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CCS: Fuel continued in price increase last week

June 22, 2009 | 06:46pm CEToriginal
A litre of petrol and diesel marked up by more than 40 hellers. Oil price stagnating and the strengthening of crown against dollar should this week...
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Hyundai i30: Within stock sales estate at price of hatchback and diesel engine at price of petrol

June 22, 2009 | 04:09pm CEToriginal
Offer applies to model year 2008 and until the stock lasts. When purchasing model i30 or i30cw it is possible to save...
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Volkswagen without loss in Q2, even the whole year 2009 should end with profit

June 22, 2009 | 12:55pm CEToriginal
At the same time the carmaker will consider giving sports car manufacturer Porsche a loan, which has reportedly been granted one loan from Volkswagen already...
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Porsche revenues down by 15%, sales by 28% in Q1-3

June 21, 2009 | 06:26pm CEToriginal
The carmaker registered the most significant drop in the US and Canada. Considering the specific models...
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Car production in UK dropped by 43% in May, by 54% over this year

June 21, 2009 | 05:29pm CEToriginal
Production of commercial cars dropped by 73.5% y/y in May; production of all kinds of vehicles shows out a decline...
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Sales of Skoda cars stagnated in Europe in May, dropped by 5.5% totally this year

June 20, 2009 | 11:43am CEToriginal
Registrations of new passenger cars went up by 20.5% y/y in the Czech Republic in May; in Slovakia even by...
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CSOB Leasing to administer fleet of CSOB group amounting to almost 1,000 cars

June 20, 2009 | 11:09am CEToriginal
All by means of the form of fleet management and full service leasing as well. CSOB Leasing also became a provider of operative leasing for Skoda Auto...
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Slovakian server published photos of Skoda Superb Combi

June 20, 2009 | 10:13am CEToriginal
The photographs were taken during damper tests on the highway D2. According to the tests the back part will look different than indicated by computerized drawings so far…
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AAA Auto CFO David Thorley ended after a year

June 19, 2009 | 07:54pm CEToriginal
There is now a selection procedure for the post under way. To a post of temporary CFO has been nominated...
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US Senate supported scrap bonus initiation

June 19, 2009 | 07:46pm CEToriginal
To a program, which should provide consumers a bonus for exchanging older cars for new models with a lower consumption, will be invested…
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Chinese carmaker BAIC to struggle with Magna for Opel

June 19, 2009 | 07:30pm CEToriginal
BAIC has acquired an approval to look into the German carmaker's accounting. A part of the alliance of Magna and Opel might also become the carmaker...
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General meeting of AAA Auto extended possibility of reverse stock buyout by company's management board

June 19, 2009 | 05:21pm CEToriginal
A minimum price will be equal to their nominal value whereas a maximum price will be equal to EUR 4 per a share. The time for buyout has been extended to...
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Fiat to shut down car production at Sicily plant

June 19, 2009 | 03:39pm CEToriginal
Fiat needs to reach annual sales of 5.5 million cars in order to survive. The overall sales of Fiat and Chrysler though range only around...
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Chrysler to resume production at seven possible plants

June 19, 2009 | 02:26pm CEToriginal
Chrysler will announce resuming production in other plants at the end of June probably. Production in newly resumed plants will proceed…
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Sales of cabriolets down by roughly a half in Czech Rep

June 19, 2009 | 01:47pm CEToriginal
The economic recession is the cause for it has brought interest in the entire category of sports cars down. The fall considers premium brands mainly...
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Auto Diskont enhanced sales by 5% to more than 2,200 used cars last year

June 18, 2009 | 11:07pm CEToriginal
The company focuses on sales of used cars priced up to CZK 150,000 but starts increasing the share of younger and more expensive cars. This year Auto Diskont sold...
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Nissan offers CZK 50,000 to CZK 120,000 discounts according to model till end of June

June 18, 2009 | 04:28pm CEToriginal
Within a special offer “Scrap bonus weeks with Nissan” it is enough to bring a toy-car of a model intended for scrapping. The offer relates to commercial cars too…
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Segment of exclusive cars not affected by crisis in Czech Rep

June 18, 2009 | 03:57pm CEToriginal
Sales of exclusive cars went up y/y this year even—by 20 cars per 130 units. However, the situation in Europe is inversed. The reason is...
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Dealers: Orders for Skoda Yeti in Czech Rep just sporadic over 10 days

June 18, 2009 | 12:36pm CEToriginal
Interest in the Yeti is though bigger than in other Skoda models. People are waiting for showroom cars to appear in the car centres. That should happen in…
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Michelin to cancel 1,100 workplaces; company will thus dismiss 1% of all employees

June 18, 2009 | 11:28am CEToriginal
At the same time the company would like to employ 500 new people by 2012 and to invest in its research centre...
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Czech Senate approved anti-crisis packed including scrap bonus proposed by CSSD

June 18, 2009 | 08:59am CEToriginal
According to specialists from PwC the scrappage scheme gives advantage to some brands and models only, it will affect future sales and contribute to another decline in used car prices...
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Skoda Auto sales decreased by 7.3% to 59,600 cars in May

June 17, 2009 | 08:55pm CEToriginal
Sales of the Volkswagen Group have increased by 1.5% to 556,700 cars for the first time in 2009. However, in Germany and China, the Czech carmaker grew by...
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Auto Diskont follows its competitors and also introduced scrap bonus

June 17, 2009 | 08:16pm CEToriginal
At the same time, the used car dealer, which is controlled by AAA Auto, change its orientation and increases the proportion of younger and more expensive cars...
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CEZ aim to focus on development of electric vehicles, seeing great potential in it

June 17, 2009 | 07:26pm CEToriginal
In the coming years the energy company intends to invest in this sphere about CZK 500 million. Pilot projects are about to start till 2012 in...
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Audi A5 Sportback: Five-door coupe to be introduced at Frankfurt Motor Show

June 17, 2009 | 07:10pm CEToriginal
Right after that it will go on sale from EUR 36,050 (about CZK 960,000) with an engine 2.0 TDI (125 kW). In mid-2010 a new basic version will come...
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