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Celebrating Europe's Rising Stars
The future of the European automotive industry looks bright because of the strength of the young executives who are making huge strides forward. Automotive News Europe will honor 18 of these talented executives in Paris on June 12. From automakers to suppliers, manufacturing to design, logistics to
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M-B redesigned S class with China in mind
The redesigned Mercedes-Benz S class made its world debut last week in Hamburg, Germany, but Shanghai might have been more appropriate. Why? China accounted for 49 percent of all 2010-12 S-class sales. By comparison during the three years, 21 percent of S-class sales were in the United States and
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How a pope inspired Zetsche to become a Mercedes man
A religious experience set Dieter Zetsche on his path to becoming CEO of Mercedes-Benz. During the launch of the new S class in Hamburg last night, Zetsche said what he remembers most from a pastoral visit that Pope Paul VI made to the area where he was living as a young man was the Mercedes that
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Mercedes makes new S class leaner, greener
HAMBURG -- The new Mercedes-Benz S class is 100kg lighter than the model it will replace and its greenest variant will emit less CO2 than a Smart ForTwo. The brand's flagship sedan also has six eyes (cameras) and six ears (radar sensors) that allow it to see and hear enough to drive itself at
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New Mercedes S class strives to set new luxury mark
… vision assistance. Some are optional and others are standard. Mercedes says it has sold more than 500,000 units of the current-generation S class since worldwide sales begin September 2005. Douglas A . Bolduc contributed to this report
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Is the S in the new Mercedes S class for Shanghai?
The new Mercedes-Benz S class made its world premiere today in Hamburg, Germany, but Shanghai might have been more appropriate. Why? China accounted for 49 percent of all S-class sales from 2010-2012. By comparison, 15 percent of total S-class sales were in Europe during the three-year period and
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Is the S in the new Mercedes S class for Shanghai?
The new Mercedes-Benz S class makes its world premier today in Hamburg, Germany, but Shanghai might have been more appropriate. Why? China accounted for 49 percent of all S-class sales from 2010-2012. By comparison, 15 percent of total S-class sales were in Europe during the three-year period and
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Audi outsells BMW brand globally for 2nd time in 4 months
Audi has won rounds two and four of its 12-round fight with BMW brand, but the world luxury-car champ is still ahead on the overall scorecard. Audi outsold BMW brand by 4,474 units in January and by 2,902 vehicles in April, according to the data from the companies. BMW brand beat Audi by 4,908
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Renault-Nissan unlikely to hit 2016 EV target
… Japanese-built car. Moving the charger assembly under the hood reduced the car's weight by 30kg, according to David Moss, Nissan's head of vehicle design and development. Douglas A . Bolduc and Nick Gibbs contributed to this story
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Ford makes fresh start in Europe
… We think the audience is very close to the people we want to reach for the Kuga and SUVs in general," Cortesi said, "and we're explaining the car mainly through the automatic tailgate." Luca Ciferri and Douglas A . Bolduc contributed
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Audi outsells BMW brand globally for 2nd time in 4 months
Audi has won rounds two and four of its 12-round fight with BMW brand, but the world luxury-car champ is still ahead on the overall scorecard. Audi outsold BMW brand by 4,474 units in January and by 2,902 vehicles in April, according to the data from the companies. BMW brand beat Audi by 4,908
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Honeywell chooses Hahn to head auto division
MUNICH -- Honeywell International Inc. has named Terrence Hahn president and CEO of its transportation systems division, which is a leading maker of turbocharges that counts on Europe for more than half its sales. Hahn takes over a division that reported declines in sales and profit last year ...
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Citroen reinvents itself
… discussed the changes taking place at Citroen with Automotive News Europe Editor Luca Ciferri and Managing Editor Douglas A . Bolduc . How important will price be in Citroen's new positioning compared with Peugeot? We never said it was a positioning …
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Audi April sales up 7% on China, U.S.
MUNICH -- Audi sales rose 7 percent in April to 133,500 vehicles on strong demand in China and the United States, pushing four-month sales to 503,000. It is the first time that Audi has topped a half million deliveries in just four months, the automaker said Tuesday. "Given the extremely difficult
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Growing Audi demand prompts TRW to boost output at new Romania plant
MUNICH -- TRW Automotive Holdings will boost production at a new eastern European factory on growing demand from Audi and other automakers. The U.S. supplier plans a fivefold output boost at a steering wheel leather wrapping plant in Baia Mare, Romania, that opened in January. The factory is ...
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GM's Europe loss narrows; overall Q1 profit drops 14%
… to $36.88 billion. "The year is off to a solid start as we increased our global share with strong new products that are attracting customers around the world," Akerson said. Douglas A . Bolduc and Bloomberg contributed to this report
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Mercedes Citan performs poorly in EuroNCAP crash test
… annual sales of about 700,000 units in Europe. Overall, Mercedes is aiming to expand sales of its vans to 400,000 units by 2015. Last year, the company sold 252,418. David Jolley and Douglas A . Bolduc contributed to this report
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VW, board member Garcia Sanz under investigation
… company in a manner that prevents illegal actions. These rules were also used in the Siemens AG bribery case. Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported the compliance probe earlier today. Douglas A . Bolduc contributed to this report
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EU politicians back compromise on car emission targets
… research organization the International Council on Clean Transportation said the U.S. standards equated to CO2 of 93g/km by 2025 for passenger cars, excluding SUVs. David Jolley, Douglas A . Bolduc and Reuters contributed to this report
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Green group spills oil; makes confusing point on CO2
Green lobby group Transport and Environment has released a YouTube video that it hopes will put pressure on lawmakers to prevent them from weakening Europe's passenger-car CO2 target of 95 grams per kilometer by 2020. The trouble is that the video's message is difficult to understand. The video, ...
