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Rehau keeps expanding production in Czech Rep, launched operating in new hall

April 6, 2010 | 12:58am CEToriginal
Since 2007, several investment projects in the plant based in Moravska Trebova have meant an acquisition of hundreds of jobs. Orders from existing and new customers...
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After 10 years at SkoFIN Roman Vavron leaving to group branch in India

April 6, 2010 | 12:41am CEToriginal
Jan Kloud has been promoted to the position of marketing director at SkoFIN. As of May, Vavron will be at Volkswagen Finance PVT on a post of...
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Gefco opened buffer stock in Czech Rep for car components supplies to French plants of PSA

April 6, 2010 | 12:25am CEToriginal
It collects parts from suppliers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. It is the third such a warehouse in Europe...
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Daimler agreed on out-of-court settlement in bribery scandal in USA, investigation continues in Germany

April 5, 2010 | 11:54pm CEToriginal
The German carmaker will pay a fine amounting to double profit from the proven dirty business in the USA. Daimler’s and FBI’s measures...
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Government wants to improve trade in used cars, prepares news for STKs and car transfers

April 2, 2010 | 01:16am CEToriginal
The used car dealer Auto Esa and the association SOVA also want to participate on the amendment. A certified warrant of attorney in car transfers, qualitative control of identifiers for STKs...
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Denny (AAA Auto): We want to maintain profitability in 2010, sales at last year's level and to open one to three car centres

April 2, 2010 | 12:37am CEToriginal
Return to Hungary and entry into Russia is not realistic this year. The considered new branches in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and sales in Q1...
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Unions at Skoda Auto rejected another proposal for wage growth and increased one-time bonus

April 1, 2010 | 11:58pm CEToriginal
The existing collective agreement has been extended to April 12, 2010. Unions have already begun to prepare to take industrial action...
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More restrictive rules regulating fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to be valid in USA in 2012

April 1, 2010 | 11:39pm CEToriginal
It is thus the first regulation of car emissions at the federal level. New demands on the efficiency of cars...
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Association of towing services: New system with accident centre slows down liquidation of accidents on roads

April 1, 2010 | 11:10pm CEToriginal
The Czech Insurers' Bureau wants to extend it to highways. An accident centre of apparently has no basis in law...
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Ford to extend cooperation with Microsoft by jointly addressing electric cars’ recharging in households

April 1, 2010 | 05:00am CEToriginal
The application Microsoft Hohm for electricity consumption management, five electric cars by 2013, the first of them, Transit Connect Electric on the market from...
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AAA Auto returned to profit with lower revenues by 43.8% and car sales by 38.5% in 2009

March 31, 2010 | 11:50pm CEToriginal
The company withdrew from abroad, focused on the most liquid models and significantly reduced costs. Penetration of financial services, details of sales and other indicators...
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TPCA to increase wages by 2.5%, surcharges for extra shifts by CZK 200 and pay one-time bonus

March 31, 2010 | 12:05pm CEToriginal
Negotiations with the unions have been difficult in 2010; the agreement was helped by the report on a decline in car sales from Kolin. Details of the collective agreement and union penetration...
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Reducing number of Mini dealers in Czech Rep and new showroom helped increase sales of Renocar in Brno

March 31, 2010 | 01:01am CEToriginal
Sales of the brand and dealer Renocar in 2008, 2009 and outlook for 2010; prices of the new SUV Mini Countryman...
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Subaru continues to cooperate with UniCredit leasing in Czech Rep under new brand Subaru Finance

March 30, 2010 | 11:09pm CEToriginal
Zero increase in financing is now possible to obtain with advance payment from 35% in contracts for 24 to 48 months. Part of the payments is insurance from...
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BYD reportedly interested in Maybach, Daimler and Chinese manufacturer of cars and batteries denied that

March 30, 2010 | 10:59pm CEToriginal
Sales of the Maybach brand is well below the level of competing Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Sales of Maybach cars in 2009...
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Geely intends to invest USD 900 million after purchase of Volvo Car

March 30, 2010 | 10:39pm CEToriginal
This amount will be spent to expand production. The companies Geely and Volvo Car will continue to operate independently...
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Mazda to accelerate its entry into hybrid market, technologies to be supplied by Toyota

March 29, 2010 | 11:39pm CEToriginal
It will present the first hybrid using Mazda's new petrol engine SKY in 2013. However, within the plan for reducing fuel consumption by 30% by 2015...
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Skoda Fabia GreenLine: 1.2 TDI (55 kW) engine, consumption of 3.4 l/100 km, CO2 emissions of 89 g/km

March 29, 2010 | 04:33am CEToriginal
The car will be available to order first on the markets with the tax advantage of ecological cars. Roomster GreenLine, Yeti GreenLine, Superb GreenLine...
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Goodyear won several contracts from Volkswagen Group to supply primary production with tires

March 29, 2010 | 04:22am CEToriginal
Goodyear and Dunlop tires will be delivered to Skoda Auto and Volkswagen Slovakia for models...
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Toyota's recall begins affecting Czech plant TPCA, it will reduce production

March 29, 2010 | 04:08am CEToriginal
TPCA has lower orders from the Japanese carmaker in April, it will cancel extra shifts. Demand from PSA does not decline. Collective bargaining...
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Saab sales fell by 57.2% in 2009, carmaker expects growth by 50% in 2010

March 29, 2010 | 03:58am CEToriginal
However, management will still be loss-making this year. Production and management of the parent company Spyker Cars in 2009...
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Fiat wants to raise stake in Chrysler to 35% from 20% in two years

March 29, 2010 | 12:33am CEToriginal
Chrysler will start producing small efficient cars in 2010. Within five year, the Fiat 500 will be followed by...
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Volkswagen Slovakia to start producing in three shifts on Monday

March 28, 2010 | 11:58pm CEToriginal
There is currently the manufacture of Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne second generation under way. The third shift will be provided by staff...
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Geely signed contract for purchase of Volvo Car with Ford Motor

March 28, 2010 | 11:42pm CEToriginal
Geely have allegedly secured funding for the acquisition and operation; the brand will continue to operate separately. The planned Volvo factory in China...
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Mitsubishi wants to make 9,000 i-MiEV electric cars this year and further increase production

March 28, 2010 | 11:35pm CEToriginal
Estimated production in 2011 and 2012, present sales, market entry in the U.S., the expected decrease in prices of the electric car...
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