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Western China generates growing auto sales in a high-growth market
… venture partners in 2015 plan to open a $1 billion factory in Chongqing that will pump out 400,000 cars annually. Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. this year will open a $770 million factory, its second in the city, which will double its capacity to 500 …
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As retirement approaches, Publisher Peter Brown honors some of the best, and worst, automotive adventurers
… 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's global products …
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North America car and truck production - 04/22/13
… 318 910 2,582 9,257 Xterra (trk.) 347 960 4,443 6,711 Total Nissan Division 28,972 80,287 431,438 410,821 Suzuki Equator (trk.)† 0 0 0 1,035 Total U.S. car 9,645 24,498 143,439 133,476 Total Mexico car 10,798 32,365 …
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Estimated Europe registrations by make, March and YTD
… LAND ROVER * 23,998 * 21,321 13% * 43,401 * 38,285 13% MAZDA * 18,082 * 21,187 -15% * 39,804 * 39,125 2% SUZUKI * 17,320 * 20,060 -14% * 38,636 * 44,185 -13% MITSUBISHI * 8,572 * 9,843 -13% * 18,911 * 24,056 -21 …
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North America car and truck production by plant - March and YTD
… Frontier 0 8,201 – 0 20,667 – Pathfinder 11,881 2,413 392% 31,696 7,692 312% Xterra 0 804 – 0 5,271 – Suzuki Equator 0 236 – 0 574 – Smyrna, Tenn. (T) 15,679 14,575 8% 43,298 37,473 16% Total Smyrna, Tenn. (C/T …
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North America car and truck production by model - March and YTD
… Xterra (trk.) 1,307 804 63% 3,483 5,271 -34% Total Nissan Division 122,639 117,405 5% 351,151 346,195 1% Suzuki <B> Equator<B> (trk.)† 0 236 – 0 574 – Total U.S. car 42,702 37,899 13% 118,941 110,438 8% Total …
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A bevy of crossovers and SUVs will take center stage at China's auto extravaganza
… ends, wider grilles and LED daytime running lights. Suzuki Suzuki will unveil the Authentics, a compact sedan concept ..... low roofline. The car has a strong character line that Suzuki likens to a wind-cutting image. Toyota Toyota will …
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American Axle clutch helped Cherokee crawl
… energy. That requires a clutch. To prove their concept, the American Axle engineers built custom drivetrains for a pair of Suzuki SX4s and later for a modified Cadillac SRX. The cars switched smoothly on the fly between fwd and awd. And when the rear wheels …
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Crossovers and SUVs will take center stage in Shanghai
… hatchback and Superb Combi. The models will have redesigned front and rear ends, wider grilles and LED daytime running lights. SUZUKI Skoda plans the global premieres of its newly face-lifted Superb hatchback and Superb Combi. The models will have redesigned …
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Tough road ahead for India carmakers as boom market crashes
… substantially," R.C. Bhargava, chairman of market leader Maruti Suzuki , told Reuters. 'Everything has slowed' While surging sales ..... Bhargava, adding that his company, controlled by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., would likely open its new plant in Gujarat in …
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Tough road ahead for India carmakers as boom market crashes
… substantially," R.C. Bhargava, chairman of market leader Maruti Suzuki , told Reuters. 'Everything has slowed' While surging sales ..... Bhargava, adding that his company, controlled by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., would likely open its new plant in Gujarat in …
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The past is no indication of Japanese trade barriers
… you imagine the reaction of a Ford dealer if the U.S. government tried to persuade him to take on a Suzuki franchise to help struggling Suzuki compete in the U.S. market? Are these really trade barriers? Or are they evidence that America …
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North America car and truck production - 04/15/13
… 191 381 2,053 8,524 Xterra (trk.) 330 657 4,140 5,884 Total Nissan Division 30,521 60,943 412,094 387,021 Suzuki Equator (trk.)† 0 0 0 1,010 Total U.S. car 10,711 21,387 140,328 125,136 Total Mexico car 10,798 21,567 …
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Tata may add higher priced Nano models to counter slow sales
… was designed to make 250,000 Nanos a year -- almost half the company's car manufacturing capacity. By contrast, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., the country's biggest carmaker by volume, has sold 125,000 units of its revamped Alto 800, a 244,000 rupee …
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How the Fed fueled surge in subprime loans
… Corp. so Nelson and his wife could buy a charcoal gray 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara. All the Nelsons had to do was cover the $1 ..... 00, leaving about $29 in his wallet. His ex-wife got the Suzuki SUV. He still owns a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup truck. If he can …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, April and YTD
… 13 * 62 -79% * 57 * 168 -66% Total Suzuki car (I) * 129 * 293 -56% * 471 * 773 ..... 102 * 182 -44% * 294 * 462 -36% Total Suzuki truck (I) * 102 * 182 -44% * 294 * 462 -36% SUZUKI * 231 * 475 -51% * 765 * 1,235 -38 …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by make, April and YTD
… 2% 0.1% 33% * 303 * 227 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 33% Suzuki * 129 * 293 0.2% 0.4% -56% * 102 * 182 0.1% 0.2 ..... 0 0.0 0.0 * 954 * 1,102 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% -13% Suzuki * 471 * 773 0.3% 0.5% -39% * 294 * 462 0.1% 0.2 …
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U.S. car and light-truck inventories, on April 1
… 37 Subaru trk. (D/I) * 16,500 * 32 * 38 SUBARU†** * 48,400 * 36 * 38 Suzuki car (I) 0.0 0.0 * 42 Suzuki trk. (D/I) 0.0 0.0 * 29 SUZUKI † 0.0 0.0 * 38 Lexus car (I) * 16,300 * 34 * 49 Lexus trk. (D/I …
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How the Fed fueled an explosion in subprime auto loans
… Finance Corp so Nelson and his wife could buy a charcoal gray 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara. All the Nelsons had to do was cover the $1 ..... 00, leaving about $29 in his wallet. His ex-wife got the Suzuki SUV. He still owns a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup truck. If he can …
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North America car and truck production - 04/08/13
… 759 1,862 7,819 Xterra (trk.) 327 1,307 3,810 5,538 Total Nissan Division 30,322 122,243 381,077 364,750 Suzuki Equator (trk.)† 0 0 0 986 Total U.S. car 10,577 42,306 129,122 117,432 Total Mexico car 10,768 43,681 144 …
