Lexus announces 12 winners of Second Lexus Design Award

Lexus announces the selection of 12 winners for the second Lexus Design Award, an international design competition that was launched on August 1, 2013.

1,157 submissions were received during the application period, which ended on October 15, 2013. From that

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General Motors engineers get firsthand dealership experience

Engineers behind the Chevrolet Corvette, Cadillac CTS, GMC Sierra and Buick Enclave are learning on dealership sales floors and in service bays what customers like and dislike about the cars and trucks they helped create.

So far, the General Motors' Professional Development

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Vauxhall's Luton van plant sets European quality benchmark

Vauxhall Luton, the UK's most productive van plant, is the first facility in Europe to achieve a top manufacturing benchmark.

The Built in Quality (BIQ) Level 4 honour has been awarded to the plant in recognition of its world-class quality control standards.

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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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