| SAIC Motor says August China auto sales up 14.4 pct yryr |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
SHANGHAI, Sept 6 | Fri Sep 6, 2013 3:50am EDT SHANGHAI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Top Chinese automaker SAIC Motor Corp said on Friday that its August auto sales rose 14.4 percent from a year earlier to 409,704 vehicles. That follows a 10.1 percent year-on-year rise in July and a 14.4 percent gain in June. In the first eight months of this year, SAIC sold a total of 3,336,224 vehicles, up 14.6 ...
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| Chrysler Warren Truck workers oppose war with Syria |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
Opposition to the impending war against Syria is deeply felt among American workers. On Wednesday, a Socialist Equality Party campaign team visited the Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly Plant outside of Detroit to distribute ...
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| Porsche to mark 50 years of 911 with Sydney Harbour Bridge crossing |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
Porsche 911 s ever assembled on local soil. Leading the group will be an original 1967 911 from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart (pictured top), which has already travelled to Paris, Geneva, Shanghai, London and Sao Paolo as part of the Golden Anniversary and will travel on to Tokyo, Singapore and Los Angeles following the Australian ...
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| Infiniti Australia’s general manager resigns |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
Infinti Australia's general manager has resigned with the Japanese luxury brand set to come under new leadership from October. Kevin Snell had been the driving force behind the launch of the brand in Australia, having been championed by former Nissan Australia boss Dan Thompson. Confirming the news today, Infiniti Australia's general manager of corporate communications, Peter Fadeyev, ...
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| Luddenham Raceway approved new racetrack to open in 2014 |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
, a brand new motorsport facility planned for Sydney’s west, has been given the green light and is set to open its gates in 2014. Officially approved on August ...
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| US company introduces electric rental cars |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
Visitors to Orlando often try new things while on vacation: thrilling roller coasters, luxury hotels, different cuisines. Now they can try out a fully electric car - and not have to pay for petrol during their holiday. Under a new program announced on Thursday called Drive Electric Orlando, anyone who rents one of 15 Nissan Leaf cars from Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be able to charge the car for ...
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| Rain contributes to partial collapse of roof at N. Portland auto shop |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
PORTLAND, Ore. – Heavy rain has contributed to the partial collapse of a roof at an old automotive business in North Portland on Thursday night. Fire crews are ...
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| Premium cars make up 70 per cent of new car sales in Spore |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
Luxury and premium brands have crowded out mass-market makes in Singapore's small-car segment. And imminent changes to the certificate of entitlement (COE) system that seek to give mass-market cars a more equal footing may take time to reverse the trend, if at all. According to trade figures obtained ...
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| Local auto dealer Mike Priestner now big wheel in WHL with Saskatoon Blades purchase |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
Mike Priestner once worked for Peter Pocklington’s Westown Ford on Argyll and now he’s a hockey owner just like his old boss. Not the NHL, the WHL. Not Wayne Gretzky but would-be 99s. The 58-year-old Priestner, who went from selling Mustangs for Peter Puck in the late 70s to his current lot in life as the CEO of the Go Auto franchise with 30 dealerships across Western Canada, is a ...
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| Meet Murugan rare Chennai auto driver who charges by the meter |
Sep 6th, 2013 |
Chennai : Zubaida was pleasantly surprised when the auto rickshaw driver said to her as she got into the vehicle at Chennai's Valasarawakkam area, "Pay me by the meter".On reaching her home, he collected Rs 34. Meet Murugan. One of the few auto drivers in Chennai who have already calibrated their metres to the new tariffs fixed by the government a week ago.Zubaida says, "Autos ...
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