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GE Money Auto: For buying car on credit until end of May weekend in Europe as gift

April 7, 2010 | 04:04am CEToriginal
The hotel voucher can be used in 200 hotels in 12 countries across Europe by Christmas 2011. Details of the special offer and autoCredit Weekend credit…
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Anthony Denny wants to buy back 5% of shares of AAA Auto in longer time

April 7, 2010 | 03:57am CEToriginal
In April 2009, Denny was planning to increase its stake to 79% in one year though. Last purchase in March and the current share...
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Toyota Aygo Base Cool: Carmaker’s entry-model with air conditioning as standard, while keeping price below CZK 200,000

April 7, 2010 | 03:41am CEToriginal
Another novelty is the new package Red Edition for customers who want to have a red car both inside and outside. When using the funding...
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Rubber prices in Asia climbed to record highs of over USD 3/kg

April 7, 2010 | 03:22am CEToriginal
Therefore, the growth, which reached 20 % in 2009, keeps going. Tire manufacturers are now struggling for this commodity…
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Car sales in Germany dropped by 26.5% in March, by 23% in Q1

April 6, 2010 | 11:58pm CEToriginal
The decrease has been caused by the scrap bonus program termination. Throughout the 2010, the association VDIK foresees a drop in sales of...
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Hyundai’s Czech unions gave company ultimatum until next week

April 6, 2010 | 11:50pm CEToriginal
If company management do not accede to their demands for wage increase, they shall pass the negoatiations on an agent...
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U.S. accused Toyota of concealing defects, proposed a record fine

April 6, 2010 | 11:34pm CEToriginal
The carmaker has reportedly known about the problems with gas pedals from September 2009 but launched steps to remove as late as January 2010. The fine and the expectations of analysts...
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New brands in A. Charouz Motors’ portfolio caused sales changes in Prague

April 6, 2010 | 05:49am CEToriginal
The company will offer Jaguar and Land Rover brands in Pruhonice, while Cadillac, Corvette, Hummer, Spyker, Wiesmann and electric cars Micro-Vett in a new showroom in...
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Key Plastics expanding in Europe, buying certain plants of Paulman & Crone and Olho Group

April 6, 2010 | 05:15am CEToriginal
The U.S. company will take Olho-Technik plants over in Germany and the Czech Republic, which are in 2010 expecting a turnover of...
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Grammer won new contracts, to extend production by investment of EUR 12 million in Czech Rep

April 6, 2010 | 01:50am CEToriginal
It will be production for a truck manufacturers. Even though Grammer has recently ceased production in Horazdovice but now in Tachov...
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Skoda Auto reduced number of suppliers by 77 partners in 2009, production purchase down by 10.6%

April 6, 2010 | 01:41am CEToriginal
The share and supplies of companies in the Czech Republic, Germany, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe; growth in the number of suppliers from Russia, India and China...
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Andrej Barcak jr. left A. Charouz, Pavel Silha Kia in Slovakia

April 6, 2010 | 01:13am CEToriginal
Both have moved to the Czech and Slovak representation of Opel, where the change of the organizational structure has been thus completed. Details of changes and the existing career of managers...
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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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Citroen C4 Picasso Image: Special model with features for increased comfort from CZK 429,900

April 6, 2010 | 12:09am CEToriginal
Those interested in the basic equipment version X can pay extra CZK 30,000 for an automatic control of the air conditioning and Bluetooth/USB. The surcharge for C4 Grand Picasso amounts to...
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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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U.S. car sales rose by 24.3% in March, in Q1 up by 15.5%

April 5, 2010 | 11:34pm CEToriginal
The growth has been supported by incentives of the carmaker Toyota, to which competitors had to react. Other factors and sales of individual carmakers...
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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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Kia Open Days/Spring Service Days: 10 favourable days at dealers with extended opening hours, including weekends

April 1, 2010 | 11:47pm CEToriginal
Action models, discounts on stock cars, service inspections, discount on spare parts for models already not being produced...
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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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Toyota Yaris Dream: Special model with extra equipment valued CZK 52,000 begins at CZK 229,900

April 1, 2010 | 11:27pm CEToriginal
The car can be bought on interest-free credit for a one year period, when the customer pays a monthly payment for insurance only...
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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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