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Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in US dropped by 23% in September

October 28, 2009 | 04:43pm CEToriginal
The reason is an end of scrappage scheme. Local carmakers registered a downturn in sales while Hyundai registered a growth by 27%. Q4 looks…
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General Motors abandoned its effort to sell cars through eBay

October 28, 2009 | 04:20pm CEToriginal
The carmaker wanted to back up sales of its cars by means through the Internet but…
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AUTO 2009: Skoda Auto working on Euro 6 emission norm, wants to get CO2 under 90 g/km for model Fabia

October 26, 2009 | 11:37pm CEToriginal
Czech carmaker is also working on new types of cooling media for air-conditioning systems which should enter the market in…
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Brose not to build new plant in Trutnov, production to proceed in rented facility

October 26, 2009 | 10:36pm CEToriginal
The reason is economic crisis. Lots of 60,000 m2 in industrial zone Krkonosska reserved for Brose are now available…
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Volkswagen increased sales by 11.9% in September, Skoda Auto by 17% though

October 26, 2009 | 09:56pm CEToriginal
There were 4.76 million cars from Volkswagen Group’s production delivered to customers in Q1-3, which represents a downturn by 0.5% y/y. Skoda Auto…
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General Motors postponed Opel sale’s agreement signing to November

October 26, 2009 | 09:13pm CEToriginal
The market had expected the agreement signing just last week. The amended contract and the new circumstances have to be negotiated by the GM’s managing board at the meeting scheduled on...
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Volkswagen offers to rescue cabriolet manufacturer Karmann from bankruptcy

October 26, 2009 | 08:41pm CEToriginal
Karmann has been under protection against creditors since April. Ideas of both companies of the price are though too different. Nevertheless, Karmann is pushed by time…
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Companies to move from diesel motorizations to petrol ones

October 26, 2009 | 08:15pm CEToriginal
The difference in fuel consumption has declined more than in basic price. Another problem of diesel engines is diesel particulate filters (DPF)…
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Most of dismissed employees of Tatra to return to company next year

October 26, 2009 | 07:31pm CEToriginal
At the same time Tatra will introduce a four-day work week from November. Immediate leave by agreement is offset by compensation money…
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Jan Krob to be CSOB Leasing sales head as of January 2010

October 26, 2009 | 06:59pm CEToriginal
Krob comes to the leasing company from the parent CSOB. He replaced Radan Santora who...
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Spanish trade unions agreed with Magna to reduce number of redundancies in local Opel plant

October 26, 2009 | 04:49pm CEToriginal
Those should be not more than 900. Magna also promised not to make any significant changes in the factory Figueruelas untill...
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VVA 2009: Swell holding workshop on cars framework in Hradec Kralove on November 5

October 26, 2009 | 03:48pm CEToriginal
The event is called The Alternative Approaches in Car Framework. Experience with particular projects and news in the field of car construction will be presented by…
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Skoda Auto to reduce production of model Fabia from January, employees to help in Kvasiny

October 26, 2009 | 02:51pm CEToriginal
The carmaker agreed with trade unions on introducing time account of work time as well. Demand for the model Fabia could rise in Q2 again…
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Nissan to also produce cars in plant of carmaker AvtoVAZ in Russia

October 25, 2009 | 09:47pm CEToriginal
Both carmakers together with Renault, which holds a 25% share in AvtoVAZ, are also considering a joint venture which would produce…
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Fall in world’s production of Japanese carmakers moderated in August

October 25, 2009 | 08:30pm CEToriginal
While carmakers Toyota, Honda and Nissan had a record production in China and therefore the impact of a bad situation on other markets in the world had partially balanced...
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Ford to build another plant in China, sales growing by tens of per cent there

October 23, 2009 | 04:19pm CEToriginal
It will be Ford’s third plant in China in which the carmaker will invest USD 490 million. The new plant will be built within a joint venture…
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Production of cars and LCVs in Czech Rep dropped by 4.5% in Q1-3

October 22, 2009 | 09:19pm CEToriginal
Skoda Auto decreased production by 22.3%, Tatra by 63.2%, Avia by 53.6%. Production of TPCA stagnated. Hyundai produced…
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Alcar introduced cast wheels’ offer for winter within traditional action Elegance even in winter

October 22, 2009 | 03:36pm CEToriginal
For this year, the offer contains eight designs of cast wheels. At the same time, the company has reduced prices compared to those in spring by up to...
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Kia holding service action in Czech Rep before winter season

October 22, 2009 | 02:26pm CEToriginal
The Kia Service Days will be held until mid-November. A discount of 25% is prepared for clients interested in buying winter tires. The price of the service inspection is...
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Volkswagen to buy a 49.9% share of Porsche AG instead of 42% planned originally

October 22, 2009 | 01:32pm CEToriginal
Volkwagen also continues in planned cooperation with Porsche—delivering about one third of components for Porsche cars and wants to widen the cooperation further on…
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Opel’s cash could reportedly run short by mid-January

October 22, 2009 | 12:49pm CEToriginal
According to General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson, a final agreement on selling Opel will be signed…
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Prices of cars sold on Czech market are now stagnating

October 21, 2009 | 09:38pm CEToriginal
In September, used cars and motorcycles became slightly cheaper, spare parts had better results. On the contrary, servicing works...
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Kia has introduced its own scrap bonus amounting to CZK 30,000 in Czech Rep

October 21, 2009 | 08:53pm CEToriginal
Special offer is valid till the end of November and applies to stock cars of selected models...
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Fiat in Czech Rep and Slovakia still without Bohumil Preucil’s successor

October 21, 2009 | 07:51pm CEToriginal
Preucil had worked for Fiat since the creation of the Czech and Slovak representation in 1992. His successor is still wanted, the position is temporarily...
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AUTO 2009: Most important segments remain A0 and A worldwide; A00 to strengthen

October 20, 2009 | 11:50pm CEToriginal
In Western Europe, only classes A0 and A00 are going to rise this year, there will be a decrease in all segments in CEE. In future, Skoda Auto aims to focus on segments...
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