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J.D. Power: Car production in North America up by 72% in H1, growth to be only 9% in H2

July 22, 2010 | 11:41pm CEToriginal
Decline in production growth has been registered by the United Kingdom as well. J.D. Power also reduced the estimate of car sales in the U.S. in 2010 to...
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SOVA, Cebia: Used-car shops’ punishment being not enough, necessary to focus on companies handling mileage too

July 22, 2010 | 02:13am CEToriginal
SOVA discovered 43 companies on the Web offering tachometers’ modification in the Czech Republic. Cebia recorded a car with a rewound tachometer for about 620,000 km...
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Ombudsman called on Czech Trade Inspection to stricter approach against used-car shops

July 20, 2010 | 03:24am CEToriginal
It should focus in particular on the handling of tachometers and content of contracts, where the relationship of the car age and mileage is mentioned...
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Car sales in Europe fell by 6.2% in June, rose by 0.6% in H1

July 15, 2010 | 11:47pm CEToriginal
The highest drop in the major economies was recorded of Germany and Italy, as for the carmakers, Fiat, Ford and Toyota. Detailed results for June, a decrease of Skoda...
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Roland Berger: Czech automotive suppliers have potential to increase by one third by 2020

July 14, 2010 | 12:23am CEToriginal
The strong growth will occur mainly in the segment of the driving gear components, while a decrease can be expected in the segment of mechanical parts. Development in navigations...
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Rhiag Group continues to strengthen its position in Central Europe, bought Auto Kelly in Czech Rep

July 12, 2010 | 01:53am CEToriginal
After the company Elit it is another acquisition of a dealer of spare parts. The transaction was realized by exchanging shares of the two subjects...
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Sales of new cars up to 3.5 tons rose by 14.5% in Czech Rep in June, by 3% in H1

July 9, 2010 | 05:04am CEToriginal
June was marked by the end of the depreciation exceptions. Results in other categories, comparison with the years 2004-2009, the outlook for 2010...
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J.D. Power: Germans are satisfied with Mercedes-Benz cars the most

July 7, 2010 | 12:07am CEToriginal
The second place is divided into BMW and Dacia. The top five includes Mazda and Nissan. Czech brand Skoda ranked...
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Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz increasing number of shifts and reducing leave due to rising demand

June 29, 2010 | 05:20am CEToriginal
All these German manufacturers of luxury cars increased sales in May at a double-digit rate. Details of the measure and interest in separate models...
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Auto Esa sold almost 200 Skoda cars in Skodovky.cz used car shop in June

June 29, 2010 | 12:51am CEToriginal
The share of individual models, the target for 2010, penetration of financial services, website visit rate, preferred colours, elements of equipment, engines, benefits...
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Association for e-mobility promotion and development established in Czech Rep

June 23, 2010 | 12:48am CEToriginal
The Association of Electromobile Industry (ASEP) is a cluster of companies and universities. Founding members, visions, Superbel orders by taxi services...
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J.D. Power: American cars first overcame quality of imported cars

June 23, 2010 | 12:28am CEToriginal
The chart was led by Porsche, Acura and Mercedes-Benz. Ford on the fifth place got the highest out of the American brands. Toyota fell to...
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Cebia, Auto AZ Consulting: Half of used cars in Czech used car shops has downsized speedometer

June 22, 2010 | 01:59am CEToriginal
The survey also confirmed the concealment of repairs after crashes and service books after the expiry of the guarantee are not filled in. Details on the survey...
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AZ Mobility launched Internet car catalogue Car Selector in Czech Rep

June 18, 2010 | 12:54am CEToriginal
It should serve businesses and consumers when choosing a new vehicle. Car Selector uses a database of Eurotax, yet free of charge. The application’s details...
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Sales of passenger cars in Europe fell by 9.3% in May, rising slightly without Germany

June 16, 2010 | 12:55am CEToriginal
Sales have been recording an annual increase of 1.9% for the first five months. Outlook of the PSA head Philippe Varin for the full year 2010...
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Goodyear: Rate of vehicle ownersjip in Czech Rep to rise by 8 pp by 2015

June 15, 2010 | 03:34am CEToriginal
In this context, the penetration of tire sales should also grow by 5 pp. Expected development in Central Europe and the situation in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Germany...
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Moravian-Silesian Automotive Cluster preparing two other testing laboratories

June 15, 2010 | 03:14am CEToriginal
These will be added to the current two - a noise and a heat one. The cluster also extended member base of two new companies in April…
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Superbel: Electric Skoda Superb goes on approval to TUV Sud, followed by testing in traffic

June 14, 2010 | 03:20am CEToriginal
Siemens electric engine, Thunder Sky batteries, touch-responsive user interface from the VUT in Brno with navigating of the vehicle on the map of charging spots at Pluginmap.cz...
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PwC: Volume of automotive mergers and acquisitions up 4 times in 2009, but their number decreased by 3%

June 9, 2010 | 03:59am CEToriginal
The significant increase in the value of M&A was influenced by activities of the U.S. Treasury. Outlook for the industry and property changes...
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U.S. car sales rose by 19% in May and by 12.3% m/m

June 7, 2010 | 02:39am CEToriginal
Sales rose for the seventh month in a row. If the May sales pace maintained, for the whole 2010 there would be sold in the U.S....
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Ghosn: Renault-Nissan plans to sell 7 million cars in 2010, exceed GM and become market’s number three

June 3, 2010 | 02:39am CEToriginal
According to Ghosn, this year’s global sales will rise by 20% to record 70 million cars. This estimate is significantly above the expectations of companies PwC and J.D. Power...
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Saab seeks return to small car segment, inspired by model from 50’s

May 31, 2010 | 03:44am CEToriginal
The new entry-model Saab 9-1/9-2 should reach the market in 2013. The carmaker’s sales plan for 2010 and 2011, including individual models...
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New rules for car service and sale in EU: Changes in warranty validity, changes for multi-branded showrooms

May 28, 2010 | 03:46am CEToriginal
All measures should reduce the cost of carmakers and the price for customers in the service centres. Details of changes, including the validity...
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Car sales in Europe down by 7.4% in April, first time in 10 months

May 17, 2010 | 11:38pm CEToriginal
The reason is the influence of scrap bonus and continuing difficult economic conditions. For the first four months, however, sales rose by 4.8%...
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Ivan Vodicka to leave Ceska pojistovna, Pavel Rehak to be new CEO

May 14, 2010 | 01:56am CEToriginal
Rehak has thus been promoted from the position of deputy manager for client services. The personnel change will occur on...
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