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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[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 CEO raps EU calls for stiffer car emissions goals]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 07:25:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUNICH (Reuters) -- BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer criticized calls by European Union lawmakers for tougher fuel efficiency goals. He said their demands would hurt the European industry in competition with the United States and China. EU politicians last month backed a target to cut fleet average CO2 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW seeks third straight sales record as new models offset weak Europe]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 04:49:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) -- BMW stuck to its goal of setting a sales record for the third consecutive year as new models help offset a slump in Europe. BMW forecasts that 11 new models this year, including the coupe-like 3-series GT, and rising demand in China and the U.S. will ward off the effects of ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW global sales rise 7% in April]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 07:43:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT -- BMW Group said today it achieved record global car sales last month, despite the continuing weakness of markets in Europe. Sales of the BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brands rose by 7 percent to 155,419 vehicles in April, a record for the month, BMW said in a statement on Monday. In the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW invests 3 billion euros in EVs, report says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 06:00:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT -- BMW will invest 3 billion euros through the end of this year on the development of its electric vehicle lineup, funding the "i" subbrand with earnings from its booming business in China, a German business newspaper reported. Handelsblatt said today the sum, which covers 2011 through 2013, is based on calculations it made with the bank Credit Suisse. A BMW spokeswoman told Automotive News Europe that the number was a "little high" and added that she was not sure how the report had arrived at this figure. Citing unofficial sources at the automaker, Handelsblatt estimated that about a third of the BMW Group's 2012 EBIT of 7.6 billion euros were generated by sales in China. The story didn't say how much of BMW Groups 2011 EBIT could be attributed to China. BMW, like other automakers, is developing electric vehicles in a bid to meet stricter emissions rules in the European Union, United States and China. BMW Group's fleet, which includes BMW-, Mini- and Rolls-Royce-brand models, had an average CO2 emissions of 144.8 grams per kilometer in the EU in 2011, according to EU data. It needs to reduce that to 138.4g/km by 2015, at which time the targeted total CO2 fleet average for all cars is 130g/km. The EU is debating new rules that could reduce the total fleet target to 95g/km. Manufacturers hope to be able to offset higher emission vehicles in their fleets through the production of electric cars. BMW plans to launch the first model in its EV lineup, the four seat i3 city car, in the fourth quarter of this year. The company will unveil a production version of the model at the Frankfurt auto show in September. The i3 will be followed by the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car in early 2014. No prices have been announced yet for either model, but the i8's price will exceed 100,000 euros, Ian Robertson, the manufacturer's sales chief, has said. Poor EV sales The i3 will enter a market that has yet to meet industry expectations. In Europe last year Nissan sold 5,210 Leaf EVs, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. That was well below the automaker's target of 9,000 Leaf sales for Europe in 2012. U.S. deliveries of the Leaf failed to reach even half of the 20,000 cars the Japanese manufacturer was targeting last year. BMW, however, is confident of success. Harald Krueger, the carmaker's head of production, has said the group is "charting new territory" with the i3 and i8 models and said he is confident the group will earn money with every BMW i3 sold from the launch on.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Incentives]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 14:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW Financial appoints Isele U.S. sales chief; Bugbee heads to Europe]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 10:46:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BMW Group Financial Services veteran Fred Isele has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing effective June 1, with responsibility for the BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorcycles brands. Isele, 54, has been president of Alphera Financial Services, the captive's subsidiary for ...]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mitsubishi to revamp Japan plant; capacity cuts expected]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:40:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to unveil a restructuring plan for its flagship Mizushima assembly plant in Japan on Thursday, a spokesman said today. The restructuring may entail cutting capacity at the plant in western Japan as much as 40 percent by eliminating two of its four assembly ...]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:43:57 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BWI helps give Mini Roadster its distinctive handling]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BWI Group provides the Mini Roadster's struts and shocks. The company's dampers, which are used by all models in the Mini lineup, incorporate compression and rebound valving designs that are specifically engineered to specifications developed for the BMW subsidiary. The parts are delivered to ...]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:17:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:24:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiat bets on SUVs and sporty cars in India reboot]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:01:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI (Reuters) -- Go specialist and go alone. That's Fiat Group's new mantra for India as the company tries, once again, to crack the world's seventh-largest car market. Fiat was one of the first Western carmakers to enter India but is now the worst performing. The company will open a new, fully-owned 57-dealer network on April 1 to attract more of the 1.2 billion people in the world's second most populous country. Rather than launch a new model in the cheap, small car segment that dominates India and is ruled by Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki, Fiat plans to tap into fast-growing areas such as SUVs and sporty cars. It will bring its Chrysler Jeep SUV brand to the country this year and build a small version of the car there by 2015, as well as take aim at the higher end of the market with Abarth, the sports version of its 500 and Punto models. Analysts think it will be a challenge, but could work. "I think Fiat's focus is on launching a couple of niche products and rebuilding the customer experience," said Deepesh Rathore, Managing Director of IHS Automotive India. "It's painful but it's the time to tell the customer that Fiat is different from the image he or she has had in mind." Fiat agreed in 2007 to build and sell cars with India's Tata Motors as foreign automakers began piling into the fast-growing market. But after three years of falling sales at dealers where Fiat's cars were displayed along the lower-priced Tata competitors, the Italian company decided in May 2012 to cut its distribution agreement with its Indian partner. A reboot is certainly in order. While Fiat's 1.3 liter MultiJet diesel engine is under the hood of 75 percent of India's small cars, the automaker sold just 203 Fiat-branded autos in February, the worst of any major brand, and its market share has dwindled to a mere 0.3 percent this fiscal year. "We all believe that we have scratched the bottom of the barrel," Enrico Atanasio, managing director of Fiat India said. "[Our performance]]]><![CDATA[ is not what the brand deserves." Now is not a great time for a relaunch. Car sales in India are set to fall this financial year for the first time in a decade, hurt by high interest rates and slowing economic growth. Yet the potential is there. LMC Automotive expects India's car market, currently around 2.6 million vehicles, to grow to about 6.9 million in 2017. That's around half its forecast for western Europe, although well below its projections of 16.9 million for the United States and 31.5 million for China. "India is a small, low-margin market for Western automakers ... there is no indication of a near-term earnings upside," said Phillip Houchois, auto analyst at UBS. "But if you think India will one day be like China, it's nice to be able to put down roots there." With enthusiastic new dealers, Atanasio believes Fiat can end 2013 with 1 percent of the market and aim for 5 percent longer term. It plans to exit the year with 112 dealers, versus the 170 it had with Tata, and will continue to build engines and cars locally with the Indian company. Mini Jeep, local tweaks A boxy Fiat sedan, built by Premier Automobiles from 1964 as the Fiat 1100 Delight, is a familiar sight in Mumbai where many still ply roads as Premier Padmini taxis. But more recently, its Punto hatchback and Linea sedan have not caught on. Fiat simply did not get the product offering right, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne admitted earlier this month. Fixing it means introducing the Jeep Cherokee and Wrangler models this year, to grab a piece of India's booming SUV market, which LMC Automotive sees reaching more than 1 million by 2019 from just 363,000 last year. Fiat also plans in 2015 to begin production in India of a new mini-SUV Jeep currently under development, which will be sold locally and also exported to other markets, Atanasio said. Fiat Group took control of U.S. carmaker Chrysler in 2009, and has slowly been adding the company's brands to its stable worldwide. In all, Fiat-Chrysler plans to launch nine new or refreshed models in India in the coming years, Atanasio said. Fiat will not, however, launch a new model in the low-priced small car segment which accounts for around 70 percent of sales in India as middle class families trade in their motorcycles for four-wheeled status symbols. Instead, it will modify the models it does sell in India to suit local conditions, like the Linea compact sedan, built with a higher ground clearance for India's pot-holed roads. "Fiat will have to get its pricing and marketing strategy right for this model [segment]]]><![CDATA[ if its wants to be successful in India," said Ammar Master of LMC Automotive in Bangkok.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:56:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW's 2012 profits edge up as U.S., China offset Europe slump]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:49:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) -- BMW Group reported a 3.5 percent gain in 2012 profit as demand for the new 3-series sedan in China and the United States more than offset a market downturn in Europe. Earnings before interest and taxes rose to 8.3 billion euros ($10.7 billion) from 8.02 billion euros a year ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW 2012 profit gains as China demand offsets Europe drop]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:49:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) -- BMW Group reported a 3.5 percent gain in 2012 profit as demand for the new 3-series sedan in China and the United States more than offset a market downturn in Europe. Earnings before interest and taxes rose to 8.3 billion euros ($10.7 billion) from 8.02 billion euros a year ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Group 1 adds 4 U.K. Ford stores]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Group 1 Automotive Inc. continued to expand its overseas portfolio last week by acquiring four Ford dealerships in the United Kingdom. The dealerships, which are expected to generate about $177 million in annual revenues, are being acquired from Inchcape Retail Ltd., one of the United Kingdom's ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Group 1 of U.S. buys four Ford dealerships in England]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:30:58 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. auto retailer Group 1 Automotive Inc. acquired four Ford dealerships in England, adding to its UK holdings. The dealerships are being acquired from Inchcape Retail Ltd., one of the largest new-vehicle dealership groups in the United Kingdom. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Group 1 acquires 4 Ford dealerships in U.K.]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:30:58 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Group 1 Automotive Inc. acquired four Ford dealerships in the United Kingdom that the Houston-based dealership group expects to generate approximately $177 million in annual revenues. The dealerships are being acquired from Inchcape Retail Ltd., one of the largest new-vehicle dealership groups in ...]]></description>
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