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BMW is developing a new family of modular gasoline and diesel engines – including the company's first three-cylinder unit – that will power up to 1.5 million of the automaker's cars a year, CEO Norbert Reithofer said. “(That's) a scale we never had at BMW before,” Reithofer added. Read More »
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    Is it too late for Ford to keep Volvo?

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    When looking over the Volvo S60 sedan – my favorite new product at this month's Geneva auto show – I started wondering whether it was too late for Ford to reverse its decision to sell the Swedish brand? Read More »
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    I invite you to join us at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Bilbao, Spain, on June 22-23.
    The theme of this year's Congress is "Solutions After a Crisis: Navigating Out of a European Downturn."
    It will feature a lineup full of pan-European industry leaders.
    Joining us in Bilbao will be: Nick Reilly, CEO of Opel; John Fleming, CEO of Ford of Europe; Victor Muller, CEO of Spyker; Ian Robertson, sales and marketing chief at BMW; Burkhard Goeschel, chief technical officer for powertrains at Magna International; Bill Kozyra, CEO of TI Automotive; and Arndt Ellinghorst, head of automotive research at Credit Suisse in London.... Read More »
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    Trio of suppliers give Skoda Yeti occupants inflation they can live with

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    Skoda offers nine airbags on the Yeti small SUV, seven of them are standard equipment. The suppliers of the airbags include: Sweden's Autoliv Inc., which provides the passenger airbag; Takata-Petri, a division of Japanese supplier Takata Corp.... Read More »
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