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Car of the Year of Motorist Journalists’ Club 2010 becomes Skoda Yeti

December 11, 2009 | 09:56am CEToriginal
The Opel Astra (164 points), Mercecedes-Benz E (143 points), BMW X1 (136 points) and Volkswagen Polo (134 points) follow. Yeti has already gained other awards…
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Engine 1.2 TSI (77 kW): Production for 2009 and 2010 in Czech Rep only, from 2011 in Germany too

December 10, 2009 | 10:38pm CEToriginal
The engine is available in the Skoda Yeti and Volkswagen Golf in the meantime. Along with an assembly into other VW Group models, its production will grow next year…
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Volkswagen to take over 19.9% of carmaker Suzuki for USD 2.5 billion

December 10, 2009 | 09:29pm CEToriginal
The German company is reportedly interested in increasing the share even over the controlling level of one third. The carmaker will invest up to a half of the revenues from the sale of Suzuki’s stock in…
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Wages in Jihlava-based plant of Bosch Diesel to go up by CZK 300 from July, 2010

December 10, 2009 | 08:18pm CEToriginal
Trade unions acquired a promise of other benefits in collective negotiations; some requirements were not carried through on the contrary…
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Mann+Hummel introduces production of new particulate filter for diesel engines

December 10, 2009 | 07:07pm CEToriginal
The new DPF has an increased capacity for catching carbon particles, provides integration of other functions and in addition, it is possible to reach CO2 emissions reductions…
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Sales of passenger cars in China doubled to 1.04 million in November

December 10, 2009 | 06:51pm CEToriginal
GM’s sales went up by 109.5%, sales of Mercedes-Benz by 224%. Over this year…
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Head of Allianz pojistovna Miroslav Tacl to resign at year end

December 10, 2009 | 06:32pm CEToriginal
The supervisory board of the insurance company has accepted his resignation; no decision regarding his successor has been taken yet. Members of the board remain…
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Volkswagen purchased 49.9% stake in carmaker Porsche for EUR 3.9 billion

December 10, 2009 | 05:56pm CEToriginal
Porsche should become Volkswagen’s tenth brands in 2011. The merger will lead to annual savings…
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Toyota plans to restart production of plants in US and China

December 10, 2009 | 04:59pm CEToriginal
The carmaker will invest EUR 750 million in completion of the plants. Introduction of production and a portfolio of models produced…
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Another investor interested in producer of passenger cars Volvo Car

December 10, 2009 | 04:30pm CEToriginal
The investor is Jakob syndicate composed of Swedish subjects mainly. The group is offering hard cash and is waiting for Ford’s reaction…
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Car sales slightly up in US in November

December 10, 2009 | 03:55pm CEToriginal
The largest growth was registered by Hyundai; sales of the three largest carmakers did not change markedly. Sales of economy cars and crossovers were going well…
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Japanese carmaker Isuzu Motors to vigorously enter Central Europe

December 9, 2009 | 10:34pm CEToriginal
Within the next two years, the carmaker will open representation offices in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The offer of models and sales and service network…
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Auto Esa offers guarantee service for free when buying car in action

December 9, 2009 | 08:38pm CEToriginal
The company has also prepared a series of bonuses when using funding. Guarantee service applies to the first implementation of selected servicing operations...
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Russian government and Renault pledged support to carmaker AvtoVAZ

December 9, 2009 | 08:04pm CEToriginal
Putin promised over EUR 1 billion on the company’s restructuring. Renault-Nissan alliance will give EUR 300 million for the production of a new Lada model...
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EVC Group to offer electric cars and hybrids charged from electrical network

December 8, 2009 | 06:58pm CEToriginal
The company will offer the completely new electric cars Skoda Roomster and Smart, and transformation of a customer’s car only, too. Parametres, prices and plans…
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Credium intends to expand in both automotive and non-automotive consumer finance

December 8, 2009 | 06:13pm CEToriginal
To credit cards and installment plans, on-line credits have expanded the offer and other products will be added. In automotive financing…
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China reportedly to continue supporting automotive sector in 2010 as well

December 8, 2009 | 04:54pm CEToriginal
Tax allowances will be provided for all passenger cars; the allowances will be higher for smaller cars rather than for the larger ones…
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GM terminated plan to dismiss 550 employees in Opel’s R&D centre in Russelsheim

December 8, 2009 | 04:12pm CEToriginal
According to German government, GM does not need any help for Opel. Opel’s employees are prepared to make compromises which could earn GM an annual saving of…
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Sales of carmaker Toyota Motor up in October for the first time over 15 months

December 8, 2009 | 03:43pm CEToriginal
Particularly, the sales went up by 5% to 640,000 cars. In the United States, the sales declined by 3.5%, in Japan and China were growing though…
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Suzuki to sell stake in JV in Canada to General Motors

December 8, 2009 | 02:52pm CEToriginal
GM will thus have full control over CAMI Automotive. Therefore, the US carmaker will find itself without its Japanese production partner…
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Two subjects interested in Lotus representation in Czech Rep

December 7, 2009 | 11:04pm CEToriginal
Those are a Czech person from the field of motor sport and one foreign dealership reportedly. In particular...
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Auto Esa tests car auction through Internet

December 7, 2009 | 10:10pm CEToriginal
The auctions are provided on-line and they take place every Tuesday at 3pm. Auto Esa places about 20 cars in the auction being published a day in advance...
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Trade unions of Hyundai’s plant in Nosovice declared strike emergency

December 7, 2009 | 09:09pm CEToriginal
The unions demand reducing overtime work to a minimum and an extra bonus of CZK 5,000 in addition. The trade union is registering increased interest in memberships…
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CCS: Driving fuels slightly cheaper in Czech Rep last week, stagnated in Slovakia

December 7, 2009 | 08:20pm CEToriginal
Petrol sold at Czech filling stations became cheaper by 5 hellers, diesel by 11 hellers. During the coming days, analysts expect…
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Interest in certain technical fields in secondary schools increasing

December 7, 2009 | 07:19pm CEToriginal
This year there were 3,341 students enrolled in study in machinery industry and 4,354 students in the study of mechanic/repairer of motor vehicles. Considering the studies of cartronic, electrotechnician and electrician...
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