Author: Automotive News Feed
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Renault-Nissan raise savings targets in cooperation push
PARIS — Renault-Nissan announced plans to accelerate integration between the carmakers by stepping up joint projects in development, manufacturing, purchasing and human resources.
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New Jeep subcompact hits Italian streets
A heavily disguised prototype of Jeep’s new subcompact SUV was spotted undergoing road tests. The “baby” Jeep launches this year and will be built in Fiat’s plant in Melfi, central Italy, alongside Fiat brand’s sibling model, the 500X.
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Peugeot 208 production will be cut in France to reduce overcapacity
PSA will eliminate one of two shifts that builds the Peugeot 208 at its factory in Poissy, France, to help reduce overcapacity.
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Fiat moving tax base to UK to woo U.S. investors, chairman says
Fiat wants to establish the tax domicile of the new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles group in the UK to help woo U.S. investors, the carmaker’s chairman, John Elkann, told an Italian newspaper.
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PSA’s chairman seeks to protect family role in carmaker, report says
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen Chairman Thierry Peugeot has written to his cousin Robert Peugeot, head of the Peugeot family holding, to criticize a planned tie-up with China’s Dongfeng Motor that would dilute the family’s influence, a report said.
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First Shift: VW, Kia Bowl strategies
As one company visits ‘The Matrix,’ another takes engineers to a new level; AutoNation nets $109M; shutdown for Chrysler 200 plant
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Is Chrysler American, Italian, Dutch or #8230; ?
Yesterday was certainly a big day for the venerable Dutch auto industry.