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Shaw Automotive makes the Web work
… the car business," he says. In 1994, Shaw, who is of Hispanic descent, became the owner of Mike Shaw Chevrolet-Buick- Saab through the General Motors minority dealer program. By 2010 he had added his other dealerships. Shaw says leads and sales generated …
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Beijing Auto to produce first Saab -based model this year
… Beijing Auto will start selling its first model based on the old Saab 9-5 platform later this year. The company purchased the technology ..... BAIC plans to launch a complete product lineup based on the Saab 9-5 platform -- known as the M-trix platform within BAIC …
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Beijing Auto hires Ferrari car designer Fioravanti
… and the trend will likely be in evidence again at the 2012 show. BAIC is set to roll out its own brand this year, based on Saab technology, its chairman said on Tuesday. Turin-based car designers Pininfarina, Torino Design, and Fioravanti said they …
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Piech risks overreaching with Audi's Ducati purchase
… Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover to become leaner. General Motors Co. shuttered the Hummer, Pontiac and Saturn brands and sold Saab as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. "With heavy trucks, and now motorcycles, they may be coming to the limits of the …
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Saab administrators evaluate bids for carmaker
Saab 's bankruptcy administrators have said they ..... that wants to produce electric vehicles at Saab . Bankruptcy administrator Hans Bergqvist ..... bidders wants to restart car production at Saab 's plant in Trollhatten, Sweden. He said …
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Deadline looms for Saab bidders
… in bidding for bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab have been given until April 10 to register ..... distributor Pang Da, had planned to buy Saab from its owner Swedish Automobile before ..... Motors Co., which still controls key Saab technology. Media reports have suggested …
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Dealers
… The group now has stores in East Hartford, West Simsbury, and New London, Conn., and sells Ford, Lexus, Audi, Porsche, Saab , Toyota, Scion, Honda and Nissan vehicles. Transitions The Larry H. Miller Group of Cos. in Sandy, Utah, announced these …
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Opel says union talks over restructuring to continue
… Opel's own Antwerp plant, Fiat's woefully uneconomical Sicilian plant, and the Trollhattan factory of insolvent carmaker Saab , were shut down in the past two years, and Mitsubishi is ending car production in its Netherlands facility by year-end …
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Closure fears tarnish Opel plants' golden anniversary
… plants that have closed since the economic crisis hit in 2008 are Opel's Antwerp plant in Belgium, a Fiat factory in Sicily and Saab 's plant in Trollhattan, Sweden. Mitsubishi is ending car production in its Netherlands facility by year-end. Europe still …
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Sales of tire-wheel plans balloon
… But customers don't want a repaired tire, where we put a simple plug in it," he says. His group's 10 stores (Volvo, Saab , Honda, Hyundai, Cadillac, Nissan, Porsche and Audi) sell about 7,600 new and used vehicles a year. Ciccolo says claims …
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GM should follow strategy of One Ford
… acting fast. -- GM has had little success making the right deals with automakers in Europe. After 20 years of trying to fix Saab , GM basically gave away the company in early 2010. In 2005, GM's five-year partnership with Fiat ended with GM being forced …
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GM should follow Ford, not tie up with PSA, to fix Europe problems
… acting fast. 4. GM has had little success making the right deals with automakers in Europe. After 20 years of trying to fix Saab , GM basically gave away the company in early 2010. In 2005, GM's five-year partnership with Fiat ended with the U.S …
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GM should follow Ford, not tie up with PSA, to fix Europe problems
… at acting fast. GM has had little success making the right deals with automakers in Europe. After 20 years of trying to fix Saab , GM basically gave away the company in early 2010. In 2005, GM's five-year partnership with Fiat ended with the U.S …
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Potholes to profits -- Sales of tire/wheel plans balloon
… But customers don't want a repaired tire, where we put a simple plug in it," he says. His group's 10 stores (Volvo, Saab , Honda, Hyundai, Cadillac, Nissan, Porsche and Audi) sell about 7,600 new and used vehicles a year. Ciccolo says claims …
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The new way to cut costs: Let's make a deal
… only by buying a competitor's business. At various times since the 1980s, GM has owned pieces of Subaru, Isuzu, Suzuki, Saab and Fiat. The new philosophy is different. Automakers now simply want to defray the crushing costs of product development and …
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GM, PSA may build cars in each other's factories, Varin says
… and Citroen C5, Die Welt said, citing an Opel manager. "The platform can be extended. It was supposed to underpin a large Saab car that will no longer go into production," the paper quoted the manager as saying. GM and PSA could also develop a new joint …
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Europe's production footprint to undergo big changes
… Europe while the 2012 total is likely to be below 13 million. To address this problem, Opel, Fiat, Karmann, Pininfarina, Saab , Santana, Heuliez, LDV and Bertone have closed plants or stopped producing models in Europe since 2008. The cuts, however …
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Saab dealers rush to retool as bankruptcy unfolds
(Bloomberg) -- The bankruptcy of Saab Automobile has left the automaker's 900 dealers ..... ways. Tom Backes, general manager at Guilford Saab in Conn., is considering trading in his sensible Saab wagons and sedans for the racier world of Maserati …
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Saab parts flow is top priority, dealers told
LAS VEGAS -- Tim Colbeck, president of Saab Cars North America, told about 25 dealers ..... carmaker filed for bankruptcy Dec. 19. Saab stopped making cars last April. Last month 165 U.S. Saab dealers filed a Chapter 11 petition to have …
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Saab dealers urge GM to pay warranty costs
LAS VEGAS -- A group of Saab dealers is asking General Motors to cover ..... before its own bankruptcy and disposal of Saab . Leonard Bellavia, a Mineola, N.Y., lawyer who is representing 165 U.S. Saab dealers said, "There's a groundswell …
