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Audi overtakes BMW as India's top-selling premium brand

May 18, 2013 06:01 CET

Audi has overtaken BMW as India's top seller of luxury vehicles, and Audi executives say the success is due to the automaker's rapid expansion outside large urban centers, as well as the Q3 SUV introduced last year. Read More »
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    Europe car sales rise for first time in 19 months
    May 17, 2013 08:34 CET | UPDATED: May 17 14:30 CET - adds reaction

    European car sales rose for the first time in 19 months on strong demand in the UK and a rebound in Germany. Registrations in April increased 2 percent to 1.08 million ve ...
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    PSA workers end four-month strike over car plant closure
    May 17, 2013 15:05 CET

    Workers at a PSA/Peugeot-Citroen factory near Paris have agreed to end a four-month strike in protest at its planned closure. ...
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    VW Group sales increase 7% in April
    May 17, 2013 12:06 CET

    Volkswagen Group's global monthly sales picked up pace again in April after growing at their slowest rate in more than three years a month earlier. VW Group said on Frida ...
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    VW, GM, others get unexpected boost in China
    May 17, 2013 06:01 CET

    A surprise policy shift in China is expected to give a boost to VW Group, GM and other foreign automakers planning to expand in the world's largest car market. ...
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    New S class key to boosting Mercedes profit margins, China sales
    May 17, 2013 06:01 CET

    Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche was leaning back in the rear seat of a prototype Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan in 2010 when he realized it didn't recline far enough. ...
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    Fiat says headquarters shift to U.S. is not on agenda
    May 17, 2013 06:01 CET

    Fiat said the idea of moving the group's legal headquarters to the United States following a planned merger with Chrysler Group is not on the company's agenda. ...
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    Audi Q7 will shed weight
    May 17, 2013 06:01 CET

    The redesigned Audi Q7 that debuts next summer in Europe will weigh about 363kg less than the current model, company insiders said, adding that Audi is also planning a hy ...
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    Tariff played a role in Mexico winning Audi plant
    May 17, 2013 06:01 CET

    At the groundbreaking for the Q5 plant in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler offered another explanation for deciding not to locate in the United States: Th ...
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    Renault expects 5% dip for European car market
    May 16, 2013 09:34 CET

    Renault expects the European car market to shrink 5 percent this year over last year, Chief Operating Officer Carlos Tavares said. The French carmaker foresees the Europe ...
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    Porsche says 918 Spyder will influence future models
    May 16, 2013 13:21 CET

    Porsche's says its 918 Spyder hybrid supercar, which begins production in September, will have a big influence on the automaker's sports cars of the future. ...
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    Volkswagen starts construction of 300,000-vehicle plant in China
    May 16, 2013 09:04 CET

    Volkswagen has begun construction of a new factory in Changsha, China, with an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles, the company said in a statement today. The plant is on ...
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    Audi shifting to high-performance models to propel sales
    May 16, 2013 10:34 CET

    Audi is counting on bigger sales of high-performance cars like the RS5, as well as the new version of the A3 compact, to propel volume this year amid intensifying economi ...
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    Toyota plant in France starts Yaris output for U.S.
    May 16, 2013 14:48 CET

    Toyota Europe has started making the Yaris for North American export at its plant in Valenciennes, France, marking the first time the automaker's European-built models ha ...
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    Skoda's global April sales hit by switch to new Octavia
    May 16, 2013 16:10 CET

    Skoda said today that its global sales fell 4.6 percent to 77,600 in April due to a switch to a new Octavia compact model and continued weak demand in some European marke ...
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