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Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:50 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:50 GMTjust-auto.com - RSS feedjust-auto.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20Fiat plans for Chrysler will scrap the US automaker's long-held plans for its brands outside North America with the exception of Jeep, people with direct knowledge of the plan have said.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101874Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:25:00 GMTNew Chrysler Group products expected to be announced next week will see the eventual launch of Fiat models and the axing of Dodge and Chrysler models, a media report said.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101784Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:36:00 GMTHundreds of workers at General Motors' Thai assembly plant on Thursday ended a 10-day strike after settling a pay dispute with the management, the automaker said.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101610Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:53:00 GMTThe Moscow arbitration court has postponed hearing two Alfa Bank lawsuits demanding repayment of over RUB1bn from two units of automaker GAZ group until 12 November.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101590Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:25:00 GMTThe Russian government has said it will consider the future of the country's automobile industry in December.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101483Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:53:00 GMTRussia's Sberbank will meet with Alfa Bank in the coming days to restructure the loan debt of automaker GAZ Group to Alfa Bank, Sberbank CEO German Gref told reporters.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101422Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:42:00 GMTElectric vehicles were one of the dominant features of this year's Frankfurt motor show. But unlike in 2007, nearly all the ones that were on show this year were very real runners. As an engineer, the future excites Tony Butcher who started in the car industry as an apprentice, gaining an MSc in engineering business management, before joining Rover. He progressed through the ranks running major operations at Unipart and Benetton F1 before ending up at Prodrive in 1998.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101356Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:54:00 GMTGAZ, the carmaker owned by debt-ridden billionaire Oleg Deripaska, on Thursday lamabasted Russia's largest private bank for refusing to agree to debt restructuring.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101304Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:39:00 GMTDeveloping niche performance versions of mainstream models might sound like a taboo subject in the current economic and environmental climate.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101202Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:00:00 GMTPetrolhead and sports car enthusiast Ikuo Maeda wants to inject a fourth element into Mazda's design philosophy.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101181Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:22:00 GMTAlfa Romeo will return to the US market after 15 years with the new Giulia saloon, the 159 replacement, CEO Sergio Cravero said in Turin.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100554Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:04:00 GMTIsn't it weird? After a decade of trying, the brand collectors have become thoroughly disheartened. Ford spins out Jaguar, Land-Rover, Mazda and Aston Martin and tries its best to bin Volvo. GM shuts brands, sells brands and tries its best to bin Saab, Vauxhall and Opel. Daimler gets rid of Chrysler Jeep and Dodge to a gullible hedge fund.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100521Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:30:00 GMTTo a round-table lunch in Soho dominated by the pundit prince, Professor Garel Rhys. The Cardiff University car sage was doing his stuff on global auto industry trends when Fiat's name unexpectedly occupied one of his sentences. "Fiat has just committed suicide," he reflected. "Couldn't make one company work so it is going to try two."http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100399Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:35:00 GMTGAZ Group has agreed terms for debt restructuring with a committee of creditors, business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday, citing Valery Lukin, CEO of Russkiye Mashiny [Russian Machines], which holds 60% of GAZ.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100235Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:17:00 GMTSuzuki Motor and Mitsubishi Motors may have to pull out of the US market because of plummeting sales of new cars in a market which has now fallen behind China, analysts said.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100209Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:40:00 GMTAvtodiesel, the embattled Russian engine maker, is facing a lawsuit seeking its move into bankruptcy. The suit was filed by Alfa Bank with the Moscow Arbitration Court, according to local news reports.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100096Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:00 GMTNew Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is deciding how the Chrysler-Fiat alliance will manage the Dodge and Alfa Romeo brands, which he regards as American and European counterparts.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100076Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:07:00 GMTGreat Wall Motors has become the first Chinese automaker to launch vehicles in the New Zealand and Australian markets - both are large markets for one-tonne pickup trucks.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100000Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:30:00 GMTFiat will stop making the Lancia Ypsilon at its Termini Imerese plant in Sicily from 2011, CEO Sergio Marchionne told Italian government and union officials today.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=99896Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:08:00 GMTThe Fiat-Chrysler alliance yields little potential strategic benefit for the Fiat Group, according to an equities analyst who spoke to just-auto today.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=99770Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:41:00 GMT