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Many of the cars that appeared at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show offer increased performance in a compact, sporty package. Photos by Paul Clinton, Steven Martinez, Becky May, Adam Pringle, Amy Winter, and Chris Wolski.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) needs more time to make a preliminary determination on an anti-dumping duty investigation against Chinese passenger and light truck tires. The DOC has moved the deadline from Dec. 1 to Jan. 20.
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s CS5 Touring tire offers several technologies in W-, V-, H- and T-Rated sizes. The tire is offered as the Ultra Touring and Grand Touring. Cooper has added a wear square visual indicator, coupled silica compound, 3D micro-gauge siping, asymmetric tread design, and Stabiledge technologies to the CS5.
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Sales of cars, trucks, and SUVs to commercial fleet customers rose 21.1 percent in August compared to a year ago, as vehicle manufacturers continue to increase fleet market share through the first eight months of 2014.
Read More →Sales of diesel passenger cars increased 25 percent during the first six months of 2014, while sales of gasoline cars grew 4.2 percent and hybrid growth turned negative, according to new data.
Read More →Work truck fleets run fewer miles than the typical car fleet, but companies hold these vehicles longer until they get into the costly area of maintenance, including preventive maintenance intervals. Every part of a work truck is driven harder.
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Faced with tightening corporate average fuel economy standards in the U.S., automakers have turned to a new generation of cleaner burning diesel passenger cars and SUVs to help them meet the new regulations.
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Private individuals represented 59 percent of the personal car market share in 2010. Over the past three years, its level has fallen and is reflected by a specific market: the company car market, according to ALD Automotive.
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As a result of seven continuous years of decline, the 2013 Spanish passenger car market volume was less than half of the pre-crisis level of more 1.9 million new cars. In 2010, the total number of cars registered was 1.11 million units; in 2011, it was 928,589 units. In 2013, it was just 699,589 registrations.
Read More →Global automotive growth was seen in the passenger car markets in Western Europe (+6 percent) and Japan (+19 percent), while, in China, demand for passenger cars recorded a double-digit increase (+22 percent).
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