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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[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[Skoda's global April sales hit by switch to new Octavia]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE (Reuters) -- Skoda's global sales fell by 4.6 percent to 77,600 in April due to a switch to a new Octavia compact model and continued weak demand in some European markets, the carmaker said today. Skoda, the Czech Republic's largest exporter and a unit of Germany's Volkswagen Group, is seen ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Volkswagen said to favor China's FAW for budget brand]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 09:34:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen Group plans to produce cars for a planned budget brand in China with joint-venture partner FAW Car Co., two people familiar with the matter said. VW aims to introduce the new low-cost marque in China in about three years and may eventually expand it to more than ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The making of LaFerrari]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MARANELLO, Italy andndash; Ferrari's limited-edition supercars are special. They appear about once a decade, cost a small fortune (which has never hurt sales) and usually become the benchmark for next-generations supercars at Ferrari -- and the entire industry. Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New LaFerrari blends speed, technology]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MARANELLO, Italy -- Ferrari's limited-edition supercars are special. They appear about once a decade, cost a small fortune -- which has never hurt sales -- and often become the benchmark for next-generation supercars at Ferrari and in the industry. Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo says ...]]></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[VW brand bears brunt of Europe slump as Q1 profit halves]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:49:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUNICH -- First-quarter profit at Volkswagen Group's core brand almost halved as automakers in Europe battle the region's protracted slump in demand with deeper discounts. Operating profit at the VW brand fell to 590 million euros ($772 million) from 1.1 billion a year earlier, the automaker said ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will VW give new Seat boss time to succeed?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Juergen Stackmann could certainly use some luck as the new boss of Volkswagen Group's ailing Spanish unit Seat. Generations of senior executives have struggled with VW's problem child, but none have tamed it. Volkswagen employees who criticize rival mass-market carmakers PSA/Peugeot-Citroen or Opel ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Leaf Pitch: Save Cash (4/25/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:20:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nissan moving beyond appeal to environmentally conscious; Akerson's April outlook; Source of VW's 'turmoil'; China EV deal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Skoda aims to double sales in China by 2018]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:42:57 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE (Reuters) -- Skoda aims to double its sales in China to 500,000 vehicles by 2018, when one-third of its annual output could go to the world's biggest car market. Skoda has plans to raise its annual global sales to at least 1.5 million cars by 2018, up from a record 939,200 vehicles in 2012. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VW keeps targets after first-quarter profit falls 26%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:04:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen Group said first-quarter operating profit dropped 26 percent as demand in its home market slid and spending on new vehicles weighed on results. VW said it would stand by goals announced on March 14 to match last year's record operating profit of 11.5 billion euros and to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[French automakers count on luxury appeal for success in China]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[German automakers have long seen China as a key market. Now their French rivals, hit by slow sales in Europe, are playing catch up and they are counting on the popularity of France's luxury fashion brands to help them. France was the top destination for Chinese tourists and French products from ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Estimated Europe registrations by make, March and YTD]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:12:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VW names Stackmann as new Seat boss]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:49:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUNICH -- Volkswagen Group has named Juergen Stackmann as head of its money-losing Seat brand. He replaces James Muir, who will assume an unspecified senior management role within the group. Stackmann, 51, will become Seat chairman on May 1, VW said in a statement. The former Ford Motor executive ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A bevy of crossovers and SUVs will take center stage at China's auto extravaganza]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automakers will test China's huge appetite for crossovers and SUVs with introductions this week at the Shanghai auto show. Acura, BMW, Citroen, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen plan world debuts for compact crossovers, while Jeep -- which arguably started the SUV craze -- will roll out its new ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crossovers and SUVs will take center stage in Shanghai]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automakers will test China's huge appetite for crossovers and SUVs with introductions at the Shanghai auto show. Acura, BMW, Citroen, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen plan world debuts for compact crossovers, while Jeep -- which arguably started the SUV craze -- will roll out its new Cherokee. China's ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VW sees tougher markets after flat March sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:47:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Editor's note: A previous version of this story misstated VW Group's February 2013 sales increase. MUNICH -- Volkswagen Group said economic uncertainty in many regions is having a greater effect on its sales, which were flat in March following stronger gains in the first two months of the year. VW ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Skoda says March deliveries fell 12%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:31:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE (Reuters) -- Skoda said its worldwide car deliveries dropped by 12 percent in March due to a switch to a new model and weak European markets. The Volkswagen subsidiary said March shipments fell to 83,800 cars, while the drop for the full quarter was 9.2 percent to 220,400. "The developments ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VW-brand China sales rise 12.9% in March]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:11:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Volkswagen-brand sales in China increased 12.9 percent to 206,800 units in March, cementing China's status as the automaker's key growth market. For the first three months of 2013, VW's China sales jumped 30.6 percent to 392,300 units. Porsche, the automaker's sports-car unit, said March sales in ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Volkswagen brand vehicle sales fall in March]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:19:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (Reuters) -- Volkswagen said sales of its main namesake brand slipped 0.8 percent in March on declining demand in western Europe and Latin America. VW brand deliveries fell to 532,400 vehicles last month from 536,700 a year earlier, the carmaker said. "As expected, markets are becoming more difficult, and in some cases decidedly more challenging," VW sales chief Christian Klingler said in a statement today. First-quarter sales of VW's biggest volume brand gained 5.2 percent to 1.43 million vehicles. The manufacturer may release sales data for the group, including nameplates such as luxury division Audi and Czech unit Skoda, later this week.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weak car output hits Czech economy]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:46:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE (Reuters) -- Czech industrial production edged up in February but thinning order books show the central European country may not yet be coming out of its longest recession in two decades. The main problem has been falling car production. The country's main carmaker, Volkswagen's Skoda Auto, has said it only expected a recovery in the second half after weaker first half, when it switches to the production of new models. A joint plant of Toyota and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has also been scaling back output. February output and export data, which are crucial for the heavily industrialized and trade-driven economy, showed cooler activity than a year ago, mainly due to poor demand in the euro zone. The Czech Republic has been suffering from the drop in both foreign and domestic demand, caused by a decline in real incomes and government austerity measures that have slashed the budget deficit but hurt consumption. Industrial output rose 1.6 percent month-on-month, the best monthly result since late 2011, but it was still 5.7 percent lower year-on-year. Trade showed a rising surplus, a record February figure of 28.7 billion crowns, but exports continued to drop, for the third month in a row. "We can expect that recovery in Czech industry will be delayed by a few months," said Patrik Rozumbersky, economist at UniCredit Bank. "Hopes for the end of a recession in the first quarter are disappearing."]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Toyota will sell vehicles under parts-sharing, platform framework in 2015]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:42:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TOYOTA (Reuters) -- Toyota Motor Corp. will start selling the first vehicles built under its parts-sharing and platform framework in 2015, the company said, as rivals led by Volkswagen pursue similar strategies to cut costs. The framework, called the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA), shares ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Estimated Europe registrations by make, Feb. and YTD]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:07:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
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