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<title><![CDATA[Toyota overtakes BMW as most valuable global car brand]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 19:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota has overtaken BMW as the most valuable automotive brand, an annual ranking of the world's top brands shows. The value of the Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Hyundai brands improved by double-digit percentages compared with 2012, largely because of strong demand in China and the United ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Audi gripes, but Tesla could be en route to niche-brand success]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:11 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Audi wants to be clear: Just because the Tesla Model S is outselling Audi's flagship A8 in the U.S. luxury sedan market, it does not mean Tesla Motors is beating Audi. In a blog post today on Audi of America's official news channel, the company says it has a problem with recent news reports ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The road to a greener America is littered with roadkill]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 11:43:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- In October 2004, then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors. The "California Hydrogen Highway," Schwarzenegger's vision ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Estimated Europe registrations by make, April and YTD]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A tech triumph for the S class?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG, Germany -- With a technology-rich S-class redesign arriving this fall and several derivatives to be added by 2015, Mercedes-Benz aims to boost stalled sales of its flagship. Still, Mercedes executives do not expect the new S class unveiled here last week to approach the peak volume of the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acura seeks image boost by reviving NSX in Ohio]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- Honda officials hope the revived Acura NSX, an advanced hybrid sports car scheduled to arrive in 2015, will strengthen Acura's luxury footing. "We have a very clear understanding of the high customer expectations luxury buyers around the world have for a supercar, and our ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Infiniti: Raise quality, sales will follow]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[KAMINOKAWA, Japan -- The boss says quality is key to Infiniti's future. After years with Infiniti at the back of the premium pack, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Infiniti's parent, Nissan Motor Co., has ordered his team to nail quality once and for all as part of a push to catapult Infiniti into the top ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[M-B redesigned S class with China in mind]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Goofy ads, variants help Mini rule its own little world]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- In 2005, three years after the Mini Cooper's surprisingly strong debut in the United States, brand executives wondered how many more buyers there could be for a 12-foot car. "When I first arrived in 2005, there was a question if Mini sales would decline," said Jim McDowell, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW counts on new models to keep luxury sales crown]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz led the U.S. luxury-brand sales race through April of 2013, but BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch expects BMW to repeat as No. 1 for the year. Willisch says help is on the way in the form of three models debuting this fall: the 3-series GT crossover, 4-series coupe and a ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Online video has changed how auto marketers connect with customers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Chrysler-Fiat marketing chief Olivier Francois hopes he has this summer's pop-music hit in his back pocket, the thumping soundtrack to a Fiat 500 commercial that has evolved into a full-length, party-themed video for a song with "Fiat" in its title. "If it works, we will have written ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[James Lawrence COLUMBIA, Md. -- James Lawrence, former publisher at NADA Used Car Guide, died May 6. He was 90. After a long military career, he joined the company as an editor in 1956. He became publisher in 1966 and retired in 1988. He was inducted into the National Auto Auction Association Hall ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW counts on new models to keep U.S. premium-sales crown]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz led the U.S. premium-brand sales race through April of 2013, but BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch expects BMW to repeat as No. 1 for the year. Willisch says help is on the way in the form of three models debuting this year: the 3-series GT crossover, 4-series coupe and a ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart: Battery rental will ease consumers' EV anxiety]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Smart USA says it can ease consumer jitters about EVs by offering customers who buy or lease the electric-powered ForTwo that went on sale last week the option of renting the car's lithium ion battery. Consumers have a lot of gripes about battery life in high-tech products. Batteries seem to conk ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hyundai, Kia losing ground to luxury imports at home as tariffs fall]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Bloomberg) -- Lee Tack Young says Hyundai Motor Co.'s luxury vehicles are oversized, overpriced gas guzzlers. So he opted for a more modest alternative: a BMW 528i. Foreign brands have seen their share of South Korea's market for premium vehicles surge to 41 percent from 28 percent in the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Audi overtakes BMW as India's top-selling premium brand]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI (Bloomberg) -- Audi has overtaken BMW as India's top seller of premium vehicles. The carmaker says the success is due to its rapid expansion outside large urban centers and the introduction of the Q3 compact SUV last year. The growth of premium car sales in India has traditionally been ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind the scenes, Straubel keeps Tesla running at pivotal time]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk was fresh off the sale of PayPal and starting another business, commercial rocket service Space Exploration Technologies Corp., when he met kindred spirit JB Straubel. Their shared belief that consumer electronics advances could be applied to more earthly modes ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[North America car and truck production - 05/20/13]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:30 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2 million extra doors was the best call Daimler made during 'marriage of equals']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 12:35:01 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's easy to criticize the way Daimler AG ran and ultimately left Chrysler during the disastrous "marriage of equals" era. I know because I've done it on a regular basis. But even the worst marriages can produce spectacular kids -- or in this case, products. And today, the 1 millionth copy of one ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[European car sales post 1st gain in 19 months]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 05:19:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILAN, Italy (Bloomberg) -- European car sales rose for the first time in 19 months as a gain in consumer sentiment in countries using the euro led to rebounds in Germany and Spain. Registrations in April increased 2 percent to 1.08 million vehicles from 1.06 million cars a year earlier, the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Europe car sales rise for first time in 19 months]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 02:34:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILAN (Bloomberg) -- European car sales rose for the first time in 19 months on strong demand in the UK and a rebound in Germany, amid signs that governments may take measures to stem a contraction in the economy of the countries using the euro. Registrations in April increased 2 percent to 1.08 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Russian car sales down 8% in April]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russia's year-on-year car sales fell 8 percent in April after a decline of 4 percent in the previous month, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said. "Typically for the Russian market, April sales exceed March level ... This year we see basically no uplift, showing the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New S class key to boosting Mercedes profit margins, China sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) -- Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche was leaning back in the rear seat of a prototype Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan in 2010 when he realized it didn't recline far enough. With wealthy consumers accustomed to sumptuous airline seats, he figured Mercedes needed to approach that level of ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tariff played a role in Mexico winning Audi plant]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are lots of reasons Audi chose to build its Q5 crossover in Mexico: cheap labor, a government willing to offer incentives to close the deal and favorable trade agreements with several nations. But at the May 4 groundbreaking for the plant in San Jose Chiapa, CEO Rupert Stadler offered another ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Audi's Performance Push (5/16/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 15:45:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A plan to rev up sales of models such as the RS5; two special Dodge Darts; an elusive safety crown; sending cars airborne.]]></description>
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