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Chang-Ran Kim, Asia auto correspondent
DETROIT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd
(7270.T: Quote, Profile, Research), the maker of Subaru cars, is planning no new car
assembly plants before 2011 and instead will add capacity in
Japan to meet its goal of expanding sales by 17 percent [...]

SEOUL, Jan 11 (Reuters) - South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co
(012330.KS: Quote, Profile, Research), Hyundai Motor Co’s auto parts affiliate, said on
Friday it was targeting a 23 percent jump in overseas sales this
year, helped by output from its new factories in China and India.
Hyundai Mobis said in a filing to [...]

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NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Auto parts retailer O’Reilly
Automotive Inc. (ORLY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said same-store sales
were lower than expected during the holiday shopping season
because of a slower economy.
The company said sales at stores open at least one year
rose 2.1 [...]

DETROIT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS: Quote, Profile, Research)
wants to pass 500,000 vehicle sales in North America in 2008
and hopes to buck projections of weakness in overall industry
performance, a top executive said on Sunday.
“We were at 467,000 in 2007 and we’d love to break a
half-million. [...]

DETROIT (Reuters) - With a herd of Texas longhorn ambling down a Detroit street as a backdrop, Chrysler LLC on Sunday unveiled an updated version of its best-selling full-size pickup truck, one the No. 3 U.S. automaker is banking on to drive more profitable sales in a tough market.
The new Dodge [...]

DETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s fourth largest carmaker, increased group vehicle sales by 7.9 percent to a record 6.189 million units last year thanks to growth at all 8 brands and forecast a further gain for 2008.
“There will be growth but whether it will be 8 [...]

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DETROIT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), the
world’s fourth largest carmaker, increased group vehicle sales
by 7.9 percent to a record 6.189 million units last year thanks
to growth at all 8 brands and forecast a further gain for 2008.
“There will be growth but whether it [...]

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DETROIT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s fourth largest carmaker, increased group vehicle sales by 7.9 percent to a record 6.189 million units last year thanks to growth at all 8 brands and forecast a further gain for 2008.
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By Marcel Michelson
DETROIT, Jan 12 (Reuters) - German luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz unveiled a small sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Saturday to pursue a profitable niche market as more carmakers target upgrades in off-road models for urban drivers.
The Mercedes Vision GLK [...]

By Jui Chakravorty Das
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will make additional production cuts in the United States if demand for vehicles comes in much softer than expected, the automaker’s head of North American operations said on Sunday.
Higher gasoline prices combined with a weak housing market have [...]