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Suzuki restructuring its dealer network in Czech Rep, seeking new partners for three regions

May 14, 2009 | 09:31pm CEToriginal
The importer has recently terminated co-operation with two dealers in Prague and Ostrava. A new dealer acceded at the beginning of May...
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Third model produced in Nosovice will be all-new car

May 14, 2009 | 09:15pm CEToriginal
It will be an affiliated model of the model Kia No 3 - a car of the B-MPV segment. Production of the new MPV Hyundai will begin in...
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AAA Auto extends used vehicle warranty within deficiencies insurance Carlife

May 14, 2009 | 04:39pm CEToriginal
This insurance is offered for free to cars over CZK 100,000. The length of the guarantee will be extended from the current 3 months/4,000 km to...
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Fiat will possibly close one plant in Italy and reduce production in another

May 14, 2009 | 10:39am CEToriginal
According to trade unions, production of the plant in Pomigliano will probably be reduced and another plant is awaiting closure...
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Czech car dealer Auto-Exner to expand abroad

May 13, 2009 | 11:02pm CEToriginal
The company with several showrooms in Prague is interested in Poland and Slovakia and might enter these markets with the brands...
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AAA Auto and Sixt New Kopel extend their Romanian car centres network

May 13, 2009 | 08:04pm CEToriginal
Operating leasing, car lease and used car sales will be offered by a Romanian company AAA New Kopel in co-operation with...
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Kladno-based hauler CSAD MHD Kladno put up tender for delivery of 5 buses

May 13, 2009 | 07:13pm CEToriginal
The company requires short low-floor buses. The last hauler's tenders registered...
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Auto-Exner to open new Bentley showroom in Prague in H2 2009

May 13, 2009 | 04:27pm CEToriginal
The firm has become besides the authorized service, also the official dealer of Bentley cars in autumn 2008. Showroom will grow in...
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Skoda car sales fall in Russia was lower than market’s fall in April, carmaker records market share rise

May 13, 2009 | 03:11pm CEToriginal
Sales of new passenger cars and light duty in Russia fell by 53% to 135,733 units in April. The Czech carmaker Skoda Auto...
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Avia returns to five-day working week

May 12, 2009 | 09:57pm CEToriginal
The trucks manufacturer has currently sufficient contracts. Avia has been helped by...
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Biggest CNG station in the Czech Rep to be opened in Prague on Wednesday

May 12, 2009 | 09:42pm CEToriginal
It is already the third filling station in Prague and till the end of the year there is a plan to open another...
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Hyundai mulls shifting production of i20 model from India to Europe

May 12, 2009 | 09:18pm CEToriginal
The Korean carmaker Hyundai might move production of the i20 hatchback from India to Europe and the Czech Republic is in play. A decision will be taken in...
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Goodyear Dunlop Tires to unify management for Czech Rep, Slovakia and Hungary

May 12, 2009 | 04:35pm CEToriginal
There has only been the corporate management for Czech and Slovak markets so far. The restructuring is coming in context of changing the general manager's position...
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UniCredit Leasing offers loan for Subaru cars with 0% mark-up till end of June

May 12, 2009 | 10:22am CEToriginal
At the same time Subaru offers up to 15% of discount for selected cars till the end of May. Conversion to LPG drive is now available for...
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Unipetrol to unify car fleet under the brand of Skoda

May 11, 2009 | 11:12pm CEToriginal
Unipetrol’s fleet, including nearly 400 cars, will completely change within...
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Volkswagen further expanding in Asia, with local partner to assemble cars in Indonesia

May 11, 2009 | 07:29pm CEToriginal
Operation of the new plant should be launched later this year. The plant will initially produce Volkswagen Touran cars, and later...
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Production of SUV Skoda Yeti to start on Tuesday in Kvasiny

May 11, 2009 | 06:57pm CEToriginal
Skoda Auto calculates upon a production of roughly 200 cars per day. Some dealers have already started making independent waiting lists...
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Scrap bonus helped car sales also in April in Slovakia

May 11, 2009 | 06:08pm CEToriginal
There were 10,902 new passenger cars and light utility vehicles registered in the country, which signifies a year-to-year rise by...
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SAP: Vehicle production in Czech Rep dropped by 23% in Q1, year-long decline difficult to predict

May 11, 2009 | 04:58pm CEToriginal
The carmakers Skoda Auto, Tatra, Avia Ashok Leyland recorded a significant decline in production, on the contrary...
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Head of Daimler to deepen co-operation with BMW

May 10, 2009 | 07:02pm CEToriginal
Daimler does not plan to delay or lower its investment in Hungary. Considering other plants...
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Opel considers producing car for less than EUR 9,000 and reviving Wartburg brand

May 9, 2009 | 05:58pm CEToriginal
The new Wartburg, which might be produced in Eisenach, East Germany, would be a cheaper version of the model...
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Auto-Exner to sell 100 Aston Martin cars during four years

May 7, 2009 | 07:32pm CEToriginal
Along with 50 cars driving on the Czech roads the company wishes to have 150 cars in its portfolio by 2012. Investment into a new dealership ranged to...
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Porsche Inter Auto expands to other cities in Czech Rep

May 7, 2009 | 04:54pm CEToriginal
Besides Prague, Brno, Plzen, Olomouc and Ceske Budejovice the company will also sell cars in...
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General Motors reputedly looking for share in Fiat

May 7, 2009 | 03:53pm CEToriginal
It would offer its activities in Europe and Latin America as a form of exchange. GM aims to get at least 30% of its division…
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Czech dealer network of Daimler carmaker comes through development

May 7, 2009 | 02:54pm CEToriginal
Sales of Daimler in the Czech Republic (excl. buses) should rise this year. The carrier model will be a new generation of the Mercedes E-class with planned sale...
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