| Mazda 3 chief designer Koji Tabata interview |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
Mazda 6 mid-sized sedan and wagon. The exterior look is impressive, if not more daring than the outgoing model, while the interior appears to take a quantum leap forward in design and technology. We recently sat down with the chief designer of the new Mazda 3, Koji Tabata, to talk about the philosophy behind the ...
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| Praful Patel proposes exise duty cut scrappage policy for old vehicles |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
Policy paralysis & governance deficits, more important than CAD & fiscal deficits, have been caused by Delhi. Let's invoke democracy & make Delhi ...
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| Strong Auto Sales Lead Shares Higher |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
The stock market rose on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by a surge in auto sales in August and other signs of strength in the economy. Shares of General Motors, Ford Motor and Toyota Motor rose after the auto industry reported its best month in six years. ...
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| News Summary Stocks end higher led by car sales |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
CARS: A jump in U.S. auto sales and other good news on the economy helped drive the stock market higher Wednesday. General Motors and other carmakers surged after posting strong sales in August, giving the industry its best month in six years.WHOOPS: The Nasdaq Stock Market ran into technical problems for the second time in two weeks. The exchange reported that its system for disseminating prices ...
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| Snyder names auto adviser creates auto office |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
LANSING, Mich. -- Gov. Rick Snyder has tapped a veteran auto industry executive to become the state's automotive adviser.The appointment of Nigel Francis and creation of the Automotive Industry Office were effective as of Sunday. Francis will make $170,000 a year in his new job.The new position and new office will be housed in the Michigan Economic Development Corp. MEDC President and CEO ...
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| California extends HOV lane access for plug-in cars to 2019 - CNET |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
(Credit: CA DOT) California's HOV lane sticker program -- which is meant to incentivize drivers to adopt more efficient, but more expensive, electrified vehicles -- was scheduled to come to a close at the end of 2015, but a bill approved by the state legislature has extended the program until 2019. Drivers of fully-electric vehicles (such as ...
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| GM has best day since Dec. 19 on strong auto sales |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
+5.01% shares closed up 5% on Wednesday, posting their best daily percentage gain since Dec. 19 on the back of robust sales. GM said August sales jumped 14.7% from a year earlier to 275,847 units. Ford Motor ...
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| Auto sales rebound to pre-recession levels |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
DETROIT -- For the U.S. auto industry, the recession is now clearly in the rear-view mirror.New car sales jumped 17 percent to 1.5 million in August, their highest level in more than six years. Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Honda, Chrysler and General Motors all posted double-digit gains over last August.The full-year sales pace rose above 16 million for the first time since November 2007, the month ...
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| Wall Street posts strong gains on auto sales |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
Stocks finished higher on Wall Street after automakers reported strong sales gains. Investors apparently shrugged off worries about war in the Mideast, concerns which had been weighing on markets for several sessions. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 96 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 14,930 points Wednesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13 points, or 0.8 percent, to ...
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| New cars 2014 model year preview |
Sep 5th, 2013 |
Nissan Versa Note , to the latest hypercar from , the 918 Spyder. Alfa Romeo's return to the United States is no small news, either, and will be marked by the appearance of its lightweight fighter, the 4C. And those are just a few of the many significant highlights. Click through to see some of the most groundbreaking cars of the 2014 model year that are at dealers now or rolling into ...
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