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General Motors To Spend $2 Billion On Factory Upgrades
General Motors will invest $2 billion across 17 plants, as the company retools existing plants to build new products and hire more workers. GM confirmed that their Toledo, Ohio plant would receive...
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Mazda6 To Continue Production, May Move From U.S. Plant
Contrary to earlier reports, Mazda will not be ending production of its Mazda6 midsize sedan. Earlier reports suggested that the slow-selling model would be axed after reports emerged that production...
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Volkswagen Builds First Customer Car At Tennessee Plant
Volkswagen‘s new Chattanooga, Tennessee plant built its first car destined for a customer Wednesday, a dark Blue Passat 2.5L equipped with an automatic transmission. The plant should reach full...
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Chrysler To Invest $843 Million In Transmission Plant, 9-Speed Automatic To...
Chrysler To Invest $843 Million In Transmission Plant, 9-Speed Automatic To Be BuiltChrysler announced an $843 million investment in its Indiana transmission plant as it prepares to build a 9-speed...
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BMW To Invest $1.4 Billion In Chinese Operations
BMW will expand its Chinese joint venture with local automaker Brilliance, in an effort to build 300,000 cars per year in China. BMW’s joint venture near Beijing currently builds the 3-Series and...
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Toyota And Honda Plan To Hire 5,000 Workers As Japans Industry Recovers
Toyota and Honda plan to hire as many as 5,000 temporary workers in Japan for the first time in more than a year as the automotive industry recovers from the March 11 earthquake. Toyota will be hiring...
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Fiat To Build Jeep Subcompact In Italy, Patriot And Compass Replacement In U.S.
Fiat To Build Jeep Subcompact In Italy, Patriot And Compass Replacement In U.S.Jeep has scrapped plans to build a replacement for their Patriot and Compass SUVs in Italy, and will instead build a...
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Ford Investing $446 Million In Brazil Plant For Production Of New Global Vehicle
Ford announced that they are investing $446 million into their Sao Bernardo do Campo plant near Sao Paulo, Brazil towards the production of a new global vehicle. Unfortunately Ford didn’t announce any...
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Chevrolet Cruze Production Halted, Unnamed Supplier To Blame
General Motors halted production of their popular Cruze sedan yesterday after a supplier issue hampered production. Chevrolet says they plan to resume production as soon as possible, though they...
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BMW Lays Groundwork For Expansion Plans
BMW is pushing forward in the face of what many economists are fervently discussing in the business world: the possible collapse of the euro. Such a catastrophic event is unlikely, BMW CEO Norbert...
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Green Factories In VWs Future Plans
While most car companies are just trying hard to produce low-emissions vehicles, Volkswagen is looking to make even their factories green. Or is that blue! VW calls all their efficient models...
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De Tomasso Dead in the Water, no New Pantera Coming
As much as it would have been fantastic to see the mighty De Tomaso Pantera resurrected, it seems the dream that graced our news section last February is falling to shambles. De Tomaso had a chance at...
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Volkswagen Opens 20th Facility in China
Volkswagen just opened a new manufacturing plant in Southern China. This is the Volkswagen Group’s 119th facility and its 20th in the country, which is their largest and most important market in the...
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Mazda6 To Continue Production, May Move From U.S. Plant
Contrary to earlier reports, Mazda will not be ending production of its Mazda6 midsize sedan. Earlier reports suggested that the slow-selling model would be axed after reports emerged that production...
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Volkswagen Builds First Customer Car At Tennessee Plant
Volkswagen‘s new Chattanooga, Tennessee plant built its first car destined for a customer Wednesday, a dark Blue Passat 2.5L equipped with an automatic transmission. The plant should reach full...
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Chrysler To Invest $843 Million In Transmission Plant, 9-Speed Automatic To...
Chrysler announced an $843 million investment in its Indiana transmission plant as it prepares to build a 9-speed automatic transmission front front-drive vehicles. The announcement comes on the heels...
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BMW To Invest $1.4 Billion In Chinese Operations
BMW will expand its Chinese joint venture with local automaker Brilliance, in an effort to build 300,000 cars per year in China. BMW’s joint venture near Beijing currently builds the 3-Series and...
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Toyota And Honda Plan To Hire 5,000 Workers As Japan’s Industry Recovers
Toyota and Honda plan to hire as many as 5,000 temporary workers in Japan for the first time in more than a year as the automotive industry recovers from the March 11 earthquake. Toyota will be hiring...
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Fiat To Build Jeep Subcompact In Italy, Patriot And Compass Replacement In U.S.
Jeep has scrapped plans to build a replacement for their Patriot and Compass SUVs in Italy, and will instead build a subcompact Jeep product in Italy that will also be badged as a Fiat in world...
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Ford Investing $446 Million In Brazil Plant For Production Of New Global Vehicle
Ford announced that they are investing $446 million into their Sao Bernardo do Campo plant near Sao Paulo, Brazil towards the production of a new global vehicle. Unfortunately Ford didn’t announce any...
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