| S.African auto part workers reject pay offer |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
JOHANNESBURG | Thu Oct 3, 2013 11:54am EDT JOHANNESBURG Oct 3 (Reuters) - South African automotive parts workers have rejected the latest wage offer from employers aimed at ending a strike that has brought assembly lines to a standstill in Africa's biggest economy. Jakkie Olivier, chief executive of the Retail Motor Industry, told SAfm radio that management had offered to raise ...
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| 15 most beautiful American cars |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
Most of these beautiful vehicles are classics and most from companies long gone. What a shame that todays cars are such boring cookie cutter ...
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| Volkswagen to invest $236 mln in Brazil auto plant |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
SAO PAULO | Thu Oct 3, 2013 5:05pm EDT SAO PAULO Oct 3 (Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG plans to invest 520 million reais ($235.9 million) to begin assembly of its newest Golf model in Brazil, CEO Thomas Schmall said on Thursday. The new Golf factory in the southern state of Parana will raise Volkswagen's auto production capacity in Brazil by 20 percent to 1,000 vehicles ...
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| Fiats talks on Chrysler buyout continue no progress yet CEO |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
Thu Oct 3, 2013 7:33am EDT L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian carmaker Fiat's (FIA.MI) talks to buy up the remaining stake in its Chrysler unit are continuing but have not made any progress so far, the chief executive of the two companies said on Thursday. Fiat has made an offer to buy the 41.5 percent stake in U.S. carmaker Chrysler it does not already own, in order to merge the ...
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| Resurrecting cars Sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
Now let us turn our minds to the car business, where resurrection has become the order of the day. Never before have so many reincarnated models graced the showroom. The Ford Mustang Boss 302, first created 44 years ago, is back. So are the Dodge Challenger, the Mini, the Camaro, the Fiat 500 and ... well, you get the picture. As Yogi Berra said: it's dj vu all over again.Some see this ...
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| Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum to Hold Autumn Study Festival - Events to Include Class Taught by an MHI Rocket Engineer Fun Science Experiments and Puzzle Solving |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
will host an 'Autumn Study Festival' organized to enable children to learn enjoyably about aerospace and rocketry through study sessions, science experiments, puzzles and other fun events.The two-day festival is conducted in collaboration with Chuman Gakuin, one ...
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| Toyota expands electric-vehicle sharing program |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
IDG News Service - Toyota added a new concept electric vehicle to its Hamo car sharing project, which lets users rent electric cars by the minute. See the ...
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| Polish new car sales rise sharply in September |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
Thu Oct 3, 2013 6:50am EDT * New car registrations up 16.5 pct y/y in Sept -monitor Samar * Higher registrations point to pick-up in demand WARSAW Oct 3 (Reuters) - Polish new car registrations rose 16.5 percent on the year in September, confirming a pickup in demand in the European Union's biggest emerging market. Samar, a research institute which compiles the Polish car market data, said ...
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| UPDATE 1-Mercedes-Benz sales jump 16 pct to all-time high in Sept -paper |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
Thu Oct 3, 2013 6:38am EDT FRANKFURT Oct 3 (Reuters) - Daimler's luxury brand Mercedes-Benz sold the most cars in one month in its history in September, German paper Bild reported on Thursday. The carmaker sold over 142,000 cars last month, a rise of 15.9 percent, driven by demand in China and the United States, particularly for Mercedes' A-, C- and CLA class cars, the paper ...
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| Japan chooses Mitsubishi Electric IHI MHI for F-35 parts |
Oct 3rd, 2013 |
Lightning II fighters destined for Japan's air force. Under the $893 million deal, IHI Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric will manufacture engine and radar parts. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will lead the final assembly process, Japan's Kyodo News reported. MHI gets the lion's share of the work, worth about $651 million. IHI will get $185 million worth of work and Mitsubishi ...
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