Volkswagen Beetle celebrates 65 years in the United States

This month, the Volkswagen Beetle celebrates 65 years since it first arrived in the United States. In January of 1949, a Volkswagen 'Type 1', or Beetle, was shipped to New York City by Ben Pon, Sr., a Dutch businessman and the world's first official Volkswagen

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car2go celebrates one year of carsharing in Seattle

car2go North America, LLC celebrates its first full year of point-to-point carsharing operations in Seattle. More than 40,000 drivers have registered as car2go Seattle members and collectively share a network of 500 car2go edition smart fortwo vehicles,

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Ford Invests US$ 80-million, creates 350 jobs at Kentucky Truck Plant

Ford Motor Company will add 350 new jobs and invest US$ 80-million in its Kentucky Truck Plant to meet growing demand for Ford F-series Super Duty trucks.

The US$ 80-million will pay for facility upgrades, retooling and increased capacity to meet market demand.

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Magna signs new manufacturing contract with BMW Group

Magna International has announced that its Magna Steyr operating unit will continue its collaboration with the BMW Group through a new vehicle manufacturing contract for its facility in Graz, Austria. The new production program would start following the end of production of the

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Nissan installs Europe's 1,000th 30-minute electric car charger

Nissan has announced 1,000 CHAdeMO quick chargers have now been installed in Europe with the commissioning of the charger at the Roadchef Clacket Lane Services in Surrey, UK. The fast charging unit can recharge the batteries of compatible* electric vehicles -

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Sumit Sawhney is the new Country CEO and Managing Director of Renault India

Renault SAS, France announced the appointment of Sumit Sawhney as Country CEO and Managing Director for Renault Group operations in India. Sumit takes over from Marc Nassif, who moves to a global assignment within the group. The appointment is effective from February

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All-new Subaru 'Legacy' to make world debut at 2014 Chicago Auto Show

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, announced that the all-new 'Legacy' (US specifications model) will make its world debut at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show. The Legacy, Subaru's flagship model which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year,

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Five new SsangYong sales & service dealerships for Chepstow, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ilkeston and Tring

With a complete refresh of its model range in less than four months, SsangYong Motor UK, the importer of Korean SsangYong cars has now added a further five locations to its network of franchised dealers and brings to 19 the number of new dealers appointed in the last year.

The new appointments

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RCA and Alcraft Motor Company announces design competition winners

Bespoke restyling and engineering business Alcraft Motor Company has announced the winners of a design competition featuring students from the world-renowned Royal College of Art (RCA) Vehicle Design programme. The competition marked the culmination of a joint

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Volkswagen appoints Mark Barnes Vice-President of Sales

Volkswagen of America announced the appointment of Mark Barnes, 54, to the post of Vice-President, Sales for the Volkswagen brand, effective February 1, 2014. In this role, Barnes will have responsibility for leading and continuing the sales momentum recently seen at the

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Borgwarner launches new low-friction engine timing chain

BorgWarner's next-generation 6.35 mm inverted tooth silent engine timing chains are launching on engines from Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Hyundai, General Motors Korea and one Chinese automaker. The innovative engine timing chain is designed to reduce friction, resulting

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