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First Saab -based model released by Beijing Auto
… Hyundai Motor Co., started selling its first sedan based on Saab technology Saturday as it prepares to list its BAIC Motor Corp ..... company's first car developed using the technology it bought from Saab Automobile in 2009, Han Yonggui, president of BAIC Motor …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, April and YTD
… I) 0.0 * 8 -100% 0.0 * 14 -100% 9-5 (I) 0.0 * 2 -100% 0.0 * 5 -100% Total Saab car (I) 0.0 * 10 -100% 0.0 * 19 -100% SAAB CARS N.A.‡ 0.0 * 10 -100% 0.0 * 19 -100% BRZ (I) * 140 0.0 0.0 * 334 0.0 …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by make, April and YTD
… 0 * 4 * 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33% Saab 0.0 * 10 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0 ..... 0 0.0 * 1 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 Saab 0.0 * 19 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0 ..... 3% 0.1% 19% *Estimate 1 Excludes Saab and Volvo 2 Reflects Japanese brands sold …
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Carfax-dealers scuffle spirals into lawsuit
… Carfax's business practices," said Bellavia, who has represented dealers in a number of cases such as the bankruptcy of Saab . Dealers typically pay $16.95 per report, the suit alleges. "The monthly fee ranges from $899 per dealership location …
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As retirement approaches, Publisher Peter Brown honors some of the best, and worst, automotive adventurers
… Worst dealmaker Jack Smith and Rick Wagoner at GM tried to go big and go global by buying all or parts of weak automakers: Saab , Fiat, Isuzu, Suzuki, Subaru, ending in tears. One successful exception: Korea's Daewoo, now a critical driver of GM …
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Goal for new VW COO: Boost Passat sales
… That is where McNabb comes in. Before joining Maserati, he was at General Motors, where he oversaw Cadillac sales and worked to sell the Hummer and Saab brands. Before that he worked as a sales executive at Nissan and Infiniti for 20 years.
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Looking for a Chinese car in Shanghai
… black and with tinted rear windows. There were also some cars I didn't expect to see, such as the Smart ForTwo and an old Saab 9-3 convertible. Missing were any vehicles from Brilliance, BYD, Chery, Geely and Great Wall. Shanghai is not the only …
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VW hires McNabb from Maserati to extend U.S. sales surge
… Maserati in 2010, McNabb spent 13 months at General Motors, where he was in charge of Cadillac and led the search for buyers of Saab and Hummer after GM's bankruptcy. Before that McNabb worked 20 years with Nissan and Infiniti, ultimately becoming senior …
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VW hires McNabb from Maserati to extend U.S. sales surge
… Maserati in 2009, McNabb spent 13 months at General Motors, where he was in charge of Cadillac and led the search for buyers of Saab and Hummer before GM's bankruptcy. Before that McNabb worked 20 years with Nissan and Infiniti, ultimately becoming senior …
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Chrysler's Graczyk replaces McNabb as head of Maserati North America
… launch of its Quattroporte and the Ghibli, a mid-sized sedan. McNabb, 50, joined Maserati in 2009 after leading Cadillac, Saab and Hummer for General Motors. He spent the first 20 years of his career at Nissan and Infiniti. In late 2005, he left to …
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Thatcher uncaged Jaguar, upended auto industry
… spending $2.5 billion ($4.6 billion in today's money) on the prize. GM immediately responded by acquiring 50 percent of Saab . Suddenly Ford and GM were in the European luxury-brand business, and from then on almost every prestige brand in Europe …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, April and YTD
… I) 0.0 * 2 -100% 0.0 * 6 -100% 9-5 (I) 0.0 * 1 -100% 0.0 * 3 -100% Total Saab car (I) 0.0 * 3 -100% 0.0 * 9 -100% SAAB CARS N.A.‡ 0.0 * 3 -100% 0.0 * 9 -100% BRZ (I) * 106 0.0 0.0 * 194 0.0 0 …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by make, April and YTD
… 0 0.0 * 1 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 Saab 0.0 * 3 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 ..... 0 0.0 * 1 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 Saab 0.0 * 9 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0 ..... 3% 0.2% 28% *Estimate 1 Excludes Saab and Volvo 2 Reflects Japanese brands sold …
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Thatcher forged lasting imprint on Europe's luxury brands
… responded by acquiring 50 percent of Saab . Suddenly Ford and GM were in the European ..... much-needed attention.) GM unloaded Saab , which has since been closed. If Jaguar had survived as an independent, Saab , Land Rover and Volvo probably would …
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Britain's Iron Lady forged lasting imprint on Europe's luxury brands
… responded by acquiring 50 percent of Saab . Suddenly Ford and GM were in the European ..... much-needed attention.) GM unloaded Saab , which has since been closed. If Jaguar had survived as an independent, Saab , Land Rover and Volvo probably would …
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Detroit Electric unveils $135,000 battery-powered sports car
… joint venture between China's Youngman Automotive Group -- which tried unsuccessfully to acquire bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab in 2012 -- and a small California-based electric-car company called Zap. The venture hired Lotus Engineering in 2007 to …
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Mercedes may allow China partner BAIC to share platforms
… other domestic carmakers in sales, aims to boost volumes through a model offensive that includes the C70G sedan, built using Saab technology purchased during the Swedish carmaker's bankruptcy. Mercedes for its part is far behind its German premium competitors …
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Retailer's brand matters to buyers
… four decades in the allied automotive business was provided by Saab 's former headman and my boss at the time at Volvo, Bob Sinclair ..... Why else would he have chopped the roof off a perfectly good Saab sedan and created an iconic convertible? His "Top's World …
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Pizazz, passion, props win Acura ad account
… executives. Leikikh was on the BMW account with Fallon. Chief Creative Officer Mark Wenneker worked on Saturn, Hyundai and Saab accounts at various agencies. Chief Strategy Officer Kristen Cavallo helped create VW's "Drivers Wanted" campaign at Arnold …
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More dealers choose LEDs for outdoor lighting
… And, he says, "Not a day would go by without an outdoor lamp going out." But the first store to get LEDs was a former Saab store, now converted into a Mercedes Certified used-vehicle center. Since it got LEDs a year ago, not a bulb has failed …
