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Hyundai Stumbles Out Of The Gate - Sales Down 11% For August

FIAT CONNECTS WITH CONNECT

Further evidence of Fiat Group Automobiles UK’s drive into the fleet market is provided today with the announcement of a major tie-in with leading car-share organisation Connect.

BMW Sales Stuggles To Gain Ground Up 1.6% In August - Mini Sales Dive 13.4%

BMW Sales Struggles To Gain Ground Up 1.6% In August - Mini Sales Dive 13.4%

Event Alert: September 2010 Calendar of Automotive Events

Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Auctions, Paris Motor Show, Event Alert September means the end of summer vacation, but the automotive festivities continue, including the Paris Motor Show at the very end of the month. We'll have a full team coverage in the City of Lights, but that's almost a month away. Between now and then there are hundreds of car-related events to keep all but the most rabid gearheads satisfied. While our coverage of Monterey and (...)

BENTLEY – ALASDAIR STEWART APPOINTED BOARD MEMBER FOR SALES AND MARKETING

Alasdair will take up his new post on September 1st

ITALY: FIOM holds bilateral talks with Serbian counterparts

Fiat's main union FIOM has held talks today (1 September) in Rome with Serbian metalworkers colleagues ahead of planned transfer of work to the Balkans.

Ravaged Toyota Sales Drop 33.7% In August - Lexus Market Share Suffers With 11.6% Decline

GM posts gains for 3 of 4 brands, but Chevy down 22%

General Motors Co. posted strong August sales at three of its four remaining brands.

Ford to keep N.A. production stable in Q3

Ford Motor Co. will hold fourth-quarter North American production at the same level as the third-quarter of this year and down slightly from the last quarter of 2009 because of the economy's modest recovery and lackluster consumer spending.

Auto dealers oppose proposed EPA fuel efficiency letter grades

Washington -- The 17,000-member National Automobile Dealers Association opposes a proposal unveiled this week by federal regulators to assign new vehicles a grade of "A+" through "D" on the basis of fuel efficiency.

Ford and Hyundai post record August sales levels

Ford Canada sales up 8 percent in August. Hyundai has its best August ever as sales were up 9.5 percent. Ford Motors Canadian unit said on Wednesday that its sales were up 8 percent last month for its best August in 20 years. The company said it sold 24,034 cars and light trucks in August. Sales were driven by a 21% increase in compact utility vehicle sales, as well as a 5% increase in truck sales (...)

Jaguar to unveil secret new sports car concept in Paris

Posted on 09.1.2010 17:00 by Simona Filed under: Jaguar | concept cars | Paris Motor Show | sports cars | 2010 | Cars | Car News We already know that Jaguar has plans to unveil a new sports car, but before we can feast our eyes on the final product, we will have to settle (...)

Video: 2011 Ford Fiesta is so pimping, so sexy

Filed under: Budget, Videos, Hatchback, Ford Ford Fiesta "You so Pimping, You so Sexy" ad by Film Riot - Click above to watch the video after the jump Ford may have its own ad campaign for the Fiesta, but we're mildly amused by this one-off, three-minute-long ad created by the folks at Film Riot, an online how-to show about filmmaking. The Blue Oval currently sponsors the Film Riot crew, so it makes sense that the funky (...)

GERMANY: AVL Holding to acquire NTC Powertrain

Powertrain development specialist AVL Holding has signed a letter of intent to acquire NTC Powertrain Australia, USA and UK. NTC has vast experience in the development of transmissions for the high volume passenger car market and will form a key part of AVL's passenger car transmission division, AVL said.