Skoda produced 500,000th Skoda Rapid at Mlada Boleslav plant

Skoda has manufactured the 500,000th Skoda Rapid. The milestone vehicle - a Skoda Rapid Spaceback in red - ran off the production line at Skoda's main factory Mlada Boleslav. Both the saloon and hatchback versions of the Rapid Spaceback

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TVS Jupiter scooter crosses 500,000 landmark

TVS Jupiter, has added another feather to its cap, becoming the fastest scooter in India to reach the 500,000 units sales milestone in 18 months since its introduction into the market.

"A lot of thought and customer insights went into the making of TVS Jupiter.

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Mitsubishi Motors celebrates 5-million cars produced at the Okazaki plant

Mitsubishi Motors Corporations (MMC) Okazaki plant near Nagoya (Japan) celebrated its 5-millionth vehicle produced since 1977 - a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

Tetsuro Aikawa, MMC's President & COO, formally presented this milestone Outlander PHEV to

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Skoda produces 500,000th third-generation Octavia

Skoda produced the 500,000th third-generation Octavia. The anniversary vehicle - an Octavia GreenLine in white colour - rolled-off the Skoda production line in Mlada Boleslav. The third-generation Octavia, launched at the beginning of 2012, is in a class of its own and has proven

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500,000th Mercedes-Benz passenger car rolls-off production line in Beijing

The 500,000th locally produced Mercedes-Benz passenger car, an all-new long-wheelbase C-class model, has rolled-off the production lines at Daimler's Sino-German production joint-venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC), marking yet another milestone

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Vauxhall's Astra plant boosts workforce as 5-millionth car is built

In its 50th year as one of the UK's most prolific car plants, Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port factory will produce its five-millionth vehicle, while also preparing for an influx of 300 extra staff to support the build up to an all-new Astra in 2015.

News of the landmark car will be

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BMW plant Berlin manufactures 500,000th BMW GS motorcycle with boxer engine

Today the 500,000th BMW motorcycle of the flat-twin-engined GS model series came off the production line - a R 1200 GS. Since 1969 motorcycles have been manufactured for the world market in Berlin-Spandau and since 1980 the BMW Motorrad GS models with boxer engine, too.

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Hyundai Motor India rolls-out 500,000th car; celebrates 15 years in India

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) marked the production of the 5-millionth car at its manufacturing unit in Irrungattukottai, near Chennai since it started production in the India in 1998.

Hyundai has successfully completed 15 years in India of bringing world-class

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Ford installs 500,000th 6.7-liter power stroke V8 turbocharged diesel engine

Ford announced the installation of its 500,000th 6.7-liter power stroke V8 turbocharged diesel engine, which went into a new 2014 Ford Super Duty F-350 Lariat pickup truck. The engine was installed at Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville.

"This is a significant milestone

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Five-million vehicles built at Maubeuge plant

The 2,000 employees of the Maubeuge plant in northern France celebrated the production of the 5,000,000th vehicle built by the plant since its founding in 1969. The vehicle was a Kangoo Z.E. for La Poste (the French post office) in Forbach (France).

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Hyundai Motor manufactures the 500,000th car at its Russia factory

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Russia (HMMR) in Saint-Petersburg held a ceremony for the production of its 500,000th car. A red Russia-exclusive Solaris sedan with an automatic gearbox and 1.6-liter engine is the anniversary car. The Governor of Saint-Petersburg

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Kia reaches 500,000 UK registrations landmark

Kia is celebrating two important sales milestones having had a record sales performance for the month of May and for passing half-a-million registrations since the brand came to the United Kingdom in 1991.

In May, 5,604 Kias were registered - an 8.27 per cent increase

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Porsche Leipzig plant builds 500,000th vehicle

The 500,000th vehicle rolled-off the production line in Porsche's plant in Saxony. The anniversary sports car is a white Cayenne with a V8 engine and was converted into a command vehicle for the Leipzig fire brigade with the assistance of Porsche's apprentices. In

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