cars/year: report
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German premium car maker BMW   aims to increase its sales in the United States to  400,000 units per year in the medium term from 336,000, the  German Auto Motor und Sport magazine reported.
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DaimlerChrysler AG said on Sunday that  its global car sales for 2004 rose 2.1 percent to 3.9 million  units.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s Honda Motor has forecast global vehicle sales will rise 8.0 percent in 2005 to a record 3.4 million, reflecting strong demand, especially in China and in Europe.
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BMW , the world's largest premium carmaker, and its closest rival, Mercedes-Benz , are in negotiations over a partnership to build subcompact cars, German motor magazine Auto Bild reported.
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German mass carmaker Volkswagen  improved January VW brand sales in the United States by 2.3 percent to 16,610 vehicles thanks to rising demand for the Passat estate and the Golf GTI models, the company said late on Thursday.
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The German car maker BMW is set to eliminate "several thousand" jobs next year as part of a cost-cutting plan, a spokesman for the group told AFP on Friday.
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BMW said Thursday that it achieved record sales and earnings last year as cost-cutting measures and booming demand for its cars helped offset negative effects from the weak dollar and high oil prices.
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The German auto group BMW will present its strategy for the future on Thursday, a source close the matter told AFP, with press reports saying it would focus on improved production and cleaner cars.
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German premium car maker BMW expects  its Asian sales to grow 10-15 percent this year to a record  after it sold 2.6 percent more cars in Asia in 2004, the  company's chief executive officer said on Wednesday.
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BMW , the world's biggest premium car maker, will raise its production capacity at its Chinese factory by 45 percent over the next few months to as many as 44,000 cars a year, a top executive said on Thursday.
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BMW chief Norbert Reithofer is due to look into alliances with parts makers and have more car production in the US.
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TOKYO Honda Motor said Monday that it expected to sell a record 3.4 million vehicles next year, as demand for new models including the revamped Civic increases sales by 8 percent.
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DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE)  boosted global car sales 2.1 percent to 3.9 million units in 2004 as a strong showing by U.S. arm Chrysler offset a dip at flagship Mercedes Car Group, the world's fifth-biggest carmaker said on Sunday.
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Honda Motor Co. forecast on Monday  another year of record car and motorcycle sales in 2005, when  it will remodel its flagship Civic car and enter new vehicle  segments such as the popular pickup sector in the United  States.
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Sales of new homes rose to a record high in 2004, the fourth straight annual record. But activity in December barely budged after a big drop the previous month, suggesting the nation's red-hot housing market may finally be cooling.
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BMW  kept its title as the  world's largest premium carmaker in 2007 as sporty models like  the 3 Series cabrio and X5 offroader and the stylish new Mini  Clubman lifted group sales by 9.2 percent last year.
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TOKYO -- Toyota plans to sell 10.4 million vehicles globally in 2009, it said Friday, a sales target that would put the Japanese automaker ahead of a record set by world leader General Motors 30 years ago.