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New car sales in Slovakia fell sharply by more than third in October

November 11, 2009 | 03:15pm CEToriginal
In ten months, sales decreased by 2.8%. Market share of the most popular brand Skoda has fallen this year by...
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General Motors separated sales activities of Opel and Chevrolet in Europe

November 10, 2009 | 11:58pm CEToriginal
Two succession regional representatives Opel SEE and Chevrolet CEE are still settled in Budapest but a range of personnel changes have occurred…
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T-Motor Zlin sold 227 new Toyota cars in 2008, plans for further growth in 2009

November 10, 2009 | 11:49pm CEToriginal
Company Zliner continues in the activities of an independent dealer of Toyota, Lexus and Daihatsu. As an authorized service partner, the company offers Expres service…
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Tatra wants to fight with crisis by selling subsidiaries and buying components from suppliers

November 10, 2009 | 11:05pm CEToriginal
The carmaker intends to focus on construction of special vehicles and development of underbody groups. The company would invest the money from selling the subsidiaries in…
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CLFA: Leasing of movable assets down by 56% in Q1-3, a slight drop in other commodities

November 10, 2009 | 10:26pm CEToriginal
The share of operative leasing in the overall volume went up again in 2009 and that was to…
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NRC: Production of electric cars and electric energy for their drive is not ecological in US

November 10, 2009 | 07:38pm CEToriginal
Energy-intensive production is primarily the production of batteries. Operation and production of electric cars will still be more expensive compared to the petrol cars in the year…
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AAA Auto posted a profit for second quarter in sequence, net profit reached EUR 900,000 in Q3

November 10, 2009 | 07:26pm CEToriginal
Revenues went down by 42% y/y, by 9.6% compared to Q2. The overall sales declined in Q3 but went up in Central Bohemia and Western Slovakia…
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GM Europe head Carl-Peter Forster quits

November 10, 2009 | 06:47pm CEToriginal
Forster belonged to supporters of Opel sale which GM decided to keep eventually. Forster will probably be replaced by…
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Skoda Auto initiated serial production of model Superb Combi in Kvasiny

November 10, 2009 | 06:27pm CEToriginal
First ordered cars will be delivered to customers in late November. Regarding production of Superb Combi in China…
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Exclusive passenger transport to Prague Airport to be provided by car rental Dvorak with BMW cars

November 10, 2009 | 05:55pm CEToriginal
A limousine will pick passengers up in Prague and will deliver them to VIP Terminal and then directly to the airplane. BMW 7 Series cars will be expanded by…
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General Motors: Car sales in China to grow by 10% per year even without government support

November 10, 2009 | 05:21pm CEToriginal
The US carmaker expects the market to grow by 10% this year and next year as well. According to GM, in 2010 there will be sold…
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Slovakia to provide further support for investment of carmaker Kia Motors

November 10, 2009 | 04:03pm CEToriginal
The support refers to automotive supplier Hyundai Mobis as well. The town of Zilina, where the plant is located, will use the financial resources for…
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Fiat’s net profit dropped by 95% in Q3

November 10, 2009 | 03:09pm CEToriginal
The company's revenues fell by 16% to EUR 12 billion. Revenues of the automobile division itself declined by...
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Renault to grant financial support to Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ

November 10, 2009 | 02:01pm CEToriginal
The French carmaker will support restructuring of AvtoVAZ, which is now trying to avert bankruptcy, by an unspecified sum of money…
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German carmaker Daimler returned to net profit in Q3 after a loss in Q2

November 10, 2009 | 12:57pm CEToriginal
However, the net profit dropped by nearly 75% y/y. According to Daimler, the worldwide demand for cars in 2009 will decline by only…
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Toyota wants to open ecological retailers in Europe, current dealers to undergo audits

November 9, 2009 | 11:54pm CEToriginal
The main aim will be as high savings of energy, water and CO2 reduction as possible. Pilot projects have already started...
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Prices of cars sold on Czech market slightly fell in October

November 9, 2009 | 11:40pm CEToriginal
New cars became cheaper by 0.1%, prices of used cars have stagnated. However, spare parts and service works went up...
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General Meeting of AAA Auto Group removed Antonius Kemp from Board

November 9, 2009 | 11:30pm CEToriginal
His successor has not been decided yet. The reason for his appeal is...
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Downturn in revenues of carmaker PSA slowed down in Q3 due to government incentives for sales

November 9, 2009 | 07:14pm CEToriginal
PSA’s revenues declined by 7/7% y/y in Q3; the downturn made nearly 25% in Q2. However, the carmaker warned of a drop of market in…
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PSA to increase production in Slovakia by more than 7% this year and thus to exceed original plan

November 9, 2009 | 06:15pm CEToriginal
In November an exchange in the position of manager of plant in Trnava will occur. Jean Mouro will leave to a different position in the group and will be replaced by…
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CarTec Group opened BMW showroom in Liberec, its second one in Czech Rep

November 9, 2009 | 03:48pm CEToriginal
Investment in the new car center reached more than CZK 60 million. Next year, the company will open another showroom in Liberec…
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Sales of imported used cars in Slovakia down by 20% in Q1-3

November 9, 2009 | 02:56pm CEToriginal
The reason is scrap bonus which boosted up sales of new cars. In the future the ratio of sales of new and used cars is expected to…
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Toyota Motor introduced Toyota and Lexus cars with electronic service book in Europe

November 9, 2009 | 01:50pm CEToriginal
Data about maintenance, accessories installation and kilometre count cannot be falsified and so safety and guarantee are increased during sales of used cars…
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Czech internet retailer Vivantis started selling tires

November 9, 2009 | 12:20pm CEToriginal
In e-shop VivaPneu.cz customers can find 16,000 items, also cast and steel naves. Regarding the field of logistics and warehouse stock, VivaPneu.cz cooperates with company…
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UniCredit Leasing prepared favoured car financing for liberal professions

November 7, 2009 | 12:26pm CEToriginal
Members of the professions do not pay a flat fee, they can choose to calculation with a lower instalment...
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