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EU car sales up by 5.5 % in September

October 17, 2013 | 12:03am CEToriginal
One additional working day, the second weakest September since 2003, recovery in Western Europe, great discounts and car registrations by dealers, strong growth of Skoda, analysts’ comments...
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Conference on automotive industry in Czech Rep and Central Europe to take place in Brno

October 16, 2013 | 11:53pm CEToriginal
Contract meetings with Austrian firms, speakers from ACEA, Skoda, PSA, TPCA, Hyundai, Iveco, KPMG, Roland Berger, Brano, 3M or CTP...
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Opel: Czech market without re-exports decreased by 10 % in Q1-3, with them by 8%

October 10, 2013 | 01:34am CEToriginal
Purpose de-registrations increased by 20%. Opel sales increased by more than 10 %. Real results of brands in the Top 25, the most re-exported cars...
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Sales of new cars in Czech Rep rose by 5.9 % in September

October 7, 2013 | 03:25am CEToriginal
The growth was driven by Skoda, Seat, Dacia, Hyundai and BMW. The demand for commercial vehicles has been developing positively, too. The current outlook of SDA and PwC...
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Car production in Czech Rep up by 50% y/y in August

September 29, 2013 | 09:50pm CEToriginal
Skoda Auto and Tatra doubled their production, Iveco and Hyundai showed good results, too. The results of all manufacturers including TPCA and SOR, reasons, production over eight months...
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Thirty-two HEVs and one EV registered in Czech Rep in August

September 29, 2013 | 08:52pm CEToriginal
The registry has also newly included 98 vehicles powered by CNG and 48 cars by LPG. Leaders of alternative drives, the first plug-in hybrid from Porsche...
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Sikora (CAP): Legal changes in Czech Rep to increase cost of damage liability by 20%

September 26, 2013 | 02:30am CEToriginal
Loss rate of this kind of insurance in the last two years, the announced rate increase, the growth of compensation for damage to health, fixing prices for three years ahead from Generali...
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Car sales in EU up by 5% in July, down by 5% in August

September 18, 2013 | 01:58am CEToriginal
Skoda sales fell less in August, so the Czech carmaker increased its market share. Skoda in Top 10, results for eight months, KPMG’s outlook...
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Carmakers and suppliers in Czech Rep released over 2,000 employees over last year

September 9, 2013 | 11:52pm CEToriginal
However, this does not apply to R&D, where over 200 specialists were newly employed. The average wage in the automotive industry increased by 2.6%, by 1.3% for workers...
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Car production in Czech Rep fell by 19% y/y in July, by 14% in first seven months

September 8, 2013 | 11:27pm CEToriginal
Skoda Auto saw a drop of 18%, Hyundai Motor of 3% and TPCA of 14%. Production of trucks, buses and motorcycles also fell, Tatra rose...
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Sales of new cars in Czech Rep fell by 12.1% in August

September 5, 2013 | 02:43am CEToriginal
The decline was tempered by Seat, Dacia and Volvo. Growth of the LCV segment, stable demand for trucks...
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Czech Post will have 700 CNG vehicles in fleet by end of 2013, would like to have 3,000 prospectively

September 2, 2013 | 11:06pm CEToriginal
Savings in H1, expanding the network of filling stations and CNG consumption growth in the Czech Republic, the success of Peugeot diesel vehicles in a tender for the supply of CNG vans thanks to TCO...
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Sikora (CAP): Damage liability in Czech Rep to be more expensive by about 15 % in 2014

September 2, 2013 | 02:35am CEToriginal
Three reasons for price rising, the new amount of the hourly rate of fire fighters, innovative premium prescriptions at Generali...
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Forty-six HEVs and one EV registered in Czech Rep in July

August 28, 2013 | 09:52pm CEToriginal
The registry newly includes further 43 vehicles powered by CNG and 92 vehicles on LPG. Leaders of alternative drive systems, results in the first seven months...
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Car Importers Association prepares several novelties

August 27, 2013 | 12:10am CEToriginal
These will relate to the website and statistics of registrations in the Czech Republic. The latest novelty on SDA’s portal is BESIP calendar of upcoming events...
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Sales of new cars in Czech Rep rose by 30.3% in July

August 6, 2013 | 12:56am CEToriginal
This is the best sales July for the last 10 years. The expected growth is affected by two factors. Most brands were growing, but Renault failed...
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Forty-six HEVS and three EVs registered in Czech Rep in June

July 31, 2013 | 10:29pm CEToriginal
The registry has newly included further 66 vehicles powered by CNG and 68 cars by LPG. Brands and models, results in H1 2013...
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Sales of commercial vehicles in EU fell by 4.8% in June, by 6.9% in H1

July 30, 2013 | 02:08am CEToriginal
Results across Europe, demand for vans, trucks and buses, results in different countries including the Czech Republic...
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Car production decreased by 13.1% in Czech Rep in H1

July 18, 2013 | 06:26am CEToriginal
Skoda Auto has seen a drop of 15.8%, Hyundai Motor of 4.8% and TPCA of 15.9%. Reasons, production of trucks (Tatra, Avia) and buses...
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Car sales in EU fell by 5.6% in June

July 17, 2013 | 01:21am CEToriginal
The weakest June result since 1996, sales in H1, results of carmakers, KPMG’s comment...
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Sales of new cars in Slovakia fell by 6.6% in H1

July 16, 2013 | 03:20am CEToriginal
The demand has been declining since autumn 2012. Number one on the Slovak market – Skoda – recorded a decline in sales as well as in market share...
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Carmakers and dealers in Czech Rep established mediation institute for dispute resolution

July 9, 2013 | 12:59am CEToriginal
Subjects of the agreement, administrative partner, mediator/arbitration commission, ACEA’s recommendations after the end of block exemption...
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Czech Insurers' Bureau made changes in external communication

July 9, 2013 | 12:11am CEToriginal
PR agency was replaced by its own spokesman, who is a former spokesman of a Czech insurance company...
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Sales of new cars in Czech Rep fell by 20.2% in June

July 8, 2013 | 12:57am CEToriginal
The strong decline is caused by floods and a high comparative base. The decline was mitigated by the only low-cost brand – Dacia. The expected increase in July...
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SDA, AutoSAP and BESIP signed agreement on cooperation in safe operation of vehicles

July 3, 2013 | 11:01pm CEToriginal
Parts of the memorandum, implementation of the National Strategy 2020, development of the number of fatalities in the Czech Republic, quantification of consequences of traffic accidents...
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