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<title><![CDATA[PSA workers end four-month strike over car plant closure]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) -- Workers at a PSA/Peugeot-Citroen factory near Paris have agreed to end a four-month strike in protest at its planned closure. The staff on strike will return to work next week, said Jean-Pierre Mercier, who represents the CGT union at the Aulnay plant. He said PSA had agreed to ...]]></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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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<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[True Value of Tesla? (5/15/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 08:22:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Snyder: Is EV start-up really worth more than Fiat and PSA?; driving losing popularity; 'Talking car' wildcard.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peugeot pushes 308 upscale to catch VW Golf]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 04:15:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[RENNES, France -- Peugeot hopes more upscale features and an innovative design will help its 308 hatchback gain market share against the segment leader Volkswagen Golf in the saturated European compact market. Peugeot says the 308 is the latest model that reflects the brand's ambitions to move upmarket by offering innovative driving features for roughly the same price as its predecessor. Peugeot says it has packed the 308 with extra features that the current model does not have without increasing the price. Peugeot says its i-cockpit design, for example, makes the instrument panel simpler and easier to use with fewer knobs and buttons thanks to a 9.7-inch dashboard console and a heads-up display. The 308 shares a small steering wheel design with the 208 subcompact, which Peugeot says offers "intense dynamic sensations." The 308 owes its reduced weight, which is 140 kilograms (308 pounds) lighter than its predecessor, to PSA's new Efficient Modular Platform 2 (EMP2) platform on which PSA will make about half of its cars by 2014. Peugeot said the model's light weight largely accounts for its CO2 emissions of less than 85g/km and improved fuel consumption, which Peugeot has yet to disclose. The 308's length of 4250mm (167 inches) is slightly shorter compared to its 4280mm (168.5 inch)-long predecessor. However, the new 308's sales will be lower than the last generation's volume in Europe, according to IHS Automotive, which forecasts peak sales of 175,000 units for the new model in 2015 in Europe compared to the previous 308's peak of 228,954 units in 2008. "Peugeot's 308 will struggle," Ian Fletcher, an analyst for IHS Automotive, told Automotive News Europe . The 308 will face pressures from a surge in popularity for crossovers and minivans, which are gaining market share in the compact segment, Fletcher said. European sales in the compact market are expected to rise marginally from 2.66 million units in 2013 to 2.85 million units in 2014, before dipping again to 2.84 million units in 2015, according to IHS. The 308 will also struggle to gain share against the VW Golf, which Fletcher said defies the market trends by remaining popular in a shrinking segment, with sales in Europe expected to total 405,000 units in 2013 and 460,062 units in 2014. The 308 is 1460mm (57.5 inches) tall and its trunk space is 470 liters. Peugeot says much attention was paid to create a sexier design compared to its more staid predecessor. The exterior has more contours that are also more pronounced than the previous 308, for example. The brand did not offer details about pricing or engine specifications. Peugeot will build the 308 for European markets at its plant in Sochaux, France. The production model will be unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show on September 10 and will go on sale in Europe in the fourth quarter.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Musk's magic touch on Wall St.]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- In the land of auto giants, Tesla Motors is a Lilliputian, a fledgling electric-car manufacturer with uncertain prospects. But by one measure Tesla stands among the big boys. The company's $8.8 billion stock market value at the end of last week exceeded Fiat's $7.8 billion and was ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft wants to become key player in auto software]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[REDMOND, Washington -- Having reshaped a big piece of the world's economy around its Windows software, Microsoft now wants to do the same thing in the car business. What the software giant sees there says as much about the future of cars as it does about itself. Pranish Kumar, group program manager ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Citroen reinvents itself]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Peugeot and Citroen have suffered for years because car buyers have trouble distinguishing one brand from the other. Citroen CEO Frederic Banzet says his automaker will address that problem by using its DS line to capture premium customers and its C-line to win over buyers who want an "optimized ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft wants to become key player in auto software]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[REDMOND, Wash. -- Having reshaped a big piece of the world's economy around its Windows software, Microsoft Corp. now wants to do the same thing in the car business. What the Seattle giant sees there says as much about the future of cars as it does about itself. "The part we want to play in the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM makes progress on Europe turnaround]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 04:40:27 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[General Motors is making progress in restructuring its money-losing Opel/Vauxhall unit in Europe but there is still a long way to go. That was the verdict of analysts after GM reported Thursday that its first-quarter pretax loss in Europe narrowed to $175 million from $294 million a year earlier. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ANE monthly e-magazine goes live Monday]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The new issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly e-magazine goes live on Monday, May 6. For our cover story, we went to Maranello, Italy, to talk with the people who helped make LaFerrari the company's fastest, most technologically advanced and most expensive supercar ever. The issue also ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Opel to cut CO2 by 27% with new powertrains]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DUDENHOFEN, Germany andndash; General Motors subsidiary Opel/Vauxhallandnbsp;says new powertrains will cut its average CO2 output 27 percent by 2020, helping the automaker comply with tougher EU emissions regulations. With 13 new engines, Opel will renew 80 percent of its engine portfolio between ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PSA faces EU antitrust probe of restructuring plans]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 06:19:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS -- European Union antitrust regulators are investigating whether a 7 billion-euro ($9.24 billion) guarantee granted by French authorities to PSA/Peugeot-Citroen complies with EU state aid rules and also ensures the automaker's long-term viability. The European Commission said it needs to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[French car sales decline slowed in April]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 04:38:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) -- France's car sales decline slowed to a 5.2 percent drop in April, raising hopes that auto demand may be about to stabilize. April registrations fell to 157,859 cars last month from 166,552 a year earlier, the CCFA industry association said today. Sales for the first four months ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM, PSA study alliance on vans outside Europe, report says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 03:59:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) -- General Motors Co. and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen are studying an alliance to sell large commercial vans outside of Europe, a French newspaper said. The partnership would allow PSA to boost sales volumes and reap royalty revenues, according to Les Echos . For GM, the partnership would ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Faurecia, China's Changan form JV to make interior parts]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 07:28:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI -- French supplier Faurecia has formed a joint venture with China's Changan Automobile Group that will build two factories to produce instrument panels, door panels, consoles and other interior components. The partners will invest 293 million yuan ($47 million) and will construct factories ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VW eyes China growth to ease pain in Europe]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen Group expects profit to grow in China this year as Europe's biggest automaker looks to remain resilient to a recession in its home region. VW plans to grow faster than total auto demand in China, which is set to increase 6 percent to 8 percent this year, the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PSA unions back job-cuts plan, French plant closure]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Bloomberg) -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has received backing from a majority of its unions to move forward with a plan to eliminate 11,200 jobs and close a French factory, the central plank of the French carmaker's efforts to halt ongoing losses. Five of the six main PSA unions favored the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Auto sectors add value, but growth rate slows]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Publicly traded carmakers, suppliers and retailers added shareholder value in the first quarter, but at a slower pace than the past several years. For all three sectors, the Automotive News/PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Shareholder Value Index was positive for the quarter. But for each group it was ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[European execs see hope in China]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Shanghai auto show proved again that China is the promised land for automakers, particularly European companies bracing for a sixth straight year of declining car sales in their home region. None of the European executives I spoke with at the show was too concerned that China's car sales are ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Magna founder Stronach aims to reshape Austria's politics]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[W hite-haired, tanned and vigorous at 80, Frank Stronach clearly has zero interest in retiring after building North America's biggest auto parts company. Act II for the immigrant billionaire who built Magna International out of a rundown garage in the 1950s and delivered his first parts to General ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A modest retirement goal: Reshape Austria's politics]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[W hite-haired, tanned and vigorous at 80, Frank Stronach clearly has zero interest in retiring after building North America's biggest auto parts company. Act II for the immigrant billionaire who built Magna International out of a rundown garage in the 1950s and delivered his first parts to General ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Renault hopes for China plant approval by summer]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:59:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) -- Renault hopes to receive final approval from Beijing by the summer to build its first plant in China, CEO Carlos Ghosn said. Ghosn said French President Francois Hollande's visit to China this week would help the carmaker over the administrative hurdles. "Renault already has a ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Germany, incentives rise to combat falling car sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (Bloomberg) -- As car sales plunged across Europe in recent years, automakers could count on customers in Germany to buy new vehicles without high discounts. Now the German market is in free fall and at least one dealer is resorting to Groupon coupons to boost sales. Cologne dealer AK ...]]></description>
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