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PACCAR Incorporated KENWORTH 2014 Seat Belt Anchor Reinforcement may be Mis-installed

PACCAR is recalling certain model year 2014 Kenworth T270 and T370 trucks  

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Fontaine Heavy-Haul Gooseneck to Deck Combo Eye Plate Cracks

Fontaine Trailer Company, dba Fontaine Heavy-Haul, is recalling certain model year 2013 Renegade LX40 and LXT40 lowbed trailers manufactured between August 2012 and November 2012. The combo eye plate that connects the gooseneck portion of the trailer to the deck portion of the trailer may crack and ultimately fracture and thereby fail to maintain the […]

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Alfa Part of Rumored Fiat-Audi Discussions, Sources Say

Alfa Romeo is at the core of top-level negotiations between Audi and Fiat and might be near to a sale, reliable sources here and in Ingolstadt, Germany, say. Sources close to both Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and Audi CEO Rupert Stadler confirm the two are in talks over a major deal.

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Mercedes starts exports from Autoport

Mercedes-Benz has begun using Turkey’s Autoport terminal at Izmit in Kocaeli for exports of trucks and buses from its manufacturing plants in Istanbul and Aksaray. The 15-hectare terminal, which was built by Arkas Holding and opened in 2008, has the capacity to move 400,000 vehicles a year. In 2012 Mercedes exported more than 4,000 trucks […]

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ALLIANCE CONSOLIDATES IN PORT OF TYNE

The Renault Nissan Alliance has now made the port of Tyne in the Northeast of England its common entry point for vehicle imports to the UK, including Nissan, Infiniti and Dacia models. The carmaker has been using the port since 1995, whereas Renault had been using the nearby port of Teesport.  

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NISSAN TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF IN UK

Nissan launched production of its second generation Leaf electric vehicle at the Sunderland plant in the UK last Thursday, the first time the vehicle has been produced outside of Japan. The company revealed its global and regional sourcing strategy for the plant, including import of key electronic components from Japan, and ambitions to localise more […]

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Auto Makers Boost North America Q2 Output

While Ford continues to mull changes in its second-quarter output plans, the rest of the industry is adding some 74,100 units to their production schedules for the period. The gains so far, spread across all three months but weighted more toward April and June

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The juggernaut that’s not: Japan

Thirty years ago, Japan Inc.’s formidable battery of domestic auto plants seemed ready to conquer the world. A nervous U.S. industry watched as the Japanese export machine devoured American jobs. Consultants trumpeted the supremacy of the Japanese business model.

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Hyundai studying pickup for U.S.

Hyundai Motor Co. is looking into launching a pickup in the United States, Hyundai’s sales boss says. Product planners and engineers at headquarters in South Korea are studying what size truck would be best, Lee In-cheol, vice president in charge of international sales, said at a Hyundai training center here, southeast of Seoul.

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