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Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:44:03 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 03:44:03 GMTjust-auto.com - RSS feedjust-auto.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20While US November new vehicle retail sales are expected to decline slightly compared with one year ago, total US vehicle sales are projected to increase marginally, according to JD Power.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102145Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:00 GMTFord Motor Co is looking to plough 2 billion reais (US$1.15 billion) of investment into its Brazilian operations between now and 2015, it was reported today.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102163Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMTData released by JATO shows that Volkswagen remains Europe's best-selling brand this year, with the Golf remaining the top-selling model.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102152Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMTIf you turned the Jodrell Bank radio-telescope on its side and filled it with cornflakes to create one colossal breakfast bowl, you would still have fewer cornflakes than there are kilobytes residing in just-auto's automotive research archive. Dave Leggett dives in to the cornflakes, sorry kilobytes, in search of a few interesting factoids to brighten your Friday arvo (links are to articles freely available to all).http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101965Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:00 GMTSouth Korean President Lee Myung Bak has said his country is ready to discuss US concerns about the auto trade imbalance in the context of a bilateral free trade agreement signed nearly two years ago.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102139Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:36:00 GMTThe FIA is calling on governments from around the world, meeting in Moscow today at the first ever Global Ministerial Summit on Road Safety today to agree a Decade of Action aimed at saving five million lives on the world's roads.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102133Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:44:00 GMTToyota's global vehicle sales rose 5% in October to about 640,000 units marking the first year-on-year increase in 15 months.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102112Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:08:00 GMTDrivers in the Netherlands will be the first in Europe to start paying 'road tax' according to the kilometres they drive rather than an annual flat fee for owning a vehicle, under proposals approved by the Dutch government.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102108Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:52:00 GMTData and market analyst firm RL Polk & Co is forecasting a return to a 15m unit US light vehicle market in 2013.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102098Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:19:00 GMTMore than a dozen business leaders - including Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO of Nissan Motor Company; David W. Crane, President & CEO of NRG Energy; and Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President & CEO of FedEx Corporation - have come together to form the 'Electrification Coalition'.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102097Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:53:00 GMTToyota Motor Thailand has said that total market sales for Thailand in October were 53,271, an 8.8 percent rise from the same time last year, with the passenger car sector jumping 23.4 percent to 22,747 units.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102106Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:39:00 GMTCar sales in Europe rose by 11.2% over a year earlier according to data released by the European carmakers' association ACEA.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102078Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:41:00 GMTChina's National Bureau of Statistics says the country's latest economic data shows it is well on track to meet its target of 8% economic growth this year. The Chinese economy continues to benefit from the government's huge economic stimulus package.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102064Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:07:00 GMTVolkswagen said today that its vehicle deliveries in October grew 11.1% to 557,300 vehicles from the same month a year ago thanks to growth in its main markets of China and Germany.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102060Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:59:00 GMTVehicle sales in Indonesia declined by 4.7% to 52,241 units in October, compared with 54,813 units a year earlier, according to data released by industry association Gaikindo. Sales during the month were lifted by delayed orders during the fasting month of Ramadan in September, according to local sources.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102056Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:17:00 GMTThe China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) is forecasting that China's vehicle market will grow 10% in 2010 if the government maintains the hugely successful tax incentives that have boosted the market this year.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102050Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMTFord of Europe's sales in October increased by 12.8% year-on-year to 121,000 units, giving Ford its highest European market share in twelve years. Ford's market share rose by 0.5 percentage points in comparison to October last year.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102044Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMTAs elsewhere in the region, the Egyptian auto market was heavily hit by the impact of the global economic recession in the first half of 2009. Sales of vehicles dramatically dropped by just over a third in H109 compared to the same period in 2008, according to research by Business Monitor International (BMI).http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102034Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:08:00 GMTThe Philippine vehicle market expanded by 20.1% in October to 12,761 units, compared with weak year-earlier volumes of 10,860 units, according to the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (Campi).http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102031Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:42:00 GMTGM CEO Fritz Henderson has described Opel as fundamentally a regional brand, dampening hopes that the brand could play a larger and more global role in GM's future strategy.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102012Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:39:00 GMT