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...Diesel car sales are already tumbling in some countries in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal....
...As of last month, the total number of Tesla vehicles ever produced reached 250,000. Volkswagen and Toyota each make that number every 10 days....
...At the same time, it is moving more of its resources into North America and China, which account for more than 70 per cent of its global unit sales....
...One of Torotrak’s most promising gadgets has long been the V-Charge, a smarter version of a turbocharger that took six years to develop....
...“We’re here to disrupt and shatter the status quo and dispel preconceived notions,” Johan de Nysschen, Cadillac’s chief executive, said at the unveiling of the new Cadillac CTS-V, a performance version of...
...Besides Chevrolet and Cadillac, GM has five regional nameplates – GMC and Buick in North America; Opel and Vauxhall in Europe and Holden in Australasia....
...In Europe, Honda’s CR-V small sport utility vehicle was a trailblazer when it was launched more than a decade ago, but now sits in an increasingly crowded segment that also includes Volkswagen’s Tiguan and...
...But in a sign of how times are changing not only at the show but in the US car industry at large, this year’s Firehouse host will be Volkswagen....
...Car companies have been among the biggest spenders, with an 8 per cent increase in spending at Omnicom, which counts Chevrolet and Volkswagen among its clients....
...The Chevrolet Cruze gives GM its best chance in decades of regaining a foothold in the small-car segment....
...GM sells more than two-thirds of its vehicles outside North America....
...In Europe, Audi, the German luxury carmaker owned by Volkswagen, this year staged a competition for architects to imagine what urban landscapes and driving would be like two decades hence....
...GM added that its share of the luxury car market had improved markedly over the past year. Among other carmakers, Volkswagen reported a 16 per cent increase in July sales....
...four: Buick, Cadillac, GMC and especially Chevrolet, its expanding global value marque....
...Volkswagen has teamed up with Sanyo, the biggest maker of lithium-ion batteries used in laptop computers and mobile phones....
...Porsche itself dealt some of its potential clientele a shock this week when the carmaker disclosed an unexpectedly large stake in Volkswagen, which cost funds and banks billions of dollars as they scurried...
...GM, Hyundai, Nissan and Suzuki are all due to open factories in St Petersburg, and PSA Peugeot Citroënand Mitsubishi are building a plant in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, where Volkswagen has a factory....
...for GM's Chevrolet brand....
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