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CSOB Leasing to add free damage liability for one year to lease or credit in Q2

April 21, 2010 | 01:27am CEToriginal
The offer is for both consumers and business subject when financing passenger cars and commercial vehicles of all brands. The spring offer is limited by the number of contracts...
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Frank Versaevel to be new general manager of Volvo Auto Czech

April 21, 2010 | 12:58am CEToriginal
The former head of Czech representation of the carmaker Volvo Car Greg Maruszewski will become…
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Auto Esa: Visit rate of Skodovky.cz continues to grow, offer of cars increased

April 20, 2010 | 11:53pm CEToriginal
Current visitor statistics of the site focused on sales of Skoda cars, increase in the number of cars offered...
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Sales of Skoda cars grew by 25% in Q1, sales excl. China by 10%

April 20, 2010 | 11:39pm CEToriginal
The growth has been traditionally driven by the demand in China, but also in many European countries including the Czech Republic. The interest in the individual models and the outlook for 2010...
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AAA Auto sold most cars for last 12 months last week

April 20, 2010 | 02:04am CEToriginal
A new weekly record, the sales proportion of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, new daily record, the best selling models in Q1...
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Nissan in April: Qashqai with financing with 0% increase or free damage liability

April 20, 2010 | 01:56am CEToriginal
The models Micra and Note also become cheaper while the X-Trail became more expensive. Discount on the models Pathfinder 2009 and Navara continues...
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Avia entered Russian market, considering assembly there

April 19, 2010 | 10:00pm CEToriginal
In the first phase, there will be seven dealerships ensuring the sale. Avia holds talks about the licensed production with a company Avtotor as well...
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Domansky in April: Electronic health book and six airbags in the price of a new car

April 15, 2010 | 08:50pm CEToriginal
The action relates to a branch in Zdiby near Prague, where the company offers the car brands Peugeot, Citroen, Hyundai and Volkswagen...
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AAA Auto registers growing interest in recovery of commercial vehicles, sales rose by 21% in Q1

April 15, 2010 | 08:11pm CEToriginal
Entrepreneurs often exchange their newish delivery van for an older one. AAA Auto responds to increased demand for LCVs by an increase in purchase prices by up to 20%...
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TPCA signed new collective agreement with unions

April 15, 2010 | 07:51pm CEToriginal
The agreement, in addition to increase in tariff wages, an additional pay for an extra shift and a bonus, also includes a commitment that TPCA will not dismiss for redundancy until...
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Uniqa offers new customers bonus doubling and copying to full car insurance in Q2

April 15, 2010 | 12:29am CEToriginal
It is going to add the accident insurance for free. The number of clients in the car insurance in 2009 increased by...
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Seat spring service action: Inspection for CZK 99, discounts on spare parts, accessories and tires

April 14, 2010 | 11:58pm CEToriginal
In the case of fault detection and repair in service shop, is free tour. Parts, accessories and tires included in the action...
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Peugeot in April: Discount on models 207, 308 and Partner Tepee Holiday

April 14, 2010 | 11:39pm CEToriginal
In April, it is still possible to replace the used vehicle per contra for one of the selected diesel cars Peugeot with a bonus up to CZK 80,000...
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Prague eMobility Week: Exhibition of cars, motorbikes and bikes with electric drive; electric car owners meeting

April 14, 2010 | 12:53am CEToriginal
Among the exhibits will the electric cars Tesla Roadster and GEM (Global Electric Motorcars), the Toyota Prius hybrid and more...
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Cebia: Those interested in origins and history of used car frequently checked Skoda, Volkswagen and Ford in 2009

April 13, 2010 | 12:57am CEToriginal
Growth in the number of queries to database of Autotracer, questions of individual brands, counterfeits of Cebia Report, the use of used car shops and dealers...
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Blue Events holds conference Fleet Management 2010 in Prague in late April

April 13, 2010 | 12:36am CEToriginal
The main topic of the event is to optimize fleet management in times of crisis. Speakers at the conference will be representatives of CAFM, Incoma GfK, Deloitte and others...
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Renault in April: Thalia fell by CZK 10,000, Grand Modus by CZK 15,000 and Kangoo by CZK 20,000

April 13, 2010 | 12:24am CEToriginal
When financing is used, customers receive discounts ranging from CZK 20,000 to CZK 50,000 and extended warranty for 3 to 5 years/60,000 to 150,000 km according to a model...
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Skoda in Czech Rep in Q1: Growth in sales by 31.7% and market share by 7.1pp, fleet sales still dominate

April 12, 2010 | 01:20am CEToriginal
All five Skoda models was placed in the Top 10, market share back above 30%. Registrations of individual models, growth in sales by 70% in March...
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IIR holding professional conference Production 2010 in Prague in mid-June

April 12, 2010 | 12:07am CEToriginal
The conference is linked with a workshop Production controlling and a workshop Kaizen Lean Strategy Model. Speakers at the event will be representing companies from the automotive industry...
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GE Money Auto: For buying car on credit until end of May weekend in Europe as gift

April 7, 2010 | 04:04am CEToriginal
The hotel voucher can be used in 200 hotels in 12 countries across Europe by Christmas 2011. Details of the special offer and autoCredit Weekend credit…
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Toyota Aygo Base Cool: Carmaker’s entry-model with air conditioning as standard, while keeping price below CZK 200,000

April 7, 2010 | 03:41am CEToriginal
Another novelty is the new package Red Edition for customers who want to have a red car both inside and outside. When using the funding...
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Key Plastics expanding in Europe, buying certain plants of Paulman & Crone and Olho Group

April 6, 2010 | 05:15am CEToriginal
The U.S. company will take Olho-Technik plants over in Germany and the Czech Republic, which are in 2010 expecting a turnover of...
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Andrej Barcak jr. left A. Charouz, Pavel Silha Kia in Slovakia

April 6, 2010 | 01:13am CEToriginal
Both have moved to the Czech and Slovak representation of Opel, where the change of the organizational structure has been thus completed. Details of changes and the existing career of managers...
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After 10 years at SkoFIN Roman Vavron leaving to group branch in India

April 6, 2010 | 12:41am CEToriginal
Jan Kloud has been promoted to the position of marketing director at SkoFIN. As of May, Vavron will be at Volkswagen Finance PVT on a post of...
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Citroen C4 Picasso Image: Special model with features for increased comfort from CZK 429,900

April 6, 2010 | 12:09am CEToriginal
Those interested in the basic equipment version X can pay extra CZK 30,000 for an automatic control of the air conditioning and Bluetooth/USB. The surcharge for C4 Grand Picasso amounts to...
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