| The B-Listers: January 2013 Subcompact Sales – Nissan Versa Takes Gold |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
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Subcompact cars are not the major market players they are in other markets, but it’s no longer the neglected boneyard of forgotten and stale models it once was. For January 2013, it was a mixed bag, with three models up for the month, and the other eight down. Only one model, the Nissan Versa, broke [...]
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| Cars.coms Super Bowl ad teaser The call of the bizarre |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
(Credit: Cars.com/Hulu Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) This had almost passed me by. Things do sometimes. And then, searching for something fascinating on the Web, I bumped into this ...
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| SRT Viper Returns to 24 Hours of Le Mans |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
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After three successful racing seasons from 1998 to 2000 in which it finished first and second, the Viper (don’t call it a Dodge) is making its return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for 2013. SRT division representatives, including Beth Paretta, the director of marketing and operations for SRT, along with SRT [...]
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| Mercedes-Benz sales race to record high in Middle East |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
Mercedes-Benz sales in the Middle East raced to a record high in 2012. The German luxury car brand recorded a 16.7 per cent rise in sales in the Middle East and Levant compared to 2011 and closed ...
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| 9 dead in SW China auto collision |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
Nine people were killed after three vehicles crashed into each other early Sunday morning in Kuming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to government sources. At 2:15 am, a ...
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| Auto Outlook Toyota back on top carmakers cut fuel cell deal |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
As expected, Japan's Toyota Motor Co. last week officially regained the No. 1 ranking among global automakers after selling 9.75 million vehicles last year. The Japanese carmaker reported sales ...
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| Fiat CEO Aims To Reach Chrysler Stake Price Deal By 2014 |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
Fiat SpA's (F.MI) chief executive Sunday said he expects to complete the acquisition of Chrysler Group LLC sometime in 2014 once an agreement is reached over the price for the remaining stake in ...
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| Signs good as United States car sales accelerate |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
The world's biggest economy is showing signs of revving up after American consumers ignored tax increases and trudged through winter weather to buy new cars and lorries at an unusually strong ...
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| Fiat and Chrysler to tie the knot in 2014 |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
Fiat looks set merge with its US subsidiary Chrysler in 2014. Group boss Sergio Marchionne made the announcement at the home of Fiat, Turin. Marchionne remained vague on whether the company would ...
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| Algerian gas plant was targeted for blast |
Feb 3rd, 2013 |
A band of Islamic militants who seized a remote Algerian natural gas plant were bent on destroying the facility, survivors said. Employees who escaped last month's siege told The New York Times ...
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