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Aug 23, 2012

CARMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* Germany - Daimler may build Mercedes cars with Renault 
Frankfurt,Germany -Reuters/The Economic Times (India) -Aug 23, 2012: -- German carmaker Daimler is considering making passenger cars for its core Mercedes brand with partners Renault and Nissan , German paper Financial Times Deutschland reported, without saying where it got the information... The first cars might be constructed jointly from 2016 in eastern Europe and could include a small Mercedes off-road vehicle, and cars for Nissan's premium brand Infiniti, the paper said, adding a decision might be taken at the end of 2012... 


* UK - Jato: Alone in bucking falling market

(Photograph: Srdjan Suki/EPA - Fiat 500 L cars in the new FIAT factory in Kragujevac, Serbia, 16 April 2012. European car registrations are down)
Harrow,Middlesex,Great Britain,UK -Fleet Europe, by Tim Harrup -20 Aug 2012: -- Figures compiled by Jato show that Europe’s new car market is continuing to suffer from the economic crisis. July sales were down by 8.2%, bringing the year to date decline to 4.9% compared to the first seven months of 2011. Of the big five markets, Italy and Spain were both down by over 20% in July, Germany and France by a more modest 5% and 7% respectively, while only the UK was in positive territory, up by some 9%. The UK is also the only one of the five to have seen a YTD increase in sales (up 3.5%) while Germany is virtually unchanged from last year and France, Spain and Italy are all down, by 13%, 12% and 7% respectively... Volkswagen still tops the brand list, despite being slightly down both for the month and YTD. Ford, down by 15% in the month and 7% YTD, nevertheless remains in second spot in both categories. Peugeot, Opel/Vauxhall and Renault are putting in almost identical performances in the next three places... 


* German market figures artificially inflated? 

Berlin,Germany -Fleet Europe, by Tim Harrup -6 Aug 2012: -- Figures released by Germany’s federal transport agency show that sales of new cars in the country in July were 248,000, 5% down on July 2011. This brings the total for the first seven months of the year to almost 1.9 million, a figure which is similar to that of the same period last year. However, a Reuters report relayed by Automotive News Europe points to the fact that the real level of sales in Europe’s largest car market may be lower than the official figure. In a practice known as ‘self sales’ or ‘self registration’, manufacturers are selling cars to dealers and others within the industry, these registrations inflating the figures without the cars necessarily being put on the road... 


* India - Range Rover still a favorite British import

(Photo from Land Rover: 2012 Land Rover Range Rover HSE)
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India -Associated Press/The Detroit News, by Ann M. Job -August 25, 2012:  ... The 2012 Land Rover Range Rover, which is the quintessential, large British sport utility vehicle, remains a proper and luxurious expression of British transport. The Range Rover's boxy exterior, amazingly adaptable suspension, tall perch for the seats and British-flavored interior make for a unique road experience. And off-road, the Range Rover's prowess is legendary. While still headquartered in England and with British factories, the corporation now is owned by Tata Group of India, which bought Land Rover from Ford Motor Co. in 2008... 


* Germany - And the world's fastest hybrid is... the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta

Wofsburg,Germany -Gizmag, by Paul Ridden -August 23, 2012: -- Volkswagen has announced that its 2013 Jetta Hybrid became the fastest hybrid production-based car in the world during Southern California Timing Association’s (SCTA) annual Speed Week. Motor Trend Associate, Road Test Editor, Carlos Lago, was in the driver's seat of the specially-modified compact sedan when it set the new hybrid speed record of 185.394 mph (298.363 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, near Wendover, Nevada last week... In order to comply with SCTA rules, VW says that the record-breaking Jetta's powertrain was altered by the company's R and D team in Wolfsburg, Germany, to ramp up the available horsepower...


* China - Chery's July vehicle exports rise 15% as growth rate slows
(Photo: Chery's main export product: the Chery Tiggo compact SUV)
Wuhu,China -Automotive News China -21 Aug 2012: -- Chery Automobile Co., China's largest vehicle exporter, increased its overseas shipments 15 percent year-on-year to 19,520 units in July, according to the company's Web site... For the first seven months, Chery exported 112,014 units, up 26 percent from the same period last year... Like Chery, Great Wall Motor Co., China's second-largest passenger vehicle exporter, reported higher July exports... Last month, Great Wall exported 10,200 vehicles, nearly doubling its total from a year earlier... 


* South Korea - Hyundai Motor to hire 3,000 subcontract workers as regulars 
Seoul,SK -The Korea Herald, by Park Hyong-ki -17 Aug 2012: -- Hyundai Motor, Korea’s largest automaker, said that it will change the status of some 3,000 subcontractor laborers working for its Ulsan plant to regular employees... The company said in a statement that it will recruit 3,000 of its 8,000 in-house subcontractors as regular employees by 2016 as a means to “follow and honor” rulings by Seoul courts and government agencies... It will begin by hiring 1,000, and then increase its employment to 3,000 over the next four years... The auto company said that it has reached its decision to regularize 3,000 in-house subcontractors to mitigate confusion that has erupted over the years of court battles...


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* China 
Wuhu,China -Automotive News China -21 Aug 2012: ... A recent vehicle recall in Australia, though, could dim export prospects for Great Wall and Chery... The two companies recalled a total of 23,000 vehicles this month after Australian authorities found potential cancer-causing asbestos in some models, according to Bloomberg News...

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