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| FT.com - Autos
FT.com - Autos
A German shareholder lobby group urged Berlin to improve regulation of capital markets amid rising investor irritation about "creeping takeovers" such as Schaeffler's hostile move on Continental, the car parts and tyre maker
General Motors has backed away from a two-year drive to wean itself off incentives, highlighting the increasing desperation of US carmakers to counter the steep downturn in demand
A rift in Continental's top management resurfaced just as the car parts maker entered a crunch week in its takeover battle with Schaeffler, the rival that launched a €11.3bn ($16.7bn) bid one month ago
Since Daimler sold lossmaking Chrysler last year, chief executive Dieter Zetsche has faced questions about how long the highly profitable maker of Mercedes and Smart cars and owner of the world's largest truck group can remain independent
General Motors is planning to rebadge its Chevrolet Volt electric car as an Opel and bring it to Europe as part of the US carmaker's plans to expand the model range of its highly anticipated new vehicle
BMW's concept study for the Gina Light, a car with an outer skin made of cloth, holds clues about forward thinking at the world's top-selling luxury carmaker
Motor parts makers are becoming more cautious in dealings with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, fearing that they could be hit by the Detroit carmakers' financial woes
GM's shares fell more than 5 per cent after Moody's downgraded the carmaker, citing concerns over whether it could make and sell smaller cars fast enough to compensate for collapsing large-vehicle sales
Chrysler confirmed that it had held talks with Fiat to use some of its idle North American capacity to build vehicles for the Italian carmaker
North America's car-rental operators are being squeezed from all sides, and the pain is apparent in their financial performance, share prices and credit ratings
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