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Auto Enge opened second Volkswagen branch in Czech Rep

April 29, 2013 | 05:55am CEToriginal
This Auto Charouz group’s dealer has entered Prague. Location, scope of services, business results...
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sAutoleasing offers extended warranty or guarantee check discount to credit in Q2

April 25, 2013 | 11:00pm CEToriginal
Parameters of the special offer and its benefits, Travel Card, the use of selected new car dealers...
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Skoda Auto expanded Parts Centre with high-rack warehouse

April 25, 2013 | 10:41pm CEToriginal
The amount of investments, supplies for Volkswagen Group brands, stackers 42 meters high, a supplier of storage solutions...
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Brano received new orders for Nissan, Jaguar, Fiat and Alfa Romeo cars

April 25, 2013 | 06:35am CEToriginal
Production in the Czech Republic and Russia, transfers of production, the possibility of expanding cooperation with Lear, prepared collaboration with JTEKT...
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Porsche SE intends to invest in companies developing automotive technologies

April 25, 2013 | 05:56am CEToriginal
The steep increase in profits in 2012 due to the sale of stake in Porsche AG, the outlook for 2013, ongoing claims concerning the alleged misleading of investors...
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Volvo remains Volvo: Volvo extended service program for older cars in Czech Rep

April 23, 2013 | 11:37pm CEToriginal
The categories 5+ and 8+ newly include 4+. Segmentation of discounts on parts and labour, car history screening, discounted installation of the Czech language...
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Swell started using photogrammetry – very accurate contactless measurement

April 23, 2013 | 11:31pm CEToriginal
The company acquired portable device Tritop in their test room in Horice, which is used in the measurement of displacements and deformations of components...
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CSU: Car prices in Czech Rep flat m/m in March

April 23, 2013 | 11:25pm CEToriginal
While new cars became more expensive, used cars became cheaper. Prices of servicing and spare parts went up. Detailed information...
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Fords’ Open Days: Ford holds open days in Czech Rep in late April

April 23, 2013 | 11:18pm CEToriginal
Test drives, 5-year warranty when buying a new car, advantageous loan with additional bonuses, free spring service inspection, a competition of a Ford Fiesta...
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Gorin: Peugeot wants to increase its market share to 5% in Czech Rep in 2013

April 23, 2013 | 12:26am CEToriginal
Successful March and Q1, results in B2B sales, new models, opening of additional Blue Boxes, sales of used cars, Hybrid Air technology...
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Otsuka Brano acquired new client – Nissan

April 23, 2013 | 12:18am CEToriginal
Four new contracts from Suzuki and Nissan for upcoming models, products, timing, new production technologies installed in Olomouc...
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Hyundai and Kia to recall over 2 million cars, not only in U.S.

April 22, 2013 | 11:53pm CEToriginal
Problems with airbags and brake lights, the affected models and production years, increased attention to quality, decline in quality survey by J.D. Power...
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Hurt: Skoda to focus on RIC countries by 2018, also wants to grow in Europe

April 22, 2013 | 12:29am CEToriginal
Plans for individual regions, new emerging markets south of Europe, import of the Yeti and the Superb Combi to China, the first Skoda station wagon in the Chinese market...
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Toyota Motor to produce Lexus cars in USA

April 21, 2013 | 11:32pm CEToriginal
The reason is the negative impact of foreign exchange rates. Location, investment amount, HR, timing, the first model...
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Renault recalls 500,000 cars to repair worldwide

April 21, 2013 | 11:12pm CEToriginal
The affected model, years of production, details of the failure, repair time at authorized service centres...
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Intertax Expert began offering product Mobility24, alternative to full-service leasing

April 19, 2013 | 03:09am CEToriginal
The new company of the former head of EurotaxGlass’s in the Czech Republic; products and services; partners of AuDaCon, Agip, Elit or Europ Assistance...
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Auto Eder moved Toyota dealership in Karlovy Vary

April 19, 2013 | 02:57am CEToriginal
Parameters of the new showroom, geometry quick check, the first Toyota dealer with charging station in the Czech Republic, sales performance in 2012 and outlook...
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Clio Days: Renault holds open days in Czech Rep until end of April

April 19, 2013 | 02:48am CEToriginal
Discounted air-conditioning cleaning, discounted accessories packages, maintenance costs, financing, cooperation with Czech Miss...
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Hyundai holds spring service event in Czech Rep in Q2

April 19, 2013 | 02:39am CEToriginal
Vehicle inspection and disinfection of air conditioning for CZK 299, four summer tires for the price of two, open days’ weekend...
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GM to invest EUR 4 billion in Europe by 2016

April 19, 2013 | 02:32am CEToriginal
The money will help Opel to increase its market share and to finance the development of new models and engines. Development plan Opel Drive 2022...
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BMW to assemble Mini cars also outside Europe – in India

April 17, 2013 | 11:46pm CEToriginal
The reason is high import duties and maybe the capacity release at a contract manufacturer Magna Steyr. Timing, the first year of the brand in the Indian market...
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Five German companies seeking to enter Czech e-mobility and fuel cell market

April 17, 2013 | 02:18am CEToriginal
The companies and their products/services, demanded partners from both production and sales, the possibility of meeting at a conference in Prague...
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2013 Bratislava Motor Show: 42 brands to introduce 88 Slovak premieres

April 17, 2013 | 12:38am CEToriginal
Absence of five volume brands, Exclusive Salon, test drives, a conference on block exemption, Renault dealer conference...
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Japanese carmakers to recall 3.4 million cars to repair airbags made by Takata

April 17, 2013 | 12:31am CEToriginal
The problematic Takata airbags were delivered to automakers outside Japan, too. The models, the number of cars, locations including the Czech Republic, Takata’s plants in the Czech Republic and their clients...
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Hyundai Motor Group wants to expand further in production of automotive components

April 16, 2013 | 12:19am CEToriginal
Mastering the production chain, the share of supplies from its own companies for the plant in the Czech Republic, other possibilities of replacing suppliers…
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