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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:29:05 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:12:10 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/automobiles(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5766492-cd0e-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5766492-cd0e-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.htmlChina's passenger cars sales in October surged 75.8% compared with a year earlier, extending the growth in recent months prompted by government incentivesMon, 9 Nov 2009 09:29:05 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9672d12-cca3-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9672d12-cca3-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe departing head of General Motors in Europe, Carl-Peter Forster, is in talks with Tata Motors over a senior position at Jaguar Land Rover Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:28:37 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bced9774-cc92-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bced9774-cc92-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe government is poised to invest £4.5m in a project to develop a small electric vehicle produced by Zytek Automotive Technology and Gordon Murray DesignSun, 8 Nov 2009 19:24:06 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcde62b2-cc76-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcde62b2-cc76-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlPart of the role of a new £40m Manufacturing Technology Centre will be to shore up a sector hit far worse by the downturn than forecasters expected. The damage has been particularly seismic in the manufacturing heartlands of the MidlandsSun, 8 Nov 2009 15:59:53 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d73fbc84-cb1f-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d73fbc84-cb1f-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlItalians loved the car and loved in the car. Francesco Guerrera bids benvenuta to the new Fiat 500 as the miniscule vehicle prepares to take on the monster trucks of the US highwaysFri, 6 Nov 2009 22:10:31 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d7ab56a-cacc-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d7ab56a-cacc-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlCarl-Peter Forster, head of General Motors in Europe, is to leave the company just days after the US carmaker decided to hold on to its Opel/Vauxhall operations Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:53:46 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/167d43ea-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/167d43ea-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlLack of racing success and economic slump sees Japanese carmakers all but vanish from the top level of motor racingFri, 6 Nov 2009 18:36:59 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/32a17490-caf9-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32a17490-caf9-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html Nick Reilly's appointment as head of GM's international operations ranks him right behind Fritz Henderson, chief executiveFri, 6 Nov 2009 17:53:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/542621c0-ca3a-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/542621c0-ca3a-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlGeneral Motors' chief executive says Opel could afford to pay back the remaining €900m of the €1.5bn bridge loan the German government gave the carmaker to keep it afloatThu, 5 Nov 2009 21:33:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9833e8ee-ca25-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9833e8ee-ca25-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlCarlos Ghosn, chief executive: 'We will make an announcement on our participation in Formula One before the end of the year'Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:05:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c62e473c-ca41-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c62e473c-ca41-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlOpel/Vauxhall is understood to have amassed more than €1bn in cash and it seems the biggest contributor is the bumper sales triggered by the scrapping incentives for old cars offered by governments across EuropeThu, 5 Nov 2009 19:42:01 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/7b0d70d2-c9ee-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/7b0d70d2-c9ee-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlSergio Marchionne, now boss of both Fiat and Chrysler, has announced ambitious plans for a turnroundThu, 5 Nov 2009 19:24:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b2c9d3e-c9c7-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b2c9d3e-c9c7-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Japanese carmaker says its full-year loss would be less than half what it had previously forecast, owing to cost cuts and government incentives that have reversed a fall in demandThu, 5 Nov 2009 17:44:05 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/18c8064a-c93e-11de-b551-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18c8064a-c93e-11de-b551-00144feabdc0.htmlWorkers in Germany are to stage a series of warning strikes in protest against General Motors' decision to abandon its sale of Opel to Canada's Magna and Sberbank of Russia. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:13:28 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b4b403c-c973-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fautomobileshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b4b403c-c973-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlGovernment-backed incentive schemes might have propped up the industry this year but they make the prospects for next year grim, say industry observersThu, 5 Nov 2009 02:13:27 +0000