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Suzuki recalling more than 120,000 Swift cars to garages

January 26, 2011 | 10:35pm CEToriginal
These cars were manufactured in Hungary between 1997 and 2002. Reason for the corrective action, supplier of the defective part, financial costs of the recall...
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Saitz (BMW Group): We expect further sales growth in Czech Rep in 2011

January 26, 2011 | 04:42am CEToriginal
In 2010, sales of BMW and Mini cars have risen at a single-digit rate, motorcycles at a double-digit rate. Product novelties in 2011...
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Chrysler Group recalling nearly 150,000 Dodge cars to service shops

January 26, 2011 | 04:25am CEToriginal
These are several models, which could have problems with steering, airbags and rear axles. The corrective action takes place in the U.S. by Ford Motor as well...
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Honda recalling 1.35 million Fit/Jazz cars to repair

January 24, 2011 | 04:50am CEToriginal
These are cars manufactured in 2002-2008 in Suzuka factory in Japan. Number of affected vehicles in Europe and the Czech Republic...
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Citroen in January: Sale of stock cars from 2010, open week for new C4

January 21, 2011 | 01:19am CEToriginal
The clearance sale applies to models Xsara Picasso and the first generation C4. The opportunity to hire the new C3 for a day free of charge continues…
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Honda offers discounts on selected models in Q1

January 21, 2011 | 12:53am CEToriginal
The special offer is valid even without the use of funding. Moreover, Honda provides the City with an extra five-year warranty. Models and discounts...
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TUV Report 2011: Lights - least reliable part of cars

January 20, 2011 | 02:16am CEToriginal
Half-axles, brakes, exhaust and bodies are following. TUV Report does not plan to deal with a share of blame of manufacturers and users...
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TUV Report 2011: Reliability of new Skoda models improving

January 19, 2011 | 04:12am CEToriginal
Mini cars from TPCA have been registering a deterioration of reliability in 2010. The results of various models manufactured in the Czech Republic...
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Audi maintained 2009 results in Czech Rep in 2010

January 19, 2011 | 03:49am CEToriginal
Sales of new models A1 and A7, continuing partnership with the Karlovy Vary IFF, new models in 2011...
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Hybrid Kinetic to produce cheap parts for EVs and HEVs in China

January 19, 2011 | 03:32am CEToriginal
Waiving the production of cars with electric motor, production of five components, production capacity, start-up of production, production costs...
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TUV Report 2011: EVs and HEVs to be reliable, as pioneer Toyota Prius shows

January 18, 2011 | 01:12am CEToriginal
The continuing dominance of the Porsche and Toyota brands, a continuing overall increase in failure rate, the results of individual models...
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GM to export cars made in China to other continents

January 18, 2011 | 12:14am CEToriginal
The first model is the Chevrolet New Sail, which the carmaker started exporting to Chile. Other continents to follow…
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Renault Group significantly exceeded sales plan in Czech Rep in 2010, market share up by 1.2 pp

January 17, 2011 | 05:16am CEToriginal
The share of fleet sales, website visit rate, new models and limited editions in 2011, the first engine with a start-stop system...
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Goodyear Dunlop Tires let several managers rotate in CEE at turn of the year

January 14, 2011 | 04:09am CEToriginal
These changes affected the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Tomas Vobr left for the representation in Ukraine, his position was taken over by Marek Hlavac, who came from...
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Group of lawyer Robert Pergl gained representation of Italian brand Abarth for Czech Rep

January 13, 2011 | 03:45am CEToriginal
In spring, the company Pitlane will open a showroom in a new complex in Prague, to which the service for Ferrari and Maserati has been already moved...
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A. Charouz donates pre-charged loyalty card and discount on service when using CSOB Leasing car funding

January 13, 2011 | 03:11am CEToriginal
Moreover, with the card United-Auto the customer gets one year of assistance services in the Czech Republic free of charge. Details of offer, brands and showrooms involved...
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Car prices in Czech Rep fell by 0.1% m/m in December

January 13, 2011 | 02:59am CEToriginal
New cars went slightly up, the used ones down. The prices of spare parts and service works declined. Detailed information, including y/y comparison...
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Passemard (Citroen): Sales of passenger cars in Czech Rep to rise slightly in 2011, LCV markedly

January 12, 2011 | 05:06am CEToriginal
Citroen is expected to grow by almost a third, particularly thanks to a new generation of C4. Details of the plans and estimates, new models of DS4 and DS5...
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Porsche Inter Auto increased sales of new cars by 11% in Czech Rep in 2010, planning further increase in 2011

January 12, 2011 | 04:54am CEToriginal
The company increased demand for all brands in its portfolio, the most for Porsche. Details of sales and plans...
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PSA Peugeot Citroen: Electric car market to increase six times by 2015

January 12, 2011 | 04:24am CEToriginal
At that time, there should be 100 low-emission zones in Europe, including one in the Czech Republic. The development of HEVs, EVs’ lifespan and second life of batteries...
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AAA Auto sales increased by 24.1% in Q4, by 7.3% in 2010

January 12, 2011 | 04:13am CEToriginal
The company met the year-round plan. Sales rose more in Slovakia than in the Czech Republic. Areas of the strongest sales...
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Lenka Martinova returned to post of marketing director at Citroen in Czech Rep

January 12, 2011 | 03:47am CEToriginal
Katerina Juranova, substituting Martinova and temporarily holding the post of director of advertising and media, returned to her original position...
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CEZ announced tender for supplies of charging stations from 2011 to 2013, to assess it in late January

January 11, 2011 | 04:23am CEToriginal
The contract with Rittal, evaluation of the project of Better Place, wireless inductive charging from HaloIPT, standardization of outlets in Europe...
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Pekny (Kia): We aim to increase sales in Czech Rep by double-digit pace in 2011, to exceed limit of 10,000 cars in 2012

January 11, 2011 | 04:03am CEToriginal
The evaluation of 2010 under the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, new models of Picanto and Rio in 2011...
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Audi began to offer extended warranty up to 5 years/150,000 km in Czech Rep

January 10, 2011 | 04:15am CEToriginal
Extended warranty from the manufacturer can be ordered when buying a new car. Options and prices for each model...
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